The daily gazette., 1879-02-04
The Board of Health.
n Special Meeting Last Erening-A
Long Session and no Business Trans
acted.

n Special Meeting Last Erening-A
Long Session and no Business Trans
acted.
A special meeting of the Board of
Health was held last evening, but for
, what purpose, 1t is safe to presume that
the members did not know as no busi
ness comparatively speaking was trans
| acted.
When the Committee on Impurities in
the Brandywine wat r was called, Mr.
Smith stated that he had held conyer-
sation with the Executive officer of the
Western Dist'ict, and he had informed
the speaker that everything was all r. gbt
along the stream.
The Committee sn Accounts reported
that the bill OF John Lung en-, for S53.6l
and the bill of William Hickey, for
S2996, were correct. and on motion Or
ders were directed to be drawn for the
| respected amounts.
The Secretary read the following com
muuication which was accented:
WILMINGToN, DEL, Jan. %, 1878.
TO the Secretary Of The Board Of HeoiM:
Please issue a license to ID. Z. Hainil-
ton, and ). Is. Carly for balance of year
or until May next, for the Or1erless Ex-
cavator, No. 2.
n. b. MORRISON,
Chairman of Committee on Contracts
| and Licenses.
The chair said that the license was is
sued to ID. Z. Hamilton, ny his advice.
The Secretary stated that the licenses
| heretofore issu, had not been entered
| on the minutes, and no record had been
| kept of them.
/ On motion of Mr.. Smith the Secretary
was authorized to procure "a book for the
puiD OF keeping a record of the Ii
| enses granted hereafter.
On the bill of Mr.. Luugren being read,
Mr.. Sharp wished to know if the dogs
| which Mr.. LuDgreD had burr I'd We're
| some which the city had killed? II they
| were 1t was not fair for the city to be
| charged twice He thought that it was
an outrage for people to Kill dogs and
| then throw them out in the streets for
the Executive officer to bury. He
thought there ought 10 be severe law
passed to stop such things.
The chair stated that there was a law,
| and the officers enforced it whenever
city would take their dogs over Third
street bridge, kill them and leave them
lying in the streets.
Mr.. Gawthrop, Treasurer OF the Board
| said he would like to know where the
money was to come frC N to pay the bills
| that bad just been passed. There was no
| money IN the Treasury, and he was about
] 50 out of pocket. He had called on Mr..
Guthrie chairman of the Finance Com
mIttee of Council, aud met with such a
reception, that he did not feel like doing
1t again.
On motion of Mr. Smith, the Treasurer
was instructed to ask the City Council
for $500 for the.us of the Board.
The motion OF Mr. Smith after having
passed was followe BY long debate on
the causes of death, and where most of
| them occurred in this city. The chair
Secretary to procure book, and keep a
record of the number of deaths in each
| ward in the city. He had always con-
tended that the western part of the city
| was the most unhealthy and the recent
prevalence of sickness in that part of the
| city proved his assertion to be correct.
He thought If the Secretary kept book
showing where the deaths occurred the
Board might be enabled to learn the
| causes and re nedy the evils.
Mr. Burke stated that Shipley Run, be-
low Third, was in very hlthy condition
| and a. long as it remains in such a con-
dition you can expect nothing but sick
| ness. On his motion, Council will be
| asked to have tne bottom of the run
cleaned oat and paved.
On motion of Mr.. Mullen, the commit
tees of the various wards, through which
Shipley Run courses, were instructed TO
| notify all parties allowing their cesspools
to empty into said Run, or have them
| built over it 10 have them abated within
| "A reasonable time, and If not uone for the
committees to enter SUIT against such
parties.
On motion adjourned