The daily gazette., 1880-12-14
BaItimore's Board Of Health.
WHAT REGISTRAR FRAZER THINKS
OF ITS VARIOUS WORKINGS.

OF ITS VARIOUS WORKINGS.
Mr.. EDITOR ON Saturday, the
eleventh instant, accompanied the
City Council to Baltimore. After
being received with open arms and
generous feasts, we proceeded to the
City Hall, and were shown all
through that elegant edifice. This
has been fully explained by the
gentlemanly reporters who accom-
panied us from this city. When we
reached the Health Department my
friends left me in charge Of Mr..
Carter and DR.. McShane, the former
Secretary and the latter Assistant
Health Commissioner. l will say
that these gentlemen took great
pleasure in explaining the system
by which the Department is govern
ed or regulated. was surprised at
the extent of the work to be per-
| formed, which 10 carried out accord
ing to the strict letter of the law.
Two gentlemen compose the Board
Of Health-James A. Stewart, M.
D., and James F. McShane, M. D.,
A. Robert Carter, Secretary. Their
duties are to cause to be executed
and observed all ordinances for the
preservation of the health of the
city. The said Board Of Health
shall meet daily throughout the
year. 1t is the duty of the public
officers to execute all orders Of the
Board of Health, so far az they may
relate 10 the preservation OF the
health of the city. If any person
shall knowingly obstruct or resisI
the Board of Health, or any membel
thereof, or any person oy them ap-
pointed, in the execution Of thu
powers to them given, or in the per
formance of the duties enjoined OF
them by ordinance in relation to thu
public health, such person shal
forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding
two hundred dollars. The remova
of garbage, ashes and cleaning tn
streets is done under and by tn
direction of the Health Com
missioner. All street dirt is sol
and the proceeds paid into the Cit.
Treasury. The estimate for ex
penses for Health Department TO
the year 1879 was $246, 10000. Fo
the year 1873 the report Of the Sec
retary is as follows: Deaths, 6,73f
Births, 5000. Marriages, 2,82f
Still births, 658. The system G
registration is very accurate an
complete. Nearly everything don
is by permit, and 1 was informe
: that the people obeyed the law, e1
: cent in a few instances. There is
registration for physicians, who ar
required by ordinance to registra
their names and residences, year {
graduation, nativity and whs
o licensed.
Midwives and undertakers ar
licensed only by being registered
The full names Of each are recorde
70 on the record of deaths. The ordi
nance in relation to births is as fol
lows: "That any physician, &C
coucheur, midwife, or other perso
= in charge, who shall attend, assi'
= or advise at the birth of any chile
within the city of Baltimore, sha
report to the Registrar aforesai'
within six days thereafter, stain
distinctly the date of birth, sex an
color of the child or children borl
its or their physical condition
- whether still born or not, the fu
u name, nativity, and the residence
,8 the parents, and the maiden name
"a the mother of such child or chi
dren." This ordinance is strict
M obeyed.
20 The physicians death certifcat
is different from ours, in that it
d required to state whether the d.
II ceased was married or single, wido
% or widower, occupation, place
burial, undertaken and place of bus
e ness. The registration of marriage
is in another department. Wi
very much pleased to receive fro
7. Secretary Carter, this morning, q
invoice of blanks, such as are use
in the Health Department of Bait
n n more. 1 hope at some time to
~ ~ able to reciprocate for the generol
y welcome extended to us.
Dec, l3. 1880. E. b. FRAZER.