Daily Republican., 1881-05-25
THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
INTERESTING MEETING HELD
LAST EVENING.
Complaints of Over
flowing Ccss.PooIs and Forty.
five Of UncOilected Garbage.

At the regular meeting of the boaro
Of Health last night Executive Officer
Underwood stated that he had cXainin'
ed into the places where the garbage
was deposited. Mr. Grinnage and Mr..
Bullock took the garbage to Martin
HenryS woods beyond Union street;
Mr. Bradford took il to Peter Robinson
on the Lancaster pike and Mr.. Murine,
beyond Riverside cemetery.
DR.. Springer offered resolution re-
qucsting Council to instruct the Street
| Commissioner not to allow tn" refuse
matters from CUTTERS to be placed with
in the city linits or to ill NJ streets. 1t
was adopted.
| Executive officer Underwood in his
report said that during the week he had
received "A complaints of UVert!Owing
cess-poo.S, 45 Of uncoliected garbage and
six of water in cellars. He had a
drain fixed at Fourth and Poplar streets
and had done U.hcr work.
| Two nuisanceS, consisting of pools OF
water in the public streetS-one over
| Eleventh street bridge at Head and
Cade streets, and the other ~ Lombard
and Sherman Streets--were referred to
| City Council with the request that they
| be abated.
City Council, through Clerk Frazer,
called the attention OF the Board to the
condition Of the branch Of Shipley lsnn
sewer running from SCOTS morocco
factory, near Second and Monroe streets,
which owing to the drainage Of out
houses emptying into it was in very
I'm healthy Conultlon.
DR.. Draper stated that the sewer
was uncovered and the Board had 10
authority over sewers. "It Council
viii attend to the sewers, he conClud-
ed, 1--WE will try to attend to the other
matters.
DR.. Kane stated that the sewer was
uncovered clean to Eighth street, and
that to prevent the nuisance Of out
houses discharsing into it, it would
have to be covered.
MeSsrS. Kane and Otto were appoint
ed a committee to examine the premises
and report at the next meeting.
a protest from James Trippett against
the erection of the annex to the hospital
was laid upon the table, it not being
under the boards jurisdiction. 1t was
stated by President Bush that this atai-
ton was for convalescent patients
a communication from Il citizen Of
the Tenth Ward complaining of the
presence Of garbage and ashes uncol-
lected was read. That part relating
to ashes was referred to the City Council
and that portion relating to garbage
was referred to the Executive officers.
A man applied in person to have fur
niture removed frOm house at Fourth
and BroOme streets, inWhich there had
been death from smallpox. P"rmiS-
sion was refused, and the man was i'll
Structed to tumigate the furniture.
a nuisance at Seventh and Button
wood street was reported and referred
TO the executive officers.
The Board ISSUED instructions to this
effect;
In nuisanceS of any moment the exc
cutive officers, instead OF waiting for a
meeting of the Board will apply to the
President, Whereupon the President
would appoint a committee, and have
the matter attended to at once.
All parties making complaint must
give the names of the parties and the
names of the owners of the property on
which nuiSanCcS exist.
Physicians We're requested to notify |
the secretary of the recovery or removal |
Of smallpox patients, that the house
may be liSintccced and the flag removed. |
A nuisance at Fourth and Spruce
streets maintained 10y d. w. Chandler
was ordered to be aDatcd within a
hours.
James O'Toole, Executive officer of
the western district entered upon the
discharge Of his duties by order Of The
Board.
A bill of Adams & Bro for ST.. 30 was
passed.
The Board adjourned to meet next
tuesday evening.