Daily Republican., 1881-11-23
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The regular stated meeting Of d
Board Of Health WAS held last evening
President, DR.. L. p. Bush 10 the chail
Minutes Of last stated meeting rsad ~,
approved. -
ted and Others continued In the hand
Of the Execu i've officers.
An official notice was ordered TO b.
served upon the ownerof the property
No. 40 West Second street, tO have si
owe, flowing oesspool cleaned.
The executive officers. having takel
another stroll up the Brandy vine re
ported many Of the previously reported
nuisAncss, abated. Others In process q
aba, ement.
The nsisauoe at tho tin shop, on the
Brandy wine, rspor' ed not yet abated.
Official notice had been served 70 have
tho nuisance absted within Afteer
days.
Dr. Draper made . statement before
the BO ,rd, saying, that In b opinion,
the normsl condition Of the Brandy wine
water, At the present time, wAs better
than IL had been for ovor twenty years,
He also stated that many impurities,
shat had previously flowed into this
stream had besn discontinued, and
many Of the nuissnces sbated. from
tins TO time, which fact alone, causes
the water, iu its normal state to be
much purer and better than ever be-
tore
Harry Turner, Esq, City Solicitor,
made q statement In regard TO the mat
tar that was referred to him some time
ago, in relation to the Pole lot.
II will be remembered that o Mr..
Pole OF Philadelphia, owned lot In
this city, that was declared . nuisance
BY the Board Of Health. He being n0ti-
fed time and again to have 1t sbated,
and falling to do 10. the Board ordered
tho lot TO he hlled up. The work was
done, and the hill placed In the City
Solicitors hands for collection. Mr..
Pole refused % setIle the amount snd
the matter will 10 taken t, court, lie
(Pols) claiming that The Bard has no
leg i action In the mater. The case
will no doubt bring out several hne
Dol ats of law on the subject.
The fJllO Ing report was submitted
by The water com niittee OF III, Board
which was read and adopted without
discnssioh: ..
Ths un iersi igned, Q committee Of the
Board Of Health, ON Tuesday, Novsm-
Der Is, aud Thursday, November ID,
wont over the same ground on the banks
Of tn, Brandywins creek, which was
passed over by the executive officers OF
the hoard, some three weeks before. The
report then mad. Is before the board,
and this committee need only remark
that we fount is confirmed by our OBJ
except that In few cases
certain nnisances had been abated.
Acting under the provisions of the State
law, this board, which Is made the
guardian of the sanitary interests OF
thi. city, have issued notices and &C
mpanied them with q copy of the
st ,ts law, upon this subject, in order to
secure, a. far as possible, u removal OF
the caqses OF the pollution OF the water
Of the Brand ywine, which furnishes
the only source Of supply OF drinking
water for our citizens, and we are 10th
10 believe, that as far as possible, the
nuisances herety fore repOrted, will not
soon be abated. 1t Is now evident, that
whatever impurities formerly arose
from the manufacturing processes along
the creek, az far up az sh1 State hound
ary, have In q great measure been OBJ.
yiated by the manufacturers, and at
c. nsiderable expense, and 1t Is matter
Of no small satisfactio that we can az
sure our citizens of the tact, that from
the Augustine mills and from Bancroft's
nothing drleterious goes into the Bran
DIVINE. The TWO sources of impurities
repo,ted from Rattlesnake and Crooked
riyulets, we consider, can only be ef.
fectually prevented by uniting the lat.
ter with the former, and then laying Q
pipe from the former along the creek,
until 1t shall empty itself into the Bran.
DIVINE below the third dam, as sug.
gesled by, the chief engineer: AS re-
CARDS the various nulsances from pri.
vats dwellings, 1t is evident that the
constant vigilance of the board will be
necessary to prevent their reappear'
aDce.
[S!g.edl L. P. BUSH,
JAMES A. DRAPER,
WILLARD SPRINGER.
Several nuisa noes we're reported t1
the Board. They were referred to con-
mittee and to the Executive 0fficers.
DR., Hazlett, assistant city vaccine
phy sician, submitted his report foi !he
vat two months. Cases reported, Is;
cases refusing vaccination, -; cases
free from previous cicatrix, 28; with
IS; 2 SCARS, 6; total number ca
aes vacciuated, 60. The report OF Dr.
will be presented ~ the next
On motion, the assistant vaccine ply
were discharged from further
duty, and that Council DO notihed oi
the feet.
Que case Of small pox was reported
since the last meeting Of the hoard.
On motion the Board adjourned to
meet subject to the call OF the Presl-
dent.
During the evening the following Or
ders were directed TO be drawn james
stewart, 81; William Holland, ". IT
il probable that at no very distant day
the Board of Health, or q committee OF
that body will hold u second conference
with the Water Committee City Coun-
Gil. upon the question as to the adVisa-
bll,ty of removing the pumping station
from its present location.
The Joaa aoTio Senren.
yjAutanant Rarrv reports 10 the Navy