Daily Republican., 1882-05-24
HEALTH GUARDIANS.
REGULAR MEETING LAST EVEN.
ING--A ANUMBER OFNUIsAN-
CKS DISCUSSED,

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The Board of Health met In regula
session last evening with Presiden
Bush in the chair and all the member.
present
After reading the minutes number
OF nuisances were taken up some OF
which were reported abated and Others
in course of abatement.
The condition of Jones Alley, stu
ated between Sixth and Seventh streets
and running West Of Lombard street,
was discussed after being reported by
the Executive officer as being in filthy
condition. The executive officer was
instructed te ascertain if said alley
was owned by the city, if so he was
ordered to notify the Secretary of the
Board in turn was ordered to notify the
Street Commissioner.
A stagnant pond of water on Pleas
ant street, which has long been an eye.
sore to the residents in the vicinity a.
well as n great annoyance to the Board
of Health was discussed at length, and
the members Thought the street Com
missioner should attend to the matter
at once. The Executive Officer
was notified by the Street Con- missioner
that he would attend to it as soon as he
could procure the necessary dirt tc
fill up the same and grade the street
The committee appointed to investi.
gate an alley in The rear of Joseph X
Adams property, on French street
above Seventh, declared it nuisance
of the worst kind and ordered it to be
abate1 at once. The alley in question
is used by the residents on King street,
and the waste water running into,i it not
having the proper flow. enters the
ground, damaging the foundation
walls Of Joseph X. Adams property.
The Secretary of the Board was in.
structed to notify the different own
ors to have the alley repaired with
in one month from the date OF the no.
tice.
A nuisance at 107 Walnut street,
water in the cellar, was continued in
the hands of the Executive officer.
Several lots Oh the east side of Elev-
enth street bridge, were reported by
the commitIee,appointed TO investigate
the same. to be in filthy condition,
the water III the same being stagnaut
and almost black. The nuisance was
ordered to be abated in 10 DAYS. Mr..
II. +. Pickles and NJ. NJ. Child are the
ow ners of the same.
A motion was also made that the
owners OF the row of houses on Head
street, between thirteenth and Cade
streets, be notified to lave an alloy or
gutter placed in the rear of their houses
To carry off the waste water, which, at
present, emptes into the aforesaid lots,
A large number of out houses in diff
ferent sections Of the city were reported
to be in terrible condition and the
Executive officers were instructed to
serve notices on each party to have the
abated at once.
DR.. Draper and Mr.. Kane were ap-
pointed committee to investigate a
nuisance in the shape of water in a cell
lar at 2l5 West Front street, which runs
into an adjoining cellar with damaging
effect; The property is owned by a
Mr.. Harris. II
A communication was read from Mr..
La]ly, complaining of nuisance on
the West side of Heald street, between
A and Lobdell streets. The case was
as the Board has no jurisdic-
tion in the matter.
A stagnant pond of water on Button
wood street. between A and b streets
was referred to DR.. Draper and DR..
Kane.
A number of pig pens, etc, in the
vicinity of Church and b streets,
South Wilmington, were referred to
the same committee.
A complaint was made against
Patrick Kelly, living at 21O West
Seventh street, for filling up an out.
house well with dirt before cleaning the
same. An official notice was ordered
to be served on him at once to have the
we'll, which was nuisance, cleaned
md then filled up.
An order for 81 was directed to be
lrawn in favor of Thomas Jefferson,
'or catching the man who escaped from
,he smallpox hospital on Sunday
morning last, while suffering with
hat disease, and conveying him back
% the hospital.
The eXtCu i've officers of the Board
we're instructed to examine the maChin-
,ry, hose, barrels, etc, nsed by the odor-
ess excavators and see if the same
Was in good condition. The attention |
If the board was called to one company
hat used the patent barrels as the said |
barrels were not in proper condition.
A number of dirty alleys in the i'm
Mediate vicinity of Mechanic street
were reported by the Executive officer |
Who stated that he had notified the res
dents in the vicinity to clean the dirt |
lway from the rear Of their dwellings |
)ut some of them refused to do so. The
Board ordered him to again notify |
hese persons and if they failed to com.
by with his orders, to bring them up
,efore the mayor, for violating the
he City Ordinances.
During the evening orders were di-
ected to be drawn in favor of William |
Holland for S. and Mr. Stewart for the |
anne amount.
On motion the Board adjourned,