Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-02
The Public HeaIsh.

ANNUAL kEPoRr OF HEALTH OFFICER rowNsHEND.
Dr. Smith Townshend, health officer OF the Dis
trct, this morning presented to the District Com
missioners his annual report for the year ending
June 3O, 1882 1t IS calculated that with the tabu-
lar statements, maps and plates, the reports will
cover nearly two hundred pages Of letter press
The following Is a synopsis OF the work per-
formed In the various branches OF the service dur
Ing the year:
There were 10, $50 nuisances reported and abated.
59 pounds OF meat, 121 $50 pounds OF fish. 9942
bushels or fruits and ableS, and H. $50 bushels
OF oysters, condemned as unfit for food. Examina-
tons and reports made on 539 citizens COM
pl ints 1121 official letters written, 222S official
notices Issued and 81 cases referred TO the attorney
for action. There were LAO animals tmpounded
AMI the contractor for removal OF Offal took
away 1875 dead animals TO- 436 tons OF garbage and
1856 barrels Of night soil. The total number OF
burial permits issued reached 206; there were 129
deaths referred the coroner AMI $50 buriaS made
at the public expense.
A RETROSPECT.
The report gives an interesting retrospective
sketch OF the work OF the health department for
eleven years, and says: "Its eyes opened upon
Washington wallowing in mire: to-day they rest
upon 1t In Its new garb, bright and clean; the
grand a Wort o U1 ae ANA 10 fn
share or credit" During the year 22S alleys were
reported In state OF nuisance against $50 for the
year previous; ,53S nuiSanceS st md credited TO
the account OF ashes, and the report urges an ap-
preparation sufficient for the performance Of
needed work in abating such nuIsances. De-
fectS in the surface drainage in yards were rem
edied I'm 4l6 Cases during the year, and connections
or premises with the public sewers enforced in 20
Instances The report cOmnendS highly the work
OF collection of garbage doae by the
contractor under the new system, having
contract term of five years, and again
urges the eStabl shment OF depot building at
some point on the river front, where all the city's
refuse could be received and shipped. 1t also
urges that action be taken to provide for the in
SpectOn OF live stock Intended for use as food in
the District; and again recommends the establish
ment OF an abattoir. There was an increase over
last toto ,iyrnn1
mpounded The report recommends that defect
In the Law levylng a tax on dogs be remadied so
as TO save the large amount now lost to the Dis
trict. There were IA 3l2 patients treated by the
physicians to the poor, q AL visits made and 1859
office consultations held. The report again re-
gusts an appropriation OF 81 100 to pay the ply
sicians to the poor for services during May and
June. 1880 The report gives somewhat lengthy
and very interesting statement regarding
THE OUTBREAK OF SMALL POx
last winter, and the health officer recommends
that prov sion be made Tor the payment OF phySi-
clans to the poor for the extra Dor imposed upon
them LII Vaccinating. The health department sue
ceeded In confning the outbreak to Al cases. 16 of
which proved fatal, the disease being OF the most
vfruent type. It Is claimed by some that the con-
tagl0n wa, transmitted to the jail from the SIN Ill
pox hospital. which is not far away, but
the health officer thinks it more probable that
visitors conveyed the germs OF the dSeaie into the
Institution. There We're 30 158 vaccinations among
the poor, of which number % 1O2 were reported as
o. what has been accomplished since provision Was
made for systematic inspection or plumbing;
102 permits have been issued for making con-
nection with The public sewer, and $50 inspections
ings.
VITAL STATISTICS
The total number OF dth5 for the year reached
Ash, an excess over the total fOr last year
OF ABS, or at the rate OF 1.64 per 1000 OF
population. OF the decedents 1858 were white,
AMI 2,2lS cOlOred, showing annual death
Fate OF 1891 per 1000 per annum Tor the White,
"a So for the cOlOred. and "a % total popu
ton. Among children under one year OF age 1873
deaths occurred, an persons 60 years OF a.e
and over numbered COL. There were 3,3 81 births,
155 marriages, and $50 Still-births reported. The
Increase In mortality noted Is shown TO have been
a general one, prevailing to slight degree in each
OF the classes, and not prepOnder ting, to great
extent, in any particular one
The Courts.
EQUITY COURT-.J,tfQe HdOiier.
Yesterday, LOdi agt Margum; distribution OF
shares of NE. Ladde and T. V. Margum ordered
paid Thomas j. Fisher. HOlrnead agt ESin; teS-
tmony ordered tIken before John A. Clarke. Groat
agt. Hitz; JAS. Graham admitted as party defend
ant HolfZclaw agt. Ford; payment OF taxes OF
National Metropolitan fire insurance company au-
thoriZed Walter ct al. agt Ward argued and
submitted
CIRCUIT CoURr-.J'thoe Macarthur.
To-day. Kendall agt- Callan ct al; dismissed.
U. 5. agt kendrick; of calendar.
POLICE COURT-J,td0e Shell.
To-day, William Crampsey, vagrancy; 30 days.
Anthony Howard, forfeited collateral. Alexander
Lancaster, cOlOred, loud and bOisterOuS; s. or Is
days. john Hall, colored, vagrancy and su-pi-
cion; 30 days Margaret Hayward, colored, pro-
family; s. or days. John Hannemap, disturbing
the quiet OF West Washington; S. or Is days. VIM.
Carroll, forfeited collateral Daniel Buckner, pro-
family; s. or days William Payne, forfeited col
lateral Edward Horn, Frank Arnold and Horace
Gill, claiming to be from Philadelphia, vdgrancy;
personal bonds to leave the city Isaac Gilbert,
colored, loud and boisterouS; $ or ID DAYS.