New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-02

$93,s3s 40 per snnum The law now provides that ,h
pr for this bureau shan not exceed 100000
year OF when amount $4,000 is paid the attorney Oh
inc FIRE department for his salary and for cerk
re Leaving out 3 100 or carrying on the exceeding,
" responsible and rapidly increasing business OF t6e
pufeaa sum less than Onethird OF the average aonnt
appr1P5laed In previous years. During the years 1881
anu 1857 tDe estimates ed for new buildings and for
Tue alteration OF old buildings In this cyal of which
uot DC passed upon by the Inspector of Buildngs-
ahh91unted 20 more than Dnetysix millions Of dollars
& ,or me TWO years previous they co lees
Rnrean yr nions Inc complaints received by the
nSe Ir nle past TWO years they have averaged three
many in previous years These foets are stated 70,
he OF showing D, ssbty of properly per.
FORMING under the present APPROXIMATION the yyork Inn
posed upon this Bureau ESPECIALLY since mo strs ~
the work not only calls for INTELLIGENT superyision b1s
demands that tho assistants employed shall be skilled
mechanics ~ ~ "A"i'N
TIE HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Upon the Health Department the law imposes import
ant duties, the proper and efficient performance OF
which Is essential TO the preservation of public
health to the welfare and comfort of the people, and
the commercial prosperity OF the city Great care and
discretion together with expert knowledge requisite
on tue part of It's officers IN order accomplish the OBJ
ieets for which the Department created and the
same time TO avoid undue interference the rights Of
citizens. During the past the city has been
markaby free from contagious Diseases the present
time, am informed the best authority there 10
not known to exist here single case either OF small
pox or yphus fever efectua has been the work Of
whenever they have presented themselves.
The Smallpox Hospital now in BlackwelPs
Islands, TO be abandoned for process
ton on North Brothers Island On this island 1t pro-
posed also TO locate buildings for the accommodation OF
persons affected with typhs fever and other contagious
discusses with proper appliances here and appropriate
means or conveyance, ana with the muchneeded ecep
ton Hospital for scarlet fever patients which it IL
posed TO erect at the foot OF East SKteenths New
YORK City will be as well protected in this respect any
city In the world.
Under the Tenement House acts the Health Depart
nent must approve all plans for lighting and ventIat
ing new tenement and apartment houses and under the
Plumbing Law OF 1881 IL must approve the plans for
surveillance which has be exercised over the venIia-
on the drainage the plumbing and the other sanitary
conditions OF old buildings illustrated by the iactthas
2OoS3 orders for the abatement Of Duisanves were
Issued during the year endng November 30, 1882.
PfODaDy nothing III connection WI tie proper WORK
Ing OF this department Is needed than enlarged
accommodations for the bureau itself IL occupies
portion of the building belonging to the Board Of Po
lice, where there 10 apparently opportunity Tor an
expansion to meet the continually increasing demands
made by reason OF the rapid accumulation Oh valuable
records and VI tie work assigned 20 the Health De-
partment within few years.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Not only has the increase in the attendance pub
lie schools kept pace with the In population,
but tBe number of school attendants IN proportion TO
population is greater than before The average at
tendance in all the dayschoois during the mOJh
of October, 1894.
The expenditures OF the Board OF Education for the