National Republican., 1883-07-26
THE COMMISSIONERS.
Current Transactions nt the Various Dis
trlct Offices,


trlct Offices.
The commissioners have been petitioned to
remove the tree in front of 1906 d street
northwest; to remove the pump on Sixth
between NJ and n streets northwest; to REM
edy the dangerous condition of pavement in
front of 1908 + street northwest; to clean the
sewers at New Jersey avenue and franklin
street northwest, and to set curb and lay side
walks on w street.
Inspector of Buildings Entwistle has writ
ten to the commissioners in reply to charge
by the superintendent of lamps that permits
arc indiscrimnatcly issued for the excavation
of vaults regardless of lampposts. He says
there are hut three cases in which vaults in
tertere with lamps, and in all these the lamps
will be replaced. The permits prohibit any
interference with lamps, and the charge that
it is permitted is made in ignorance Of the
facts.
The commissioners have given material to
parties agreeing TO lay sidewalks ON Thir-
teenth street, between II aud | streets north
cast and ON Tenth street, between East Cap
itol street aud South Carolina avenue south
east
Building permits were issued yesterday to:
Charles Schneider, to build one brick house
on | street, near Fifth street northwest, to
cost $3.50; George Francis, to build two brick
dwellings on S street, between Twelfth and
| Thirteenth streets northwest, to cost $1,000,
Tho commissioners will lay n sidewalk in
front of the National Rifles armory.
At their meeting yesterday the hoard of
subassessors increased tho assessment of i'm
provements on lot 3, square $40, from $4,000
10 SO, 500 and reduced those on lot from
$500 TO $4,000. The improvements on Col
lege villa, in the county, were increased from
$4,000 to $1,000
The commissioners has received letter
from Commissioner of Pensions Dudley, call
ing attention to the defective sewerage of
the building at the corner of Pennsylvania
avenue and Thirteenth street northwest,
used as a branch of the pension office.
Citizens have been petitoning the COM
missioncrs to furnish the material to pave
the sidewalk of Second street southwest, be-
tween Maryland avenue and B street.
r. G. Fox has requested the commissioners
to construct suitable sewer on the site of
the new Columbian university.
Property Clerk Sylvester has just made a
report of the transactions of his Office show
ing that the total amount of money, prop
erty, &C, abandoned and stolen, recovered
from all sources by the police and turned over
to the owners or property clerk of the police
department for the fiscal year ended June 80
| 1888 was $12I00S.71. The total for the
fiscal year ended June 80. 1882, was $105,-
41S.95. The quarter administered by Maj
Dye shows 36,525.20 in property recovered
!
excess over any other quarter of the fiscal
year 1888 Of SO, ,262.76.
WORK OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
The following synopsis of the operations of
| the health department for the week ending
July 81, 1853, is presented by Health Officer
| Townshend Nuisances reported 425; re-
ferred 113; abated, 2S3; referred to commits
sioners, 90. Official notices issued, 81; citi-
zens' complaints received, 56; cases referred
70 phn Of 4. rafnr tn A ].
burials at public expense, 12 inspections of
plumbing work made, 27; Investigations made
to ascertain local causes of zymotic diseases, 8;
oflal removed-209 tons of garbage, $50
barrels of night soil, 126 dead animals;
animals impounded, g. redeemed, 8; amount
of fees, $16 patients treated by physicians to
| the Door, 313-white, 113, colored, 2OO; visits,
| 5l3; office consultations, 92 cost of medicines,
$685.; unwholesome food condemned-322
| pounds of meat 1874 cabbages, 261 cantalaupes,
226 quarts of berries S9f bushels of miscella-
neous vegetables; marine products inspected
| 4027bunches of fish; $4,000 clans; 1890 crabs;
332 mackerel; 8 surgeons; turtle; 252 bush
els of oysters; marine products condemned
| 191 punches of fish, 1890 CLANS, IL 300 crabs,
Vital statistics The number of deaths
occurring during the week was 106-60 white
and 46 colored. The death rate per 1000 per
annum was 24.3S for the white, 30.57 for the
colored, and 1926 for the total population.
| fOrty-tnree ueatnS were CauSeu Dy HynotlC
diseases, 1S by constitutional diseases 20 by
local diseases, 13 by developmental diseases,
and 3 by violence. The principal causes of
death were Consumption IL, diarrheal %,
| typhoid fever 4, malarial fever 2, scarlet fever
l, pneumonia 1, bronchitis l, puerperal fever
/, whooping cough A, heart disease a, Brights
disease2. Forty-two of the decedents we're
under 1 year, 50 under 5 years, and Ii
over 60 years of age. Births reported 76,
white males 10, white females IS, colored
males 90, colored females II. Marriages re-
ported 22-white 16, colored 6. Stillbirths
reported 11-white 2, colored 0.