National Republican., 1883-08-16
THE COMMISSIONERS
Current transactions ut tho various Dis
trict Onices.

trict OTices.
Building permits were issued yesterday to
Straus s. Marx, to make repairs at S17 and $40
Eighth street northwest, to cost $i0O; w. f.
Mattngly, to make repairs at GIG II street
northwest, to cost $1,000; j. o. Wilson, to
make repairs at 1l43 Massachusetts, avenue
northwest, to cost 5000; Mrs. Kibbey, to make
repairs at s13 Pennsylvania avonue north
wost, to cost $500; John McGrann, to build
one brick dwelling and store on Third street,
between and ID streets southeast, to cost
$l,i00 L. NJ. Crown, to build one frame
dwelling on Huron street, Meridian hill, to
cost $3.50; John Carter to mako repairs on
Columbia avenue, Meridian hill, to cost $500;
George A. Young, to make repairs at 2jOj NJ
street northwest, to cost 500; Mrs. Tibbett,
TO build one brick dwelling on L street,
| between Sixth and Seventh streets south
east, to cost $1,000 Clarence Corson, to build
one frame dwelling at Mt. Pleasant to cost
| $3.50 ID. II. Goodacre to build one brick
| dwelling on II. between Twentieth and
| Twcnty-frst streets northwest, to cost 50, oO0
IL. b. Mcdonald to build one brick stable
rear of 1904 Eighteenth street northwest TO
cost 81 400; w. T. Okie to build one frame
| dwelling at Ivy City to cost $500.
| John Il. Scrivcner, of Georgetown, wants
tho eating house tax enforced, because he
pays $25 license and says othor people do not
pay anything.
c. w. Ridley, manager of the Potomac
Steamboat company, has asked that the lot
corner Seventh and NJ streets southwest be
relet to the company The request was re-
fcrrcd to the engineer department.
Tho mayor of New York has, in reply to
the commissioners request for information
rs TO the valuation of personal aud real prop
erty, has replied that the amount of personal
property is assessed ut Sl53.75 and the real at
H.tE 4. l.
with that of Baltimore, but is 1915 higher
giving evidence that the defect lies in this
city. Washington, it is shown by compar-
| ison of its population, possesses less wealth
by one-third than either Baltimore or New
York
Citizens have complained of the condition
of the alley in square 915.
Residents have petitioned to have o sewer
| laid in alley in square 307.
Owen hcCabe and others want now pave
mCnt on the east side of Eighth street, be-
tween and q streets northwest.
Messrs. Acker and Noitzey have requested
the commissioners to pay visit to the third
section of the Boundary street sewer and in
spoct the serious break there.
OPERATIONS OF THE HEALTH OFFICE.
The following synopsis of the operations of
| the health department for the week ending
Aug. IL, 1888, is presented by Health Officer
Townshend Nuisances reported 407, referred
100, abatcd 422 referred to commissioners 3 !;
official notices issued 81, citizens complaints
received 81, cases referred to chemist 0, cases
referred to attorney 3, cases referred to COR
oner |, burials at public expense 8, inspections
of plumbing work made 20 otlal removed,
POS tons of garbage, $40 barrels of night soil,
145 dead animals; animals impounded 1913,
redeemed Is. killed SO, amount of fees $3l,
patients treated by physicians to the poor 2S6,
whito 81 colored 1S9, visits 1863, official con-
situations &c. cost of medicines $3.50; un-
wholesome food condemned-212 pounds of
meat, 2l3 cabbages, 776 cantaloupes 345 water
melons, II bushels miscellaneous fruits 69f
bushels of miscellaneous vegetables marine
products inspected, 5,036 punches fish, l Az
mackercl, 55 surgeons, 10 sheepshead, G
turtles, 5SS bushels oysters, $4,000 clans
391S0 crabs; marine products condemned, s.
punches fish, 1885 crabs, 3,74S clans.
Vital Statistics.-The number of deaths oc
! curing during the week was 9i-49 whit,
and 45 colored. The death rate per 1000 pc
annum was 1891 for the white 3i.92 for thu
colored, and and 25.07 for the total population
Thirty-four deaths were caused by zymotit
! diseases, % by constitutional, "a by local, by
developmental and by violence. The
principal causes of death were consumption
10, diarrheal 10, malaral fever 8, whoopinl
cough A, cancer 3, heart disease ., bronchitis
., typhoid fever /, brain diseases &, lung dis
cases B. digestive diseases 3, kidney diseases
3. Thirty of the decedents were under
year of age, AZ under years, and II over &C
years of age
Births reported 50, white male 10, whito fe
males g. colored males TO- colOred females IL
| Marriages 13-whito T. colored 8.
| Still births 5-whitc l. cOlored 4.