The daily gazette., 1883-07-11
BOARD OF HEALTH a..
Regular Meeting Last Night-An Unusual
Amount of Business TraDHacted

regular Meeting Last kight-An Unusual
Amount of Business Transacted.
The regular meeting of the Board oil
Health, held last evening was presided over
by President Bush, with all the members
present. Mrs. A. j. Mearns, complained
OF the smell arising Fl ON the cesspool of the
Atlantic Garden, which had already been
declared nuisance by the Board. The
Executive Officer was instructed TO serve a
| notice upon Mrs. Herting, the owner to have
the nuisance abated within two weeks
Secretary Frazer, for the convenience of the
Board, presented a manuscript copy of that
part of the new city charter relating to the
Health Department, and 200 copies were
ordered to be printed and distributed among
the Councilmen.
The street Commissioner was instructed
to have the nuisance on Jones street, arising
from filth, abated.
The following resolution offered by DR..
Grimshaw was unanimously adopted:
RESOLVED, TIL n the OPT ion fthis roiri all
streets an cutters bordering ON or bounding
arket houses or street arkets sha be cleaned
after the hours Of each market day, and in the
case OF the market houses always on the nights
OF Wednesday and Saturday at "a o'clock
Resoiued, That the ity Council is hereby re-
quested to di ect that action shall be taken in
accordance with the above resolution.
Dr. Bush condemned severely the loose
physicians, and the secretary stated that
four new cases of smallpox would In all
probability be reported to him to-day, none
of whom bad reen vaccinated, although
they were in a house where a case had
broken out on June %. Executive officer
Shultz was therefore instructed to visit
Sixth and DUPONT streets, where q case
exists, and find out how many of the in
mates of the house and vicinity had not
been vaccinated and report to the Board.
The executive officers were instructed to
make a thorough examination of the work
ing apparatus OF the odorless excaVating
companies and see that they are in thorough
order.
On motion of Mr.. Feaster the Treasurer
OF the Board was instructed to ask Council
tor 5000 of the appropriation for the health
of the city.
The Secretary was authorized to instruct
the Chief Engineer of the Water Depart
ment or the chairman of the Water Com
mittee of Council, to have the cutters
flushed twice week duriE 9 the continuance
of the hot weather and also to instruct the
Street Commissioner to have the filth from
beneath the gutter plates removed at least
once In two weeks.
A resolution offered by Mr.. Gawthrop was
adoped, calling tn, attention of City Coun-
Gil to nuisance existing on West street be-
tween Twelfth and Fourteenth, and as this
street must be curbed and guttered before
the existing nuisance can be abated, Council
was instructed to have the gutter paved.
People living in the vicinity of the new
tallow and hide factory over Third street
bridge, owned by man named Pierce, COM
planned of the sickening smell arising from
the establishment. The proprietor was
ordered to abate the nuisance Immediately
or he would be prosecuted in court. Com
plants were made by Senator Bayard and
Councilman Mention of of the offensive
smell arising from the pig-styes and slop
carts In Webbtown or Silver Brook, sub
urb near Front and Union streets. The sec
retsry was ordered to notify the owners to
remove their pig-pens further out or keep
them clean, otherwise they will be prose
cuted.
The resolution offered by Dr.. Grimshaw,
and adopted at the meeting of the Board
held July 8, ordering Chief Engineer of
the Surveying Department Freder II. Rob-
inson, as an ex-officio member, to attend
the meetings of the Board, was read again,
and as Mr.. Robinson failed to obey the
summons, the resolution was referred to
Council for action.
During the evening the following bills
were allowed E. B. Frazer, Sl.50; James
s. Webb. Printing and Stationary Company,
$3.50; James Stewart So; and for cleaning
office, so cents.