National Republican., 1883-09-06
THE COMMISSIONERS.
Curront Transactions at tho Various Dis
Srict Omoes.


Building permits we're issued yesterday to
j. II. Small & Sons TO build one greenhouse
on Brightwood road, TO cost $1,000; A. II.
Marlow, TO mako repairs at 105 B street north
east, to cost $500; NJ. S. Bevlin, to make re-
pairs at 225 Il street northwest, to cost $3.50.
The first company Of the Union Veteran
corps has written letter to the commits
siouurs 10, uesting n conference, and the COM
missoncrs have replied that they would be
pleased TO meet the officers of the company on
saturday.
The commissioners have notified petitioners
that they are not authorized to pave Eighth
street, between r aud s.
The commissioners have issued the follow
ing order: That the Bankers and Merchants
Telegraph company is hereby granted permits
sion to erect under such regulations respect
ing height of poles and other details as the
engineer commissioner may prescribe, a tele
graph pole on the southeast corner of Penn
sylvania avenue and Fourteenth street. pro-
vidcd the pole on south side of Pennsylvania
avenue, between Thirteen -and-a-half and
Fourteenth street, and pole in front of I'm
porial hotel, be promptly removed. This
permission is subject to revocation at the
pleasure of tho commissioners"
The commissioners, in reply to request
from Mr. Samuel &. Kinsey, replied that
they Caunot allow signs in front of the theater.
The following assignment of surgeons to
tho fire department has been made: Dr. Ma
gruder, engine companies Nos. l and 2; d =.
Mckim, engine company No and truck
company A DIR. Eliot, engine companies 4
and 6: DIR. Kleinschmidt, engine company No.
S and truck b.
John w. Baldin has been appointed a pri.
vate patroman.
The authorities Of Leipsic, Germany, have
written for information about the district
fire department..
Niles, tho colored migrationst has been
granted leave to occupy the space. corner OF
Seventh and Pennsylvania avenue, on Sun
day afternoons Mt o'clock.
The commissioners will furnish material
for draining the vicinity Of the Washington
Steamboat company's office.
The health officer has notified the COM
missioners of the unsanitary condition of
alleys at Four-anda-half street and Missouri
avenue, b street, between Sixth and Seventh;
on IL street. between Seventh and Eighth
streets, and to number of CUTTERS sewer
traps, &c, and to the unsafe condition OF
house No. 1915 ID street.
Deaths reported Sept. 5-Charles F. Plum
ley, phthises; James SCHNEIDER phthses;
James III. Bowman, tetanus nascentum; Walter
She'd, fracture skull; Sadie Kelleen, malarial
fever Katie Hawkins, whoopng cough;
Richard III. Laskey, typhoid malarial fever;
Ella Hunter, congestion of brain; Mary Og-
den, pulmonary oedema; Daisy c. Costello,
msrasmus; Ellen Cation, senile debility.
OPERATIONS OF THE HEALTH OFFICE.
The following synopsis of the operations of
the health department for the week ending
Sept l, 1888, is presented by Health Officer
Townshend: Nuisances reported, 251; re-
ferred, 80; abated, 1903; referred to commits
sioners IA; official notices issued 81; citizens
complaints received, 26; cases referred to at
torncy, 1; burials at public expenses, Z; in
spections of plumbing work made. 2S; inves-
legations made to ascertain local causes of
zymotic diseases, 3; offal removed, 4S0 tons of
garbage, $40 barrels of night soil, and 1877
dead animals; animals impounded, ~; re-
patients treated by physicians to the poor,
342; white 105; colored, 237; visits, 447; office
consultations, 13l; cost of medicine, 500 un-
wholesome food condemned, 305 pounds of
meat, 1893 watermelons ], ,0S3 cantaloupes,
%! bushels miscellaneous fruit, 641 bushels
tomatoes, 6S1 bushels miscellaneous veget-
ables; marine products inspected, 4,927
punches of fish, 593 mackerel, 56 surgeons,
% sheephead, % drumfsh, 10000 clans, 43,-
100 crabs, 1925 bushels of oysters; marine
products condemned, 19l punches of fish, ], ,912
CLANS, 1855 crabs.
Vital Gtatistics-The number of deaths oc-
curing during the week was 65-31 white
"a colored. The death rate per thousand per
annum was 1859 for the white, 26.39 for the
colored, and 1874 for the total population
The principal causes of death were Consump.
tion, 81 darrhea, 8; typhoid fever, 2; diph.
iberia, 3; scarlet fever, cancer, 2 heart
disease, 3; malarial fever, 2; rickcts, 2;
dropsy, l.
Births reported, 10 white males 81; white
females 21; colored males, 16; colored fe-
males 1S. s'
Marriages reported, 0; white, 8; colored, 1.
Still births reported, 3; white, colored, q