New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-17
RESOLUTIONS Of IHE BEdLTH BOXED.
A FLAT DENIAL TO THE CHARGES MADE BEFORE TiIE
BOARD OF ESTIMATE.

A FLAT DENIAL TO THE CHARGES MADE BEFORE TiIE
BOARD OF ESTIMATE:
At meeting OF the Board of Health yesterday, the fol-
lowing preamble and resolutions adopted and they
will be sent o Board Estimate:
Whereas the Board OF EstiT ate and Apron
onment held December - upon the lna ESTIMATES or ~
tor The Health Department communication o; That dats
nn ,o Lnfns in Which occmr u,r,sros errors as was
ioa So5FS1Sn liz e % the Board OF Estimate and
Apportionnent be aliy called Z, inc ioo" %
the expenditures salaries was IN the vars
iespccvey instead OF siI95l5 81 sI5s b. sI5S0S2
Representa- by Tie c9nnlssoners OF Aeeoa:ts M ,.,,,
Department 1856 viii pended viii be about
fe,H;ei by the Accounts Tie nn-
on sn as not en- used 6,casse ii Tie cool and
weather during the summer months .,
for by chapter Sos 1885 examined by
gH qua for the wor by law Tor sS others
no Others have b. el aPpoinie IoasprovS te 81 .,-nens
oyed by ,e me ~ e T oa mo
HEALTH DEPARTMENT, aOl Mottst,
CHARLES II woopu,y q gSa S cr ~ s 10 aSst.9y
and tn, cidiUe Boards Aeis- York Ctfs
informed What reqn, Judgment Of the
Board OF Health for complety nng the new position OF
FIRST That good eiu atioa superior intelIigence correct
and absolute integrity are preliminary requirements Tor tue
That ability inspect tenement houses and to Ms
pumDng ami Orange sanitary condition gear.
ally TO life detrimental TO the health
OF the tenants ability recommend IA necessary aieat ons
repair, work To correct sanitary detects ia -ncnent
houses ability % make concse intelligent and correct
written report detects and the reuce,
proposed the consideration and action Of the Board OK
Health. All required In sanitary engineer
With Iequirrd a sanitary
mt sanitary officers OF thls Board and by eAcri
ent IN IL, scrviGe would the quaInca
required in the secoud paragraph Education as
civil engnee as ply stefan or as practical plumber would
possessea the qualifications required the nrst para rah
Very respectfully yours &c,
EMMOAs CLARk Secretary
The legal points raised the Commissioners Accounts
respect additional sanitary inspectors WHO shall
sanitary are not supported by tue terms OF lio
law OF 1851 which amends section ooo OF the Ne"l ORR C
Consolitatrn Act OF lsS2.
That tho Emergency clause" IN the Health laws
counts deficiency the ordinary appropriations for
expenditures the Health Dep rtntnL The section OF
declaration Of the presence OF great and imn
peril the public health By OF mpen ling est
appropriations can b. obtained and used tor the peseya
OF the public health the OF contagious diseases tho
caused by a and declaration ALWAYS seriously
dangers the business interests OF the CITY, ana should DC
avoided unless absolutely necessary.
Filth The statement Oh the OF accounts tas
hardly fifty per cent OF It's 1.-THE Board Of Hea primary
%er' E Compile" Nwmer Of olors issed by ns
Beard U Health. July l. 1885. to July /, 1885.
1890 Number OF said orders complied WITH lsl52.
The orders not recorded the books o this department IS
complied include such ouers been suspended
by the Boar for good and sufficient aud
the in which u nens ave been taken aud tue de-
PENDANTS have been found 10 be irresponsible or NONRESIDENT
sixth The statement that t!e policy pursued is tue
OF that which obtained IN the early history the c
in the orters Is
and has other foundation than the tact that IN 1873
the Board of Health resolved not TO exact costs When oriis
before trial md judy
obtained Experience has proved the wisdom such
months OF minute examination. under
advantage by the Commissioners OF Accounts OF the methods
OF tins department. no substantial Complaints have been pre-