New-York tribune., 1886-03-04
ANALYzING MALT BEVERAGES.
TUE or.rr BOARD OF HEALTH FAVOR A CHANGE

IN BEER LAwS-NEwi owns BURIAL LAW
The State Board of Health met Yesterday morn
ing at the Murray dill lioteL Dr' H. houi alc is at
present secretary of the Albany Healtn b9%aIu %
The acting secretary. DR.. T. c. Curtis; reported tne
work done at the central ONCE since the Iisu et
inc and gave an account OF the efforts TO ascertain
the cause of the typhus fever epidemic In h .ho
Albany Pententi4ry; me & oriRl,d Rnnd bnt the en
demjc was entirely suppressed. 1t is supposed that
the first case from this city, as 'hS was thc
only place in the State where the disease eAIsVe.
The results of vaccination throughont the Ntale
to ward oft the smallpox epidemic which pteyaileu
at Montreal were according TO the secretary IL
+" + wo facts he said. shave been demonstrated
first that vaccination is a certain preventive OF
smallpox, second, that the virus FURNISHED, oy 'ho
Nev-Iork Health Bl ard is most ehcaclons
Cousnltinp Engineer james /. Gardner, gave
graphic account of the bad sanitary condition Oh
the New Capitol at Albany. Al the last mrellhg ol
the Board Dr. Milbank of the Stale Insurance.
DEPARTMENT reported that he had been attending a
number of cases in that department Wh,ch ne
thought were due TO filth POISONING MS ieu MI ".
Gardiner TO make an examination oil the cntre
building He found things III wretched cor ltlon ION
both as regards VENT ilation and draihage uo a. a.
shafts fpr supplying hot air are placed so near hc
soil pIpcs on the root that the StIOnS suctl" uoN
the iormer draws this foul gas down anu distributes
il throughout the entire building Inc uraiuaR9 9
pipes IN the basement are also inadequate anu WI
have TO be improved and enlarged. An approprla-
tlon for remedyng these detects Will DC asheu at
once. - ,.ou oo,to;,s
The executive committee report Ou brtI t'h'"'"'
tabulaton of nearly 800 samples recently exam
med by the State analyst, Professor +. r. Engi",
hardt OF Syracuse. These samples were CoIIecteu "
at the various brewerles ana I'D open Hial f ho'
throurhont the State and numbered. Mr. Ensle-
hardt knew nothing as to the source OF any Sample
and hence the full result OF his Work IS ohiy Known
IN n q members of the Board. The Boards discus
sion of this question shows that there ls no legal
definition of what constitutes normal Oeer iioi M sS
standard established by the on oo
iect In concluding its report the committee makes
the following recommendations:
That the Ia be amended as to define the normal
TGai mat beverage should. as its name indicates,
contain only malt hops, water and yeast and the con
ttituents. ...,.i,., 4. o,t,ato,v
upon the Internal Revenue Del srimeni al an times 10
permit publicity To- tie gsen 70 1 t ararae
That iocni ho ,ris of health throughout The state
bn ID have special control brewerc' within hcir
Jurisdiction; should visit them aul report publicly
upon condition OF THESE csoiishiIeh,7. in thc
That nothing bat pune water shOulu NC di'o"c J." '
TEi local health boards OF the state should have
suerial sur ervsou saloons; shouId nave shiui'
purcna,ed OF the beverages sold ami forward to sam
for examination, and ttat 'trlIsonemi M cJ nv
That no condition II secrecy should lie imposed IN the
law relating t. beer, spiriluouS or mat llU"I' & @ @
pure to make the matter public
This report of the committee was rcceveu,
adopted, and ordered printed lpI p'o>eh'"'''' ~
'"S Senator Cozcns appeared before the Board and
| pOinted out the hardShIpS imposed upon pcup'
! living outside the boundaries OF Nc"t"wa Nv the
recent action OF the Health BOARD of that town IN
rrGniring an extra burial permit for intcrmrnt, III
.hc cemeteries OF the town. Ihe senator hcld tudl
H. Sfate Koard has supreme authority in the
matter and asked that 1t make ruch rules ana
regulations as would prevent CONTINUANCE oi thr
! nractice now employed AT NeWtown he matter
| Wa referred 10 the AttOrncy-t,cncral Tor ms
opinion In case he decides that the state Board
has moi sufficient authority to interfere, II viii ask
| for a special law giving the Board thlN flBht.
| tmnnU those at the meeting were Dr9. Edward
! NJ Moore. aud W. l.. Mhbauk. of Rochester
| George W. Corke. Kingston; and Wools"y Johhsnn
! and Alfred Mercer Syracuse and /. {. tuiIl7
/ FREDERICK X Carman, and Attorney General
BTien.