The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-23
FOR THE COUNTY'S HEALTH.
Drs. Gordon, Converse and Mcneil Met
ON the Hill Yesterday.

ON the Hill Yesterday.
The Rev. Father Gillian, of st. Lucy's
parish, complained to the County Health
Board yesterday that the corner of Fiji
teenth and Grove streets, a sunken vacant
lot, is flooded with stagnant water covered
with green scum. ST. Lucy's Church pa
rochial school and rectory are nearby. The
priest and the neighbors believe the place
causes much sickness.
How much of the time is the lot
fiooded?" President Gordon inquired.
'Inever saw it entirely free from water, u
was the answer. II wrote the Board, ex-
planning the facts several times, and | told
the circumstances to Mr.. Winfield, Coun-
sci to the Board He says that an indict-
ment will lie agains the owners, who live
in New York. if Governor Hill would
grant requisition.
1--WE would like to fill this place, said
President Gordon, bnt we are limiied in
funds. l advise You to go before. the
Grand Jury and make complaint"
Besides this, Inspector Keilt was told to
ask the Erie Railroad Company to dump
refuse there.
Undertaken Crane, of Hoboken, applied
for permission to remove to Catskill from
a receiving vault in the Hoboken Gene
terry the body of Samuel w. Paige, who
died from consumption, and it was
granted.
An ANONYMOUS communication was read
and filed, asking the Board to take
measures to stop the scarlet fever epidemic
in the neighborhood of west Twenty
fourth street, Bayonne.
The Recorder of Bayonne reported Dr.
Field for failing to inform the Board of
the case of Kittie Maher, of No. 25 West
Fifty-fifth street, Bayonne, who had scar
letina.
Clerk Rooney read letter from the
Rev. S. Seymour Lewis, of Walpole,
Mass, saying that Mrs. Rasmussen
claimed to have been married in the
Church of the Holy Innocents, Hoboken,
November 26, 1884, under the name OF
Frederick Rhent; her name was, i'll fact,
Ludovica Ruth Valentine Helm. The
clergyman wanted to get properly
signed certificate for her.
After Clerk Rooney had reported the
number of cases of scarlet fever since the
last meeting to be seventy-six, OF diph-
therie, forty-six. and that 1871 children had
been excluded from school and sixty re-
turned to their studies, Counsellor Win
field said that he found but little water in
the cellar of the house at Summit avenue
andn Newkirk street, where Henry Hen
Won. a druggist, and two others died from
typhoid fever, short time ago.
That was caused by a large hole in the
drain pipe BY having the drain pipe re-
DllfeQ anu Dl liClCfiSAIss lllC fCilOlltttAOli,
he thought it would not be necessary to
fill in the cellar fifteen inches, as the
Board directed Mt the last meeting. The
suggestion was accepted
DIR. Gordon offered resolution, which
was adopted, requesting clergymen to re
port all baptisms, because the death rate
in this county appears greater than that
of births. This, he claimed, was because
of the failure of physicians to report
births and il baptiSmS are reported many
doctors will be detected in neglecting to
report and then they may be dealt with.
DR.. Siegmund Bondy, town physician OF
the Town of Union, was restrained from
board. DR.. Converse said permission to
register was not given him because he
failed to produce his diploma,
at a fire. He was allowed
three months to get certificate from
Germany, which he produced yesterday,
but it certified TO everything except that
he had studied medicine, physiology OF
! anatomy. He cannot practice III this
county until he produces better certlii-
cate.
A motion prevailed that all Inspectors
of the Board shall report all places where
two or more houses are connected with
one drain.
IL think" said DR.. Gordon, chat we
can make $25, 900 in penalties from this. ,
The Board of Freeholders have refused
to pay the printer for publishing the
monthly statements of the Board Of
Health, and DIR. Gordon was instructed te
do this for the present month.