The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-09-05
DIR. GORDON'S FROWN.
1T CAST A GLOOM OYER THE EC-
LECTIC PROFESSORS.
Too Many Death Certificates-The County
Health Board Enquiries Into the Con-
duct of Undertaken Boylan's As
sistant,

AeaIEn BOard enquiries Into tue Ooh-
duet of Undertaken Boylan's As
sistant.
DIR. Gordon. president of the County
Board of Health, was particularly severe
yesterday at the meeting of the Board.
He, metaphorically speaking, fired out
the faculty Of the so-called Eclectic Medi-
cal and Surgical College of New Jersey;
made the Health Inspectors shake in their
boots, and sat down ON Clerk Rooney with
much determination. Others also came
in for their share of the DOCTORS severity.
When the meeting was called to order
six or seven members of the faculty OF the
college filed into the room, and remained
quietly seated until asked what they
wanted, and then DIR. L. B. Broughton.
| president of the institution, said that the
faculty and trustees had called to ascer-
| tain why the Board refused to register the
diplomas granted by the college, and
Judge HadIey added:-"Yes; we would
Like to know the difficulty
Because" replied DR.. Gordon sternly,
your charter Is not followed. We have
examined your institution and its mem
bers from the head down, but no evidence
whatever has ever been discovered that
the provisions of the charter have been
obeyed. You are" said he facing DR..
Broughton, "acting as professor in a
college"
'I win resign my professorship, in
terrupted DR.. Broughton, 'ff that inter
teres with the progress of the college.
We comply with the law and have always
done So
We'll . said DIR. Gordon, II don't think
so, and | will not vote to register your
| diplomas, for they are illegal. Some of
| the Certificates have nF06ncq6
from defunct colleges, but that does not
make much difference, as you claim TO all
be professors, and not practitioners"
No, sir; only two are professors. the
rest are physicians, corrected DIR. Brough-
4 ton.
THE COLLEGE TO INVOKE THE LAW.
Counselor, what is the law governing
| this casei" enquired DR.. Gordon Of Mr..
| Winfield.
s'Any person with legal certificate
must be permitted to register, but it
| must come from proper college"
| Yes, but has not the Board of Health
the right to say whether 1t shall register
person or nots" DIR. Gordon asked.
| I'm this county 1t has. l was referring
| to the general State law"
Then we must appeal to the law" de-
| clared Dr.. Broughton, with determine
| ton.
"That," retorted DIR. Gordon. "under
the blessing of a free and enlightened
| country is your prerogative.
| DIR. Converse said he never would vote to
| register these certificates, and the crest
| fallen faculty of the Eclectic Medical and
Surgical College of New Jersey, sorrow
| fully wended their way homeward.
| DIR. Fred. NJ. Corwin reported that Mrs.
! Gunda Alsen has been practicing medi-
! cine, although she has only right to per
| form the duties of a midwife. 1t was re-
ferred to counsel for Investigation. Com
plant was also made against DR.. Stout,
who neglected to report the birth of Julia
| Longs twins. That also was referred.
| John f. O'Hara, an undertaken at Ho-
boken, made complaint against ex-Cor-
oner William ParslOw, who is also an un-
dertaker. The complaint alleged that
| Parslow violated the law by conveying q
child, who died of membranous Group, to
| the cemetery in a coach. An investiga-
| tion was ordered
The clerk reported that in July there
were 20 cases of diphtheria and 81 cases of
scarlet fever, and in August 60 cases of
| diphtheria and 28 cases of scarlet fever,
| which, he said, was very light for scarlet
fever, compared with last year, and that
not single death from 1t took place.
| Inspector Kielt produced diagram of
| the Grove street slaughter houses and
| recommended that permit to continue
| the industry be granted. 1t was referred
to DR.. Converse. The Inspector also re-
ported that the sunken lots on Seven
| tenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets
were drained week ago by the city au-
| thorities.
| Complaint was made at the last meet
! ing that DR.. William Davidson, of Ber-
| gen, was practicing medicine without a
| license. This he denied and produced
| several letters to prove his statement.
| The question was referred to counsel,
| DIR. Saltonstal reported that some
sunken lots on Jefferson street, Union
! Hill, are filed with cats, dogs, etc.. and
| that it ought to be cleaned.
is 1T A FORGERY?
The counsel reported that he had inves-
! tigated the case where two doctors GER
| titicates had been given of the death of
Frank Roll. The names Of the physicians
are John Lochner and j. j. Finnerty
| Counsel said there was no j. J. Finneruy,
| but ]. HI. Finnerty is practitioner, and
! he denies having attended the deceased at
| all He never gave certificate in the
| case.
Investigation convinced him that the
regular certificate made by DR.. Lochner
was unsigned ut his house when called
| for, and that Undertaken Boylan's assist
ant, being in hurry, had drawn up one
to use for obtaining a permit, intending
| on his return to obtain the regular one at
DR.. Lochner's house. While at the ceme-
! terry some one had filed the regular cer-
| tificate, and the assistant was unable to
| get it, That accounted for the fact that
| there are two Of them. The counsel was
directed to bring the matter before the
Grand Jury.
Veterinary Surgeon Henning was
| reported as having practised medicine. 1t
was charged that he had attended patients
! and had obtained fees for his services.
| Counsel was directed to prefer charges
| against him. The punishment for this
| oitense is a fine or six months in the peni-
tentiary.
DIR. Gordon ordered the inspectors to
notify all owners of sunken lots to fill
| them in before October l, and after that
1 date for the inspectors to make an inspec-
| ton, to see If the work was done. If not
| done, action will probably be taken in the
| premises.
DR.. Gordon hauled Inspectors Allen
and Saltonstal over the Goals for not hav-
ing ready the report of the schools; and
also that relating to the swine and cows
that wander about Weehawken Cemetery.
| These matters have been in their hands
| four weeks, and both inspectors were en-
| phatically told that the reports must be
| in at the next meeting.
| QUEER SYSTEM OF RECORDS.
Charles Bollow, of Dale avenue and
| Broadway, has a sausage case cleaning
factory, which Inspector Allen reported
as being filed with an odor of putrid
| matter, and that he had closed it up by
| advice of counsel. Mr.. Bollow appeared
| before the Board yesterday and said he
thought 1t u strange proceeding to stop
| mans business without giving him an
| opportunity to be heard. He denied tha