The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-09-19
SIX DEAD In ONE FAMILY.
CLAIM THAT BLACK DIPHTHEBIA
rs EPIDEMIC IN WEST NEW YORK.
Sunken Lots and Stagnant Water the
Alleged Cause-BoYlan and the Grand
Jury-No Collins in Coaches.

Sunken Lots and Stagnant Water the
Alleged Cause-Boylan and the Grand
Jury-No Collins in Coaches.
All of the members of the County
Board of Health were present at the meet
ing held yesterday. Without any pre-
liminaries Dr. Gordon called for the re-
port of inspectors. Inspector Allen said
he had examined S. Nagle's slaughter
house on Henderson and Nineteenth
streets. He found the owner had no per-
NIT and had made no application for one.
Counsel to the Board was asked to act in
the matter Inspector Allen also reported
that the Milford Smith sunken lots are
being filed in.
BLACK DIPHTHER1A EPIDEMIC.
A letter was received from Mary Fleery
that stated that an epidemic of black
diphtheria exists at West New York,
along the Palisades, and that six children
out of one family of seven died from the
scourge. Examination of the records
show that in August but five cases were
reported to the Board, and that four of
these cases were fatal. There were no
cases of diphtheria in this neighborhood
in 1887 and 1898. Mrs. Fleery claimed the
disease was caused by stagnant water on
sunken lots.
The Board does not credit the epidemic
story, but ordered an investigation as a
safeguard.
Frank J. Mathews called the attention
of the Board to the condition Of the sunken
lots at Coles, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth
streets Inspector Kiel reported that
Counsellor Fleming had told him he
would attend to the sunken lots on the
northwest corner OF Grand and Monmouth
streets for the owner, who is his client.
He also reported the filthy condition Of
the Avenue + ditch, Greenville, and said
closets were drained into it. The Board
will stop this nuisance.
A PEREMPToRY ORDER
DR.. Gordon instructed the Clerk to no.
tify all these parties to abate the nui-
prepare papers to be presented to the
Grand Jury. Other sunken lots included
in this category are on Fourteenth, Six
teenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth
streets.
Counsellor Winfield informed the
Board that he had begun a suit against
McCauley before Judge Davis, but had
discontinued it because McCauley had
drained his lots properly.
The Counsel also said that DR.. Stout
had failed to send any explanation to
| him in answer to his enquiry as to why
he did not report the birth of twins dur
| ing July, and he recommended that suit
| UG DIOu2uU, anu ~ was SO OloSlCus
THE BOGUS BURIAL CERTIFICATE.
DR.. Gordon announced that he intended
| to 90 before the Grand Jury as soon as
| the Board adjourned, and ask that body
| to enquire into the bogus burial certifi-
cate obtained by Undertaken Boylan.
| The counsel was instructed to direct
| DR.. Converse to obtain evidence against
Mrs. Olsen, the midwife, who it is
! charged is practicing medicine. DR..
Bundy, who has caused the Board SC
much trouble, popped up serenely yester-
day, and through his counsel, Edward
Gilmour, asked that he be given hear
| ing. No decision was given.
| The Board dismissed the charge against
| Undertaken ParSlow of carrying a child
body to a cemetery in coach in violation
of the rules. He explained that he Gid
4 not know that membraneous Group was
| contagious disease. After disposlng OF
his case the Board amended the rules sc
as to compel undertakes to convey all
1 corpses, whether they died of contagious
disease or not. in q hearse or covered
coffin wagon.
HEARsEs FOR CoFFINs.
This action works hardship to poor
people whose babes die of non-contagl
GUS diseases, for it compels them to pay
$40 for a hearse when carriage could be
had for S. When DR.. McNeill agreed to
the proposition he said he thought the ex
| pense ttoo trifine," to be considered
and DR.. Gordon believed that the living
had as many rights as the dead and SO the
new rule became law.
Inspector Salstonstal reported that the
school houses at Hoboken are in n most
| excellent sanitary condition. He was
directed to mail report to the Board OF
| Education, of that city.
| After some little discussion Counsellor
| Winfield was directed to apply to the
| Chancellor for an injunction to restrain
| the New York Manure Company from
using the grounds on the meadows, neal
| the hog abbatoir, for dumping grounds
| The faculty of the so-called Medical ant
| Surgical College of New Jersey are ap
| parently not easily discouraged, for they
| sent another diploma to the Board to bt
registered yesterday. 1t was the diplomt
! of Aemileum Kirchgessner.
1t met the fate of the others from this
| college. The Board refused to recogniz,
| it.
| THE MONTHS HEALTH.
| The clerk reported that for the present
month to date. eleven cases of scarle
fever and thirty-seven of diphtheria hav'
| been reported DR.. Gordon informed tn,
! Board that the cattle lumpjaw scare wa
over, for dealers had telegraphed Wes
| that it would be folly to send them her
| to be killed. Charles Bollow was per
mitted to continue work at his sausage
casing cleaning factory on Dale avenue
| and the diploma of Arthur Kahn, of Ber
lin, was laid oyer for action.