The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-05-22
THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
1t T~ransacts a General Business in
Smells, Mattresses and Sewers.

The County Board of Health met yes
tarday and received a communication
rom Contractor Bishop. who carts old
mattresses from vessels that land in this
CITY. to the meadows and burns them.
Mr.. Bishop wanted to know If the Board
had any objection to his carting mat;
tresses from the Inman dock in New York
hrough this city. DR.. Gordon directed
the clerk to inform him that the Board
had decided objections. The
zion stated that others were carting mat
tresses from New York and DR.. Gordon
instructed an inspector to look into the
matter. !.
inspector Keilt reported that he had
investigated the disposition of the bodies
OF two still-born babes. One was properly
buried, and the other, the child OF an IN
married woman, disappeared. The mother
had gone to New York to live, inns case
was referred to Counsellor Winfield:
The clerk was directed to call the at
fenIion of the Board of Street and water
Commissioners to the condition OF the
grade of Pacific avenue, which permits
water to form in pools and become stag
nant, The same Board will also be noti-
fed that the filth on Steuben and Warren
streets has not been removed
Recently Messrs. Detweller and Schultz
II Ctllu OEllCl ECAC40AASA ~ 49,
planned of the condition of the Linden
avenue sewer. Inspector keilt reported
that he had examined it n found 1t IN
good condition, containing twenty-five
inches of water and no gas escaped. Inc
same inspector also reported tnat where
the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company has
been filing in the meadow land along
Pacific avenue with ashes and garbage,
the ompan had put a good earth cover
ing over it, and that the work OF nlllng IN
would be finished in two weeks. He said
he did not find any offensive odOr there.
His report was accepted.
Counsellor Winfield reported That The
Medical bill had been signed by the Gov
ernor. Ii provides for q State Board or
Medical Examiners, consisting of nine
members OF recognized professional abll-
ity, who shall be appointed for three
years and consis OF the Allopathlc,
HOMEOPATHIC and Electric Schools, all to
have equal representation in the Board,
and no Membe to serve more than Two
terms lii succession; but no member OF
any college who has a medical
department. shall serve. The meetings OF
this Board shall be held on the first
Thursday in January. April, July and
October OF each year. The Board must
keep a register and all persons hereafter
must apply to the Board for a license to
practice medicine or surgery in this State
and pass an examination to obtain it,
The Board has the power TO revoke ne
license of anyone for common inc criety,
malpractice, conviction of crime involv-
ing moral t%urpitude, or for publicly adj
vertising special ability to treat or cure
diseases which, i'll the opinion OF the
Board, it is impossible to cure. Acopy
OF the license, when obtained, shall be
filed in the County Clerks office in the
county where the physician lives, but
commissioned surgeons of the United
States are excepted and need not obtain a
license.
DR.. j. p. Henry informed the Board
that he had no official blanks to make out
returns OF deaths and diseases, aud in
consequence he sent stubs from which the
clerk of the Board could fill out the
blanks himself. DIR. Gordon asked the
clerk if he had sent blanks to DR.. Henry
since the last meeting, and was told he
had. The president then ordered Clerk
Rooney to return the stubs and to notify
DR.. Henry that he must do his WI cleri-
cal work.
Tine Board registered DR.. E Mills
Baker and received a complaint of a hor-
rible smell that emanated from the glove
factory at the corner of Zabriskie street
and Summit avenue. This matter was
referred to an inspector for investigation.
A letter from lawyer John L. Dunn,
No. 225 Broad street, Elizabeth, asked il
there was any record of marriage of
Robert Philips to Bridget Lar
rier ON file at the Health
Office. The couple. the lawyer wrote,
were supposed to have been married by
Father Kelly, of st. Mary's parish, on
August Is, 1889. The clerk was directed
to reply that no record OF the marriage
was on file. The Board adjourned.