The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-23
A GRAND JURY SUMMONS
The County Board of Health
Also Hears About the
Public Schools.

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The members of the County Board of
Health held a meeting yesterday, and
to their surprise were served with sub
pHnas to appear before the Grand Jury.
The subpoenas included Inspectors Allen,
Kielt and Saltonstal. When the Board
was asked what the cause of this action
was none appeared to know.
DR.. Gordon, President of the Board,
said he had no idea of what the Grand
Jury wanted of the Health Board, but
from other sources it was ascertaiued
that in all probability the subpenas were
issued at the instance of Collector Dugan,
who desired to have the Health Board ac-
count for the monies expended by it dur
ing the past year.
AS bearing out this idea, Clerk Boyd
served on the Board certified copy of
this resolution passed by the Freeholders
requiring the Health Board to account
A permit to gather bones, asked for by
Dennis Shea, was referred to an inspec-
tor. The petitioner was positive that it
was not an old zone horse shay"
CONDITION OF THE SCHOOLS.
The report of Frank II. Earle who has
been employed to make an examination
OF the sanitary condition of the schools
was as follows:--
No complaint was made as to School
No. 4. School No. 5, on Bay street is
damp in the halls, and on wet days is
very uncomfortable. No unusual sick
ness exists among the pupils
A BADLY DRAINED SCHOOL.
Sphoo1 M II ia locafNd IN RQrQPD
Square and is . three-story structure.
The sewers can only be flushed by rain
water which falls on the roof and is COLI
veyed to the cesspools. On several oc-
casions it has been necessary to borrow
hose and attach it to hydrant on the
street TO flush the sewer. The engineer
recommended that water be connected
with the sewer There are 800 pupils in
this school and their health was generally
good
The annex to School No. II, on Tuers
avenue, was at one time an engine house.
The lower floor is used for play room
and the second floor for class rooms
There is. no sewer connection. Three
hundred and fifty pupils attend and no
unusual sickness has been reported. 1t
was recommended that the vaults should
be connected with the sewer
A TYPHOID FEVER SCHOOL.
School No. Il, on Union street, is
bilIFt-SbOEy AtG oOAl0b sAOoAlAss
are in d tiiiapidated condition and should
be rebuilt and supplied with running
water. One of the teachers, Miss Roe, is
i'll from typhoid fever and two pupils are
suffering from the same disease Miss
Clark, another teacher, is sick from nerv-
Gus prosrration.
The Engineer reported that complaints
of sewer gas were freely made. The pave
ment in the yard is very bad, and when it
rains pools Of water form there.
School No. Is, on Harrison avenue, is a
frame building, and the outhouses are in
dilapidated condition. Three hundred
pupils attend there. The boys yard is
unpaved and filed with The refuse of the
zinc factory near by. The outhouses
should be rebuilt and more water fur
nished the building.
School No. II, on Mercer street, was
once used as an armory. The walls in the
building have never been plastered and
are only whitewsshed. The floors are
rotten, and repairs TO it and the water
pipes should be made at once. The out
houses should be connected with city
water No particular disease at present
afflicts the teachers and pupils.
School No. 10, on Wayne street, was
formerly an engine house. The out
houses are very bad and there is q
sixty children are pupils there and danger
to them daily arises from the bad con-
i1tion of the railing or the back stairway.
School No. 81, on Twelfth street, q three
story brick building, is one OF the largest
in the city. The are $50 pupils and 800
more could be cared for. The opening
of parochial schools near by causes the
low attendance.
ROUTINE WORK.
The counsel announced that several
physicians had failed to report during the
past year Inspector Allen reported that
Mr.. Hanley, of Hoboken. had replaced
the earthen pipes in his new buildings
with iron pipes, and Inspector Saltonstal
reported that Louis Prall should not be
granted permit to gather bones.
After some discussion the permit was
allowed. Inspector Allen also reported
that Astor Place was in q good sanitary
condition, and that but two deaths had
occurred there recently, and but five
eases of sickness were discovered.
The Board directed Clerk Rooney to
make the detailed statement Of expendi-
lures requested by the Board of Free
holders. and the Board adjourned.
1t was stated in an unofficial manner
that the Board had expended 2,756, fees
collected.
This morning asked the Assistant Dis
trict Attorney why the President of the
Health Board and the Inspectors had been
summoned before the Grand Jury, and
he said he did not know, that it had been
done by the members of the Grand Jury
without legal advice. Mr.. Rowe thought
that the case to be investigated was that
of nuisances at North Bergen.
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