The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-09
No OMORETYPHOID.
Only One Death from
that Cause this
Year.
PREVALENCE OF PNEUMONIA.
Figures About the County's
Health That Are of Spe-
cial Interest Now,
A Clash Between the Freeholders
and the County Health
Board.
PREVALENCE OF PNEUMONIA.

The weather clerk paid Hudson county
visit yesterday. After cursory exam
ination Of things IN general he located
himself in secluded corner of the Board
of Health office and listened intently to
what transpired at the Board meeting.
When Clerk Rooney read his annual re-
port of the deaths reported, the secreted
weather clerk became SO heartily ashamed
OF himself that he blushed and, murmur-
ing Listeners never hear any good OF
themselves" crawled through keyhole
into space and whistled up delightfully."-
cold wave and gale to the sorrow OF La
Grippe and the undertakers and the un-
concealed Joy Of the ice man
H. G. Opdyke. of Gutenberg. wanted
information from the Health Board as to
the best manner of throwing safeguard
around schools to prevent the spread of
diphtheria. 1t was directed that he be
notified that the usual plan of excluding
from school those exposed TO the conta-
gion is followed.
A complaint against Mrs. Somers, a
Hancock avenue midwife, that she re-
fused to send death certificate to the
Board, because she failed TO be paid what
SQG OeutIuQeG LOT utE scIFiCCs, was AOlcA-
red to counsel.
is THE CITY LICENSING A NUISANCE
Inspector Allen complained that the
City Contractor was using reruse from
receiving basins to fill in Eighth and
Brunswick streets, near the junction
Railroad. Counsellor Winfield Informed
the Board that he had spoken to Mr.
Feeney, President Of the Police Board,
about this matter and he said il would be
stopped at once. Inspector Allen added
that ne understood that the City Con-
tractor was acting with the consent OF
City Health Inspector Benjamin. The
Board ordered that the contractor be
notified to stop this work at once.
TYPHOID PLAGUE SPOTS.
The following was submitted by In
Spector Keilt:-
elm compliance with a resolution of your
Board, directing me to inspect houses on Storm
avenue and other avenues in the Bergen section
of Jersey City, have to make the following re-
port On the south side of Storm avenue find
that at No l2s the water supply Is deficient;
Nos. 1l3 and 1l5 are supplied with water by
Joint supply pipe and there are no traps to sinks
At No. LA Ida Morse, age ten years, died Of
typhoid fever; plumbing good No ~ loint
106, Flora White, age five and one-haf years.
died OF intermittent fever, No. SO, out house
over full, water supply very poor. caused by
lar, Garrison agent No. 67, no traps to sinks,
bad odor complained Of John Burger, age
fourteen had typhoid fever about latter part of
October but IS wen now, Foye, agent
Waste water runs into cesspooi loosely Gov
cred with boards near M kitchen No q, vault
overfull Frank anu mary Luysssr haye E3N
ram,, orarfnll Thomss Proven aged eleven
,aa. naars oorarin, frn,,, tvnhoid No m Storm
svans svan,e leJ Edward Woodey' aged eight wears.
ss's,n asSnuu, % pro,n tvvho;d fever Nos b2 and 50
joint supply water pipe.
I'm Astor place there is a sewer which runs
from Summit avenue to Crescent avenue. This
sewer empties INTO sewer m rarB ssreet' tnence
70 1feno s'ree' sewer 'nfousn ilesco.' pace
The Board refused to accept that part
of the report concerning Astor place. be-
Allan was directed to make an examina-
tion, because Mr.. Keilt was ILL., Clerk
Rooney said he had discovered the names
of fifteen doctors and six midwives in the
directory which were not registered. and
counsel was requested to make inyestiga-
sior,
ONLY ONE DEATH FROM TYPHOID