The morning call., 1893-01-19
BIAGINI'S CHARGE.
Health Inspector Aurich Is
Required to Answer.
AMENDING A STATE LAW
Negligent Physicians to Be Reminded
by the Board of Health No Place
for Poor Children.

Considerable business was transacted at
the meeting Of the Board of Health held
last night and the session throughout was
lively. the principal features being the pre-
llminary examination of Abraham Aurieh,
deputy health Inspector. who was
charged with extortion. and the introduction
Of an important bill amending the present
garbage law.
All the members of the board were pres
eni, Mayor Ebert presiding.
The usual reports wers submitted and
placed on file.
The report of the Health Officer, Dr.
keeney, showed that only 1892 births had
been registered at the Health Office during
the six months ending December 81. 1852. as
against 3055 deaths for the same period the
year before. The Health Officer ascrbes
the large discrepancy to the lax manner in
which physicians obey the law requiring
them TO register each birth. and recon-
mended that suitable notification be sent
10 each physician with request to do so In
the future He also recommended that all
public schools be thoroughly fumigated.
The mOrtuary report for the month OF
December, 1892, showed a total death roll
OF 565 as against 500 for the corresponding
month IN 1891, showing large decrease.
j. l.. Wiser, dairyman at Cole and Carl
streets. presented a petition asking for an
extension Of time in which to remove his
dairy, and was granted until April 10 do so.
Residents living in the vicinity of Alabama
street, between Twentieth aud Twenty
first. pettioned the board 10 declare two
lots in that locality, owned by M. and j.
Dickinson, nuisance. The lots are used
as dumping place for garbage BY scav-
engers.
The board declared the place a nuisance
n
pervsors for further action.
The preliminary examination OF Health
Inspector Abraham Aurich was then COM
menced.
Aurich is charged with attempting to ex-
tort money from tlor0 Biagnl, dealer IN
cattle. The complainant, through his attor-
uey, j. Carter, presented a complaint in
which be stated that Aurich had prosecuted
and otherwise harassed him because he re-
fused TO pay him monthly tribute OF s..
Complainant further asserted that Aurich
eonhscated his calves because of his refusal
to pay the money.
f. Buchignan a butcher at Filbert and
Dupont streets, was also. called as a witness
against the accused inspector, and stated
that Anrieh had on one occasion onfscated a
calf belonging to Biagini which was appar-
emily healthy, and refused 10 interfere with
other dealers who owned less healthy meat
Witness finally admitted that the INSPECTOR
only once accepted present from him IN
the shape of succulent beefsteak, and that
he had presented il voluntarily.
Aurich denied the statement of his ac-
cusers. and said he had never requested
BIaginl to pay him any money, but admitted
accepting the beefsteak iTcm Buehlgnani
out OF friendship. motion 10 consider the
case at a special meeting to be called was
adopted In order to give both sides an OPP
pOrtunty to secure Witnesses.
A resolution inStructing the Board of
Education TO thoroughly fumlga,e the pub
lie schools in the city to prevent the spread
OF smallpox was adopted.
The board Endorsed the proposed amend
ment OF section 374. introduced by DR..
Regens berger. ana decided to send
| COPY of the act to the local health boards
| throughout the State, requesting their sup
port when the bill is submitted TO the Legls-
lature for action this session.
The act relates TO the placing OF the car
cass oil any dead animal or offal so that 1t
will pOllute water drawn for the supply of
the inhabitants OF any city or town in the
| Stale.
The proposition to omen a charity hos
pitaI for children was discussed at length.
The poor children OF this city have at
| present no place to 90 for treatment, and
| DR.. Regensberger proposed that one OF the
wards occupied by employees at the City and
| County Hospital be utilized for that pur-
| pose, which would entail the erection of
another building ON the hospital grounds
| for the employees.
| Mayor Ebert called attention to the fact
that there are no funds with which to make
| the proposed changes, and the matter was
| laid over until the next meeting.
A vote Of thanks to George II. Sanders0n,
| ex-chairman Of the board, certifying to the
impartial and harmonious manner in which
| he had presided over that body during MS
term OF office was unanimously adopted,
after which the board adjourned