The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-02
BOARD OF HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS /:
OF HUDSON COUNTY.

At the last meeting of the board COM
plant was made that DIR. G. H. Randall
had not been properly registered. Yes
terday the doctor informed he hoard
that he had passed az examination before
the State Board of Examiners, and that
his diploma would be sent to him Ia a
few days.
Complaint was made that DR.. I. A.
Curtis of No. 20 Greene street had re-
ported the death of a person, and that the
doctor WAS not registered. COUNSEL TO
the board was directed to investigate the
matter.
A HEALTH NUISANCE.
Citizeus living Ill the fourth Alder-
manic District sent W complaints to the
board concerning L. Verrimen OF No. IA
Franklin street, a dog and bird fancier.
The complaints alleged that Verrimen
kept not less than twenty dogs in his
ward: that he starved them to death. q
that their howls at night were a nuisance
that could no longer be endured. One
communication said:-
'.rhere are twenty dogs in the yard, and
they are starved to death one by one, and
are buried III the yard"
The ccmplainants said they feared that
tnisd dog grave yard would prove q serious
nuisance when hot weather arrives. They
thought that the barking and bowling OF
the i~ll-treated brutes In cold weather, and
tn9 result VI tuOlI i WOuA0 - wv
weather a nuisance too great to be en-
dured, and one that would be detrimental
TO health. The complaints also allege
shat Verrlmen skins the dogs before he
buries them. The case was referred TO
Inspector Allen.
Clerk Rooney submitted the following
list Of contagious diseases for the
county for April in total numbers !:
Diphtheria, %. scarlet fever, 50; menu
branous Group. 2; typhoid fever. 3; small
pox, IS. a marked decrease in zach disease
from the rate for March. \
FILTHY GOV STABLES.
William Lanton of No. 1877 Brunswick
street, was, at a prior meeting, refused a
permit to keep two cows. Yesterday he
determination. DR.. Converse reported
that Lanton's stable was one of the filth
est he had ever seen, Il that it was sit
uated in q thickly populated tenement
house district and was a menace to health.
LanBon said his neighbOrs kept cows in
stables no better than his. The Board
again refused to grant the permit and
directed Inspectors to examine the sta
bles Of Lanton's neighbors with a View TO
closing them.
DR.. Converse informed the board that
at present there are several cases of
smallpox at Snake Hill, and of that num-
Der four are convalescent.
DIR. Petrle was charged at the lhSC
meeting with having failed to report the
death of Kate Pearson of No. $50 Halla-
day street, from scarlet fever. He sent
10 the board a letter, yesterday, in which
he said he had made q report, but owing
to the fact that he was out of official
postal cards, he had used one OF the New
York Board of Health, ana be presumed
sit had gone astray for that reason. Clerk
Rooney was requested to endeavor to
trace the ieport as an act of justice TO
DR.. Petr,e
George w. Mcguire. State Dairy Com
missioner, IN a letter requested che board
to furnish him with a list of all COWS 10
the county and of those kept to furnish
milk for market.
H. w. Grif1ths, an undertaken In North
Bergen, complained to the board that the
autt orilies would not allow disinter-
ments in Weehawken Cemetery. The
subject was referred to the Committee of
the Whole for further consideration. The
board directed its Counsel to bring suit
againss Mrs. Caploano, a midwife, who
failed to report the birth OF a child, and
District Attorney Winfield In a letter
notified the health authorities that the
piggeries at Secaucus were a nuisance.
Inspector Alien and the Counsel TO the
Board were directed to ascertain ii this
was true. The last Grand Jury IN q pre-
sentiment denounced these places.