The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-04-04
THE COUNTY'S HEALTH.
How 1t Figures in the State Board
Garbage on the Meadows.
specia, to The Jerseu citv Nesos.

TRENTON, April 4. 1S93.-The annual re-
port Of the State Board of Health just
filed, shows that during the veal ending
July /, 1892, 1902 people were married In
this State. OF this number 3,767 were
non-residents Most them were married
in Camden and Phillipsburg and they
came over the Delaware from Pennsyi-
vania in order to escape the license law
of that State. Acco riding to the report,
MARI iages are on the increase In this
State. The births during the year were
SO, 627 and the deaths 1855.
A report Of Health Officer Benjamin is
Included in the State Be ,rd's report. By
his 1t appears that $500 n%uisances were
abated during the year out of $685. cases
complained Of. One hundred and thir-
teen thousand places were disintec5ed,
aud 513 persons were disinfected. In the
report submitted by the Hudson County
Board, Clerk Rooney states that q large
number of nuisances complained of were
investigated and were necessarily abated.
Considerable discussion WAS caused by
the practice of spreading hogs hair on
the Hackensack meadows to dry In the
sun, and it wal ordered stopped on ac-
oun Of b stencil 1t raised. The au-
thorities had n case OF leprosy to bother
II ~ ~ S1Dl e-D
patient at Snake Hill. +
GARBAGE ON THE MEADOWS.
The County Board has declared war
upon the dumping Of garbage on the
meadows for the purpose of filling them
in, and expect to stop 1t entirely. Not
only is the garbage offensive to the eye
and nose. but it is the cause Of disease as
we'll. There were seventeen cases OF
smallpox throughout the county, most of
which were AXE care of at Snake Hill.
Altogether there were $3.50 cases OF COM
tagious diseases In the country during
the period covered by tbs report, 626 OF
which were diphtheria; 10 smallpox, 1874
scarlet fever, % Group. 257 typhoid fever,
ane 23 measles.
In Hoboken steps are being taken to
have the sewers throughout the cftyover-
hauled. The five hundred receiving basins
throughout the city were cleaned several
times during the summer and disin.
fected.
During the same season one thousand
nuisanees were abated. The garbage is
used for filing IN the meadow lands iyina
on the outskirts OF the city. and the work
is done under contract with the Mayor
and Common Council, but w effort Will
soon be made to dispose of the refuse By
some other method.
VACCINATION.
The Board of Education has passed q
WILL - aAt y ~ ~ ~
TO show a certificate OF vaccination before
they be admitted to school. Under this
resolution $500 children were yaccinated
during the year
There were ten cases of smallpox, RIOT
diphtheria, 1926 OF scarlet fever, and 20 Of
typhoid fever In Hobokep. From The
lower portion OF the city where there Is
considerable meadow land, 249 cases o
contagious diseases including mem-
braueous crOup,
From Harrison comes the report that
the local Board of Health have appointed
regular inspectors who are making =
house to mouse inspection. They require
the placarding Of all houses whore CON
tngious. diseases IRE. All the
wells In town were found to be con.
baminated and were closed. The Rnthori'
ties are considering " complete sewerage
system.
Bayonne reports that she expects soon