The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-11-13
BOARD OF II EAL7H.
DIR. wrights Report Presented at Last
Nights Meeiing-other Business.

There were 164 deaths in New Haven
during the month of October, according
to the report of Health officer Wright,
presented to the board of health last
night. OF these AZ were zymotic, 8 die
tetic, 80 constitutional, s development
tai, Il local diseases, 6 violent deaths,
and 2 unclassified. This exceeds the
death rate for October of 1894 by SO, due
to 81 diarrhoeal cases and phthisis
cases. OF the total number 5S were un-
der five years of age.
There were twelve cases of diphtheria
with three deaths during the month,
and thirteen cases Of scarlet fever, all
of which recovered. There were twen-
ty-four cases of typhoid fever, with four
deaths.
The inspectors made 4S1 visits and II
nuisances were investigated and 81 were
abated There were 80 privy vaults or
dered abolished, and houses fumigat-
ed, The plumbing inspector made 1877
inspections.
DR.. Wright in his report asked for in
struction in regard to the manner in
which the investigation of diseased and
infiamed eyes in children should be con-
Quoted. He also recommended the es-
tablishment of meteorological station
in the city to establish by MICROSCOPE
cal examination the presence of disease
germs in contagious diseases. Consid-
o;c
point.
DR.. Fleischner said that he depended
more upon clinical diagnosis than he
did upon any archaeological examina-
ton by young man in college He did
not have to look at any strip Of glass
to tell what allied his patients. DR..
Wright considered such an institution
as valuable as the work of inspecting
water from unknown brooks. The re-
port was accepted and the suggestions
noted.
A communication was received from
| T. A McCaffray, who owns property
| on Lamberton street, requesting that
some action be taken by the board to
abate the smoke nuisance from the Con-
| solidated round houses, as he had lost
| some tenants from that cause. 1t seems
| that some two years ago Vice President
Hall of the railroad company had pro-
posed building high chimney between
| the two round houses and having the
| smoke from the various engines con.
| Quoted to it and thus carried off high
In the air. Nothing has ever been done
| in the matter, however, and the boaro
will soon take action to compel the road
| to do something to relieve the residents
of the neighborhood from the foul odorS
and smoke of the soft coal.
| The Italian Santarro, Of AZ Fair street
whose prlvy vault appeared in the late
sanitary inspection of Fair street as 6
worse nuisance than Hemingway's soar
| factory, was before the board anc
| through an interpreter asked for an ex
| tension of time for the abolition of the
| vault, as he intended to build in the
| spring He was given until April l tt
remove it, with the proviso that NJ
have 1t cleaned within seven days. The
| same extension was granted Denni:
Twohill of Sc Clay street, who had beer
complained of for the same offense.
The owners of the following proper
ties will be prosecuted by the city at
| torney for not obeying the orders of thu
| board to remove privy vaults: 80 Yorl
| street. 90 Oak street, 43 York street, IL
Davenport avenue, AZ Oak street, II
Portsea street, 232, 234 236 Washington
strret, and 1862 Portsea street. Th
plumbing at 68 Liberty street had ais
been condemned as unsanitary but al
it has not been repaired the owner will
be prosecuted.