The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-06
HEALTH And HARMONY
Hoboken's Health Board Sends
a Message Of Peace to
the County Board.

A request was presented to the County
Board OF Health at its meeting yesterday
to change the name of Patrick Fay on
the death record TO Patrick Ford. The
man died in the Soldiers Home at Kear-
ny. He enlisted In the name of Fay and
was known by that name ever since, but
his right name was Ford.
Undertaken William H. Speer request
ed that John Romaine's age in the death
record be changed from AZ to 81. In his
letter MI. Speer said that DR.. varick, the
president of the Board, knew all about
it. DR.. yarick attended Mr.. Romano,
hut left the filing out of the certificate
to the undertaken. The changes were or
dered.
David Cantor. of No. IN Boulevard.
asked for information as to why he was
required to a a license fee of $50 for
running a fat rendering establishment
when other similar establishments were
allowed to run for IS. Mr.. Cantor. will be
informed that he was misinformed about
the price paid by the other establish
ments.
There Is a possibility that the long
standing difficulty and the strained rela-
tions existing between the Board and
the City Board of Health in Hoboken VIII
be amicably adjusted. Mr.. Winfield wrote
to Palmer Campbell of the Hoboken
Board recently, and the result showed
itself yesterday in a communication from
James Havron, Clerk of the Hoboken
Board. Mr.. Hayron stated that at a meet
Ing OF the Hoboken Board on Septem-
Der % he was Instructed to send to the
County Board a monthly report of the
vilai statistics of Hoboken, provided
That the County Board viii send to the
City Board all returns Of births, mar
riages and deaths in Hoboken, which are
MED with the County Board. Mr.. Havron
suggested that he be furnished with
turns promptly. The Hoboken Board for
the past seven years has stubbornly re-
Iused TO ME any returns with the County
Board. AT the suggestion of Mr.. Winfield
cate with the Hoboken Board and ascer-
tain II the proposed reports will include
CONTAGIOUS diseases. and the matter was
laid over until a reply Is received.
Inspector Nevin reported that he had
investigated a nuisance reported at a
school IN North Bergen. an overlooking
found a man digging a deep hole in the
yard. The man told him that he Intended
digging a trench and emptying the con-
tents OF the closet into the hole. The IN
was instructed to follow up the case until
the nuisance is abated.
"A letter was received from DR.. Fairfax
Irwln supervising Surgeon-General of
the Marine Hospital Service, highly COM
piimenting Clerk C. ]. Rooney for the
promptness and regularity with which ne
makes his reports.
remission was granted to ]. Levy &
co. OF New York to collect fat. bones,
ETC., in the county.
Clerk Rooney submitted his report of
deaths from contagious diseases during
September. In Jersey City the deaths
Were;-Diphtheria, 55: scarlet fever, IL:
membranous Group, Z; typhoid fever, g.;
Total. So =
Guttenberg-Diphtheria, 8; typhoid fe-
yer, /. Total. 8.
Union Observation-Disclosures, q; scarlet
lever, 1; membranous Group, i. Total, A.
West Hoboken-Diphtheria. S: scarlet
ever l; typhoid fever, 2. Total, 8.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, l
township OF Unson-Dfphtheria. 4
North Bergen-Diphtheria, 2; scarlet fe-
yer, 1; mernbranous eroup, /. Total. 4.
The total number of deaths was l1S.