The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-03
BOARD OF HEALTH'S
EXTREME ACTION
II Was Taken at Last Nights Regular
Monthly Meeting.
CONDEMNED A STABLE PROPERTY
Was Termed a Nuisance and It's Rid
dance Was Referred to Health OFF,
Ger Alien and the Sanitary Police
man with Power to Act.- Board
Doesn't Want TO BE Concerned
in the Consequences of a Lyceum
Theatre Panic.

Extreme action may follow the com
sderation given by the board OF health
last night to the complaint of Health
officer Allen and Sanitary Policeman
Burke against the boarding stable of
Doud & Miller, on Hallstead court, be-
tween Linden and Mulberry streets.
II is probable that the board will con-
deinn the property as hopeleesly un-
sanitary. and have the building remove
and the ground beneath IL disinfected.
Sanitary Policeman Burke, In writ
ten and a verbal report, described the
stable as a nuisance. A year ago, he
said windows on one side of the strnc-
ture had been boarded and a ventilat-
ing stack erected by order of the board
after repeated complaints from resi-
dents in that vicinity. The place has
continued to be the source of foul
smells and possible disease. The soil
beneath the stable floor is polluted and
fetd for several feet beneath the sur
face.
Health officer Alien corroborated the
sanitary policeman's report and gave
ms opinion that the place could neith-
er be severed or disinfected.
\ motion prevailed giving the health
officer and sanitary policeman power
to act. in conjunction with the city
solicitor.
FOOD INSPECTORS REPORT.
The report of Food Inspector Cullen
contained the following: Store and
market inspections, 4S9 milk inspec-
tions, PSI; destroyed 1856 pounds of pork
% of beef, 81 of veal, 120 of hog kid
neys, 2S of chicken, 334 of fish, 16
bushels of onions and barrels of cab
bage. The milk supply was described
as good, with the exception of two lots.
He prosecuted one person for selling
bob veal and secured a decision for a
s. fine and costs against the defend
ant.
The mortality report for February.
submitted by the secretary, contained
The following. 116 deaths from natural
| causes, of which 26 were under 1 year
of age, 25 from 1 to years, 10 from 4O
to 60 years, 81 over 60 years. OF those
who died II were natives of the. United
States. OF the burials, 81 We're in Hyde
Park Catholic cemetery, so in Wash
burn street cemetery and l3 in Forest
Hill cemetery. There were 120 births
| VI NulCl % were anu "a leIlldltS,
Forty-eight new cases of contagious
diseases, of which 40 We're of diph-
| iberia, were reported but the deaths
from contagious disease only numbered
six. Thirty-seven marriages were re-
| ported.
OF the deaths are termed violent
| as follows Mine accident, l. killed
on railroad, 1; crushed by falling wall
/; severe burns, 2.
| Sanitary officer Burke reported 7S
| complaints received and 8 nuisances
| abated. The report particularized the
| inspections and complaints and men
toned the animal store at 314 Spruce
\ street, which he had ordered cleaned
| daily.
AT THE CREMATORY.
! Superintendent Thomas, Of the
crematory, reported the cremation OF
| 1850 barrels of refuse and the con.
sumption of 22 tons of coal during Feb
| ruary.
| A communication was read request
| ing the presence of a Scranton dele
| gate at the Pure Food congress IL
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