The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-19
LONG LIFE In HUDSON
Statistics Show the Result Of
Abandoning Passaie
Water.

C. J. Rooney. clerk of the County Board
Of Health, submitted his report of the
vital statistics of the county for 1897 to
the Board of Health yesterday afternoon
According to the report the mortality
of the county has been the lowest in
twenty three years. The rate was 1873
per thousand of the population. and the
average for the twenty-five years was
the next lowest percentage. and then it
was 1915. The decrease of mortality was
most noticeable in Jersey City and Ho-
boken There was also a decrease in all
the northern towns and townships, with
the exception of Weehawken- Bayonne
is in the same class with Weehawken,
the death rate in both place being about
the same. The rate in Jersey City last
year was 1910. The lowest prior to that
was 20.3 in 1879 and $50 in 1891. In Hobo
ken the rate last year was 1872 The low
est preceding rate was in 1884, when it was
I'll and the highest was IN 1870, Wnen Il
was BOT
The improved health of the community
is attributed to the scarcity of deaths
from zymoltic diseases, that is diseases
caution Such diseases include scarlet
fever, smallpox, diphtheria typhoid fever
and malaria. In Jersey City the deaths
from typhoid fever, for instance. were
only one-third of the average for the past
ten years.
The total number of deaths in the ooun-
ty arng S i TspoHtsa HoSoRsn Rs ly Bay
onnea 4S6; Harrison, 1913; Town of Union,
I'll: West Hoboken. 299; Gutenberg, So;
North Bergen s07; Union Township. Co.
Weehawken, 81; Kearny, 272; total, 6,671.
The death rate for the different muni-
cipalities for 1897 was
Jersey City, 1s;o; Hoboken, 1872; Bay
IA; West Hobokens lS.S; Gutenberg, ll.s;
North Bergen, 2os a II Mon Township 10. /;
Weehawken $50; Kearny, 2S.
Clerk Rooney for his able and compre-
hensive report. DR.. Connell remarked
that Hudson county would soon become
a papular health resort if the present low
death rate continued. AT the suggestion
of President Varick a copy of the report
will be sent by the Clerk to the New York
life insurance companies.
Counselor Winfield reported that a suit
has been instituted against Morgue
Keeper Speer for keeping a body in the
morgue from February rs until March 1S,
which is violation of the health code.
Atchison Hudson died in Christ Hospital
and the body was sent to the morgue.
Speer refused to bury it on the ground
that he must receive an order from the
County physician. DIR. Converse finally
persuaded Mr.. Speer that as county ply
sician he had no authority in the matter,
ana the DOQy was Dur1eu.
Inspector Mitchell reported that he had
Investigated the complaint of John w.
Abbott of New York about sewage emp
tying into his lots at the head of Four
teenth and Fifteenth streets, Hoboken,
but could find no evidence that the sew
age came from West Hoboken as the COM
plainant alleged. The complaint was put
on file.
Counsellor Winfield reported that no.
tice has been served upon Henry Mackert
of North Bergen that he must not sell
to families any ice taken from his pond
because the water is stagnant. He can
sell it to butchers and others for use in
refrigeratorS.
Inspector Nevin reported that he had
investigated a complaint made by James
Berry of Summit avenue and Malone
street. West Hoboken, about drainage
from several houses flowing into his back
yard, and found that the water came
from Berry's own house. Mr.. Berry has
been notified to abate the nuisance or he
will be prosecuted for maintaining it.