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New Laws Needed.


Attention is respectfully invited to the
need for laws to authorize the condemna-
ton of dwellings unfit for habitation by
reason of their inSanitary condition, and
for the prevention of the smoke nuSa nee.
The passage of the bills which have been
introduced into Congress at the instance of
the Commissioners to supply these needs
Should be urged"
DIR. Woodward states that in each of the
twenty-three cases prosecuted in the Police
Court for the sale of aduterated food con-
vicions Were secured. H recommends,
both in the interest of the fisheries and of
the consumer, that the passage of a law be
secured to prevent the SALE of oysters,
crabs and Holsters which are smaller than
some fixed legal standard. and he renewS
his previous recommendations for the es-
tablishment of public aba ttoir.
a considerable amount of work has been
in posed upon the health department by the
op- ration of the milk law, and 1t is noted
that much of it is quite Independent of rcu-
tine inspection.
1t is stated also that what has been said
elsewhere in reference to the limitation OF
work under the law to. prevent the manu-
facture and sale of aduIterated foods ap-
plies TO dairy products as well as to other
forms of food. Certain defects in the pres
ent law regulating the sale of milk will
have to be supplied before satisfactory re-
suits can be secured; the most important
of these is the legal authorization of the
control of the temperature at which the
milk is kept and offered for sale. The i'm
perfect cooling of milk is probably reSpon-
Sibie for more sickness and death than any
other one condition relating to this article
ot food, and yet IT is one but little, if at
all, understood by the average producer or
dealer in milk
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study rs to Locality.

AS the absence Of a census during the
past year has prevented detailed analysis
of the mortality with reference to sex and
age. so also 1t has rendered impossible a
study OF II with reference to locality. In
an appendix TO the report appears a state
zaent of the number of deaths registered
from each square in the city and from
each of the more important suburbs and
n0m this statement those Interested car
work out an approximate death rate for
any particular locality, but DR.. Woodward
states that the Inaccuracies certain TO an
pear in any general tabulation of such
data upon the basis of the police census of
1897 are such as 10 render its preparat ation
by this department unjustifiable, especially
in view Of the limited force at its com
mand.
"A distribution of deaths according to
their causes shows that the general death
rate is made up as follows: From zynotic
diseases. BIS; from constitutional diseases,
412: from local diseases. $40: from deyc!-
opmental diseases. 1.S1; from Violence 81; ;
general death rate, 1892.
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Removal of Refuse.

The health officer indOrses the proposal
of the superintendent of the street cleaning
department that ashes and like refuse be
expense, but, he says, the arguments made
on behalf of the proposition apply with
hundred times more force to the removal
of the contents of privies, particularly in
the case of the poor
Even aside from the sanitary need for
the removal of the contents of priVies at
public expense says DR.. Woodward, sim
pie justice demands It. The government al
ready provides means whereby a portion Of
the community can without cost dispose of
similar refuse, by providing sewer and wa
| ter facilities for it; and SO long as SUCH ser
vice is rendered free to some, it, or as
nearly its equivalent as possible, should be
free TO all. The only way in which this can
| be done is by providing for the removal Of
The contents of all box privies at public eX-
pc nse.
Site for a Pound.
The entire number of animals impounded
| during the year was 2,9e2, of which = $50
were dogs. The amount collected in fees
| was $40125. The recommendations for the
purchase of a site for a pound, and for the
| construction of a building for that pur-
| pose and as a general stable for the health
| department, which have been made in
previous reports, are renewed.
IN oo9 cases, warrants were issued at the
| instance of the health department for vio-
| iations of sanitary laws. In 253 of these
the prosecution was abandoned at the re-
| quest of this office because of the abate-
| ment of the nuisances; in 371 cases convic-
| lions were had, and penalties withheld
upon abatement of nuisances; 10 defend
| ants We're fined and Is declared not guilty.
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General Death Rate.

The general death rate for the year, 10 80,
compares very favorably with that for the
year preceding, 20.II, and, in fact, with
any previous record. Annual statements
of vital statistics have been made since
1SIJ-I6. and at no other time during that
period has the death rate fallen so low
The nearest approach occurred in 1S94-95,
when it was 20J7. The Improvement is
Que chiefly to d diminished mortality among
the whites. The death rate for this race
in lS96-9I was 1I.O3, Indicating therefore,
an Improvement during the year of $50
per thousand. The diminution in the death
rate of the cOlored race during the same
period was but LOS. AS compared with
the best prior records. those for 1S94-9J
the mortality of the whites shows an i'm
proVement of Ia while that of the colored
race was but 81.
Distributing the decedents by sex, DR.
Woodward finds. 2II5 males and 264O fe-
males. decrease when compared with the
corresponding figures of the preceding wear
or 2OD and 113. respectively. An examina-
t!on having reference to age gives the fol-
lowing: 1IS5, or 30. sc per cent of the en-
tire number were under five years old
and of these .26I We're under one year old
being 23.:9 per cent of all decedents and
II per cent of all under five. The average
age at death of those who have died was
thirty-one years, nine months and nine
days. that of the whites being thirty
eight years. five months and TWENTY
SIX days, and that of the colored twenty
nFe years and twenty-five days But as
has been indicated before, the value of
these figures. and the amount of interest
ed by the absence of reliable information
as to the number of males and females in
the community, and as to its distribution
by ages.
study rs to Locality.
As the absence Of a census during the
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A Gratifying Feature.


The most gratifying feature of the mortal
ity returns for this class of diseases. saws
DR.. Woodwork, is the decrease in the num-
Der of deaths from typhoid fever. ma
larial fevers and diarrhoeal diseases. as
shown in the following table:
Typhoid fever, including typho-maIariaI
fever, ls95-36. 240; 1861, 153; 1S97-gS 135
Malafid1 levers, 1S91-!G, ~; 1861 81 :.
is2.-yS; ~ % Dlarrhoeal diseases, 1sg5-96,
ioo' lS3N-9i, 31S: lS91-9S, 3l9. Totals. 1sl5,
~, fao. 1851 J62; 1897 -9S 49, Death
rate, ls''o-9G, lis: 1861 100; 1s97-gs
Says DIR. Woodward, in tkis Connection.
As is the case in most variations In ranr
taIlty, IL Is Improbable that this imDrova
heht mas peen due entirely to any single
cause; a statement that is borne out nv
the fact that Il diminishing death ra@S
seems TO be the rule at present IN 80
OF our cities, while the sanitary imnrove
mtnts Whlch are going on in each are az
varied as are their needs. But. if we nav
)uoSe from the experience of other places
me most potent factors In the present in
stance are the abolition of a large numhsr
OF box privies, the closing of numerous
shallow wells, an improved milk SUNNY
ard an Improvement in the drainage ann
water supply OF numerous dwellings, which
mas been accomplished by the in,roduction
OF sewer and water service in connection
with the abolition of privies'
tonstitutiona1 Diseases.
Speaking or constitutional diseases, the
health officer states that in this class, en-
tracing diathetic and tubercular diseases
there were registered 1.15i deaths. Among
the whites the death rate was 3.O4 the
number OF deaths being $50; among the
coiorea portion OF the community IL was
"a the deaths numbering 572
Most conspicuous among the fatal dia-
theuc of'eases were those popularity cIassed
as cancers. One hundred and sixty deatbs
were attributed to this cause a ratio of
deaths TO the population OF 81 to the thou
sand
me aealh rate from tubercuiar diseases
was 3.i2. that from pulmonary tuberc1Iios,s q
alone teing 23S- The number of dea1hs
registered against this entire class was 959.
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the adulteration. The general composition
of the samples collected by the department
was good.
OF the 141 samples of water which were
examined, 81 were from private wells. 40
were from public wells and ~ were sam
pies of Potomac river water collected and
aFalyzed weekly at the request of the
United States marine hospital service
Tw enty per cent of the public wells and a.
per cent Of the private wells. represented
In the above analysis, We're condemned.
The number of nuisances which were
abated at the instance of health depart
ment during the past year was 14,6S9.
Health Office Hampered
THE health department" says DR.. Wood
ward, 'is seriously hampered in its work
in two ways: First, by the absence of any
general law authorizing the abatement of
nuisances on the property of non-residents
and the assessment of the cost against the
property; and. second, by failure to receive
proper support from the Police Court. In
the absence of any law authorizing the
abatement of nuiSanceS suggested, no
tices requiring their abatement are left,
when the owner cannot be found, at the Of
flee of the agent, but an agent SO notified
has good legal defense if he can show
that his authority from his principal does
not permit him to act: and if no agent can
be found, the health department is in
many cases powerless. The embarrassment
arising from the action of the Police Court
results from the continuance of cases by
the court for the purpose of allowing time
for the abatement Of the nuisance for the
maintenance Of which prosecution has been
instituted and in event of such abatement
even after the commencement of the trial,
and possibly weeks after the expiration OF
the time allowed by the health officer, the
rendering by the court Of a judgment of
not guilty. Such procedure not only
tends to encourage the maintenance OF
nuisances, for which the health depart
ment is held responsible, but also results
in the presentation to the court of many
cases in Snich the defendant would prob
ably have abated the nuisance in compli-
ance with the notice originally served were
he not morally certain from the expert
ence of his neighbors that the court would
impose no penalty for his failure to do
Nov
Evening star., 1898-10-22

From to 10 tonight you may take the
fine Turkey red table linen, which IS Ia
yards wide-of splendid qual- 4 1T/~
ity-as 4 special, per yard, at /2S'
Evening star., 1898-10-22

From to 10 tonight you may take 30
quarter German linen table covers. such
as usually retail in all stores at 7 T9c
dollar-for only y........... G'~0
Evening star., 1898-10-22

From 70 10 tonight you may take all
linen celored hordered lunch napkins that
are full of fine auality-will
alTs snIs.ssr the greatest SsF'lee-foF 1910.
Evening star., 1898-10-22

From g TO 10 tonight ynu may take
these pretty linen searfs. with fancy roi-
ored ccntcrs- which are sold 1 13/,
regularly at 25c.--fnr only. 80 u UEltS"
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The First Election DtstFiDt shall contain all that
part Of the city bounded by and lying within hiying.
ton street, Norfolk street., BnoOme strOsa LualoW
street, Delaney street and Essex street.
The second Election District shall contain all that
part Of the ity bounded by and lying within Stanton
street, Norfolk street. Rlyington street, Essex street,
Delaney street ana Ludlow stFeet.
Ihe Third Election DiBElct shall contain all ghag
part Of the city bounded by and lying within Stan.
ton street, Clinton street. hiStngton street ana Aoe
ms Fourth Election DistT4nt shan oontaAR sIlshe4
RNat OF Che city bounded ~ aAa lying StthA4 -
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Twelfth street Seventh avenue. West Eleventh
The Seventh Election District shall contain all that
part Of. the city bounded by aud lying within West
Eleventh street. Greenwich avenue, Charles street
The Eiehth Election District shAll contain ali that
6 6Sss 81 street sSs S sF,.n SSqSss ssen ny We West T Tsnsh s setest,
Waverley place, Christopher street and West Fourth
The Ninth Election District shall contain oil that
part OF tho city bounded By and lyins, within
street and Bieecker street.
ns tn e. T en- 6,i Election dEnsd pi1 IT. cts Sh 6Slns contain %ttSIn al at that
tSnher street: West Fourth street. sast and wsst sides
street, and northsido OF Bleeckcr street. from Jones
street TO Christophor street.
barrow street. wsSf Wellington place, Sixth avenue,
sides Of Jones street, from hieeehsT street to West
Fourth street, aud West Fourth street.
that part OF the city bounded by and lying, within
Christopher street. sixth avenue. West Washington
The Thirteenth Election District shall contain all
%sst Eleventh street, sixth avenue W o6Tistopher
stree, Wsyerley place, West Tenth streetand Green.
The Fourteenth Election Dlstria shall contain all
that part Of the city bounded by and lying, within
The Fifteenth Election District shall contain all
West Fifteenth street. sixth avenue. West Fourteenth
street e and Seventh avenue. .,.u .,,..,, -
that part OF the city bounded by and lying. within
West fourteenth street, University place, East Tenth
street, Fifth avenue. West Twelfth street and sixth
avenue.
The seventceth Election District shall contain all
that part of the city bounded by and lying within
West Twelfth street, Fifth avenue. West Ninth street
and Sixth avenue.
The Eighteenth Election District shall contain all
that part of the city bounded by aud lying within
West Ninth street, Fifth avonue. East Tenth street,
University place, Clinton place aud Sixth avenue.
The Nineteenth Election District shall contain all
that part Of the city bounded by and lying within
Clinton place, University place, WAyorley place.
Macdougal street. West Washington place and sixth
avenue.
The Twentieth Election Di.trict shall contain all
that part of the city bounded by and lying within
West Wnshingten place, Mscdopgnl street waverley
place, University place, West Fourth street, West
Broadway, West Third street and Sixth avenue.
The Twenty-hrst Election District shall contain all
that part of the city bounded by and lying within
East Ninth street, Fourth. avenue, Bowery, East
Fourth street. broadway, West Third street. West
Broadway, West Fourth street and University place.
The Twenty.second Election District shall contain
all that part Of tho city bounded by and lying within
East Fourteenth street, Fourth avenue, East Ninth
street and University place.
The Twenty-third Election District shall contain
all that part Of the city bounded by and lying within
East Eleventh street, Third avenue and Fourth ave.
nue..
The twenty. fourth Election District shall contain
all that part Of tho city bounded by and lying within
East Fourteenth street. Third avenue, East Eleventh
street and Fourth avenue.
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Seventh Assembly District.

The First Election District shall contain, all that
part Of the city bounded ~ and iying within Ms
The second Election District shall contain all that
Etreet, West Tenth street. and Hudson or North
The Third Election District shall contain all that
R Elsxe o5 Inc s S1.y p0q HSdsoS ny Street, 'nGhh Charles stT rect.
Greenwich street. Perry street and Washington
The Fourth Election District shall contain all that
part Of the city bounded by and lying within Bank
ington street, Perry street. and Hudson or North
Tho Fifth Election District shall contain all that
part of the city bounded by and lying within West
Twelfth street, Greenwich street. Bank street. and
The sixth Election District shall contain all that
street. Greenwich street West twelfth street. and
Hudson or North river.
part Of the city bounded by and lying within Horatio
street, Hudson street. Jane street. Eighth avenue.
Hudson street. West Eleventh street. and Greenwich
The Eighth Election District shall pontaiR ali that
part of the city bounded by and lying within West
Thirteenth street, West Fourth street, Jane street
The Ninth Election District shall contain all that
part of the cty bounded BY and lying within West
The Tenth Election District shall contain all that
fourteenth street. Hudson street, West Thirteenth
street. Washington street. Horatio street, and Hudson
The Eleventh Election District shall contain all that
part Of the city bounded SsIS,S BY and WIN 1siHT NTH within %e:t
West Thirteenth street and Hudson street.
The Twelfth Election District shall contain all that
part OF the city bounded by and lying within West
Fourteenth street, Seventh avenue, West Thirtsenth
The Thirteenth Election District shall contain all
that part OF the Guy bounded by and lying within
West Fifteenth street. seventh avenue, West Four
tenth street and Eighth avenue.
The Fourteenth Election District shall contain all
that part of the city bounded by and lying within
West Sixteenth street, seventh avenue, west Fit
teenth street and Eighth avenue.
The fifteenth Election District shall contain all
that part or the city bounded by and lying within
West Sixteenth street, Eighth avenue, West -Four
tesnth street aud Ninth avenue.
The Sixteenth Election District shall contain all
that part of the city bounded by and lying within
West Ne seventeenth street. Tenth avenue, east and
west sides Of Tenth avenue to West Sixteenth street.
north and south sides of West sixteenth street to
Ninth avenue, West Fourteenth street, and the Hud-
son or Eorth River.
that part OF tho city bounded ny and lying within
Nest Eighteenth street, vest side Of Ninth Gyenue,
from West sixteenth street 10 West Eighteenth
street. tke north and south sides of West Seven
t.enth street. nom Ninth avenue " Tenth avenue.
Mesa 5sventsenth street. and The Andson or North
TSe nShEsAnth Election Dl.triet shAu contain ~
thal par ofa Ne dY boaAasd AnA QlAg Wathin We'd
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mrtrtirn glstirts.
@rtrtirn 3lotirrS.
DEPARTMENT
OF THE
CITY OF NEW YORK.
No. 300 MuLpERRY sTREET.

OCTOBER Ia, 1898.
.c-rcr 4. hereby given that in pursuanoo Of
- ooo Of the Laws Of 1896 as amonded By sec
s.HT ch,ptor s7e, Laws Of 1897. the Police Board
.s.,,rpnted and appointed the place OF registry
IA polling place in and for each of the election
s,.,yo,s Of the Borough of Manhattan. city OF Neu
80 ~. ~ tho election next ensuing as follows. to Wit:
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9Tsstipu slstsrss.

Eighth avenue, from West Eghteenth street 70 We.t
Iwenteth street. west ERhteenth sueet ana Nnth
ay Thn , ,orr,D Fi,ot,on I,,s,r,c, sdh., -
tam tam al that part OF ths city Sonnasd by snd iysa9
Mlitmn touth siac Ant West iWthttetn htIuhh l1gpa
Eighth, avenue TO Tenth ayenle. tn. cast and Teeh
SIDES OF Ninth avenue. jr1m West Elneteentn Btreee
70 70 Mest sWehunth etftet' "estFNineteanth a1nasaeh0
Ienth ~ ehue. ,.-.t,.A. ALA,
The twenty, nth ELECTION District shell 6onts1n9lS
mat Inrt OF me city oonnaca NY anu IyIne Wllnl1
West Twenaethh street, Tenta SNeeq9sa Meff iS9nSS
teenth street, EinIn Avenue west highteenW st.see
and Hudson or North River .eh S'ssh%
- ~ II 5-ph
Eighth Assembly District. 900
The F1rst Election DisinIct shall contain al thaA
stroet. Fidridye strect, Diyision street ma ChrrsfIS
atreet
The serond E1ectIAn Diatr5ct ahatifcnntnin nli thhh
mart or the eitY nonnds5 by and Iyi9S Ssitiinasn1X
street For.yth styeat Hesfer streef Tfdridga. ntresE-
Canal street and Chrystie street.
VINO Third Eiecflou District shaiI contain all thAh
mart of he CIV bSiundCd 6y and Wing Vitbin' HesteS
street orrhaftl street Dlyision street. and T1dridSs
street' EF
The Fourth Election D,atrict ahall contain all thAh
partt Of ~ nity bouDded nv and Wing with, HestfS
street. Norfoik street. Diyision atreet ana DrrhnfA
street " - r--7
IThs Fiji Election DiairicI ahaIl contain all thah
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@IertiOn stofirts.


street from Park ron 70. Madison street. Madison
street, Rose street. Frankfort street, Gold street,
6prlioo htreet, Park row and Broadway.
part Of the city bounded by and lying within Worth
street. Centre street, Pearl street, Park row. Cham
bgrs street and Broadway.
part Of the city bounded by and lying within Worth
street Chatham Square. Park row. Pearl street and
The Eleventh Election District shall contain All TINT
part Of the oity bounded by and lying within Park
row, New Bowory, James street, Madison street, and
cast and west aides Of Roosevelt street from PARK
The Twelfth Election District shall contain all that
part OF the city bounded by and lying within New
New Bowery, Madison street and James street.
The Thirteenth Election District shall contain all
that part of the city bounded by and lying within
East broadway. Cathnrina street, Cherry street and
Oliver street.
The Fourteenth Election District shall contain all
that part of the city bounded by And lying within
madison street, Market street, Monroe street and
The Fifteenth Election District shall contain all
that part OF the city bounded by and lying within
Henry street. Market street, Madison street and Cath
arine street.
The sixteenth Election District shall contain all
that Part Of the city bounded by and lying within
Division street, Market street, Henry street and Cath
nrino street.
The Seventeenth Election District shalt contain all
Bayard street, Bowory. Catharlue street, East Broad
Park STREET and Mott street.
Tho Eighteenth Election District shall contain all
that part of the city bounded by aud lying within
Canal street, Bowery. Bayurd street and Mulberry
Tho Nineteenth Election District shall contain all
that part of the city bounded by and lying within
Canal street, Mulberry street, Bayard street. Mott
street, Park street. Mulberry street, Worth street and
The twentieth Election District shall contain all
that part OF the city bounded by and lying within
Canal street. Baxter street, Worth street and Broad
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POLICE Department
OF THE
CITY OF NEW YORK.
NO. 500 MULBERRY STREET,

October IL, 1898.
Notice ia hereby given that in pursuance of chap
ter oo9 Of the Laws Of 1895. a. amended by section
4, chapter s79, Lawn of 1897. and by virtue Of the
authority therein conferred upon the Police Board,
the division Of the several Assembly Districts in the
Borough of Manhattan. City Of New York. into Elec-
ton Districts and the boundaries Of said Election
Districts are hereby fIed By said Board Is follows:
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Fifth Assembly District.

The First Election District shall contain all that
part OF the city bounded by aud lying within West
Tenth street. Blocker street, Grove street aud Hnd'
son street.
The second Election District shall contain all that
part Of the city bounded by and lying within Perry
street, West Fourth street. Charles street, Blocker
street West Tenth street aud Hudson street.
The Third Election District shall contain all that
part Of the city bounded by and lying within Bank
street, BleeGker street. West Eleventh street. West
Fourth street, Perry street and Hudson street
The Fourth Election District shall contain all That
part OF the city bounded by and living within Eighth
avenue, West Fourth street, West Eleventh street
and Blescker street,
The Fifth ELECTION District shall contain all that
part of the eity bounded by and lying within HorR-
ito street, West thirteenth street, seventh avenue,
West Twelfth street. West Fourth street ana Eighth
ThS sixth Election District shsll contain Al that
DAEt ofths city beRNdoA " and Uhag wilma Nsss
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Thirty-Sourth Assembly District.

By order OF the Police Board.
T. r. RODENBOUGH,
Superintendent of Elections.