The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-06
UNLICENSED DOCTORS.
Health Board Receives Com.
plants Of Physicians
Practicing Without
Leave.

E. A. Durr, of Weehawken Heights.
sent communication to the County
Board of Health, yesterday afternoon,
stating that the work of repairing the
noxious drain in High wood Park was
progressing satisfactorily. He thanked
the Board for its prompt action
Freeholder Simon Kelly informed the
Board in a communication that the smell
from the same drain is nauseating and
detrimental to health. He also informed
the Board that there are two cases OF
scarlet fever in the neighborhood. The
matter was referred to Inspector Nevin
for investigation.
A communication was received from Dr.
]. E. Foppiano of No 265 Fourth street,
HobJken, complaining that persons in
Hoboken are practicing as opticians with
out proper license and he thinks 1t
ought to be stopped. He also complained
that Dr. Jaques Marleaux, of No. IS
Hudson street, Hoboken, is practicing
medicine without a license. DR.. Marleaux
admits this, but says that when he treats
patients he consults with a regularly
registered physician.
Counsel Mulvaney and Inspector Nevin
will investigate the complaint.
Health Inspector D. W. Benjamin noti-
fed the Board that DR.. Greenberg is
practicing without being registered DR..
Greenberg treated a child at No. So Cen
trail avenue for cancer in the knee and
the child died. The doctors address is
No. 217 East Sixty-ninth street, New
York
Medical Inspector c. c. Hendricks
stated that he had made enquiry and
learned that DIR. Greenberg is not regis
tered in New York.
Counselor Mulvaney will investigate
the doctor. A complaint of Nina West
hoff, of West New York, that Mrs. Mary
Pfeiffer and Mrs. Anna Wagenbreuner
are practicing as n,slwives without
State Board certificate, was dropped. II
was learned on investigation that the
women had been registered here before
State Board certificate was required.
Inspector Nevin reported that he had
investigated tn anonymous complaint
made by a girl employed in Schwartzen-
bachs Silk Mill in West Hoboken, that
they are compelled to work more than
legal hours and was unable to find any
body who was willing to stand for it.
He talked with a number of the girls
and the yall expressed themselves salts
fed with their hours of work.
An application of Raffaclo Confessoro,
Of No. 10 sand 107 Cross street .Harri-
son, for permission to sort and clear
rags, at No. 12and % Cleveland avenue,
was rejected. The authorities of Harri-
son had prohibited Confessoro from car
rying on his business and he appealed to
the County Board with the above result
Mrs. Louise Fisher, of No. 122 West
134th street, New York, requested the
Board to fix up the records in the case of
an unknown man who was found drowned
off Port Liberty on May II, and was bur-
led by Morgue Keeper Speer in Potter $
field, so that she can get his life insur-
ance. Mrs. Fisher said that she denti-
fed the dead mans clothing and effects
as belonging to Franz j. Newhauser, 81
years old, who was one of her boarders.
The had his life insured for her benefit,
and had left will Newhauser, sne
said had been engaged in the face pow
der business.
| All the Board would consent to do for
| her was to give her a transcript that an
| unknown man had been found and bur-
| led with a description of the man. The
task of establishing his identity to the
satisfaction of the Insurance company is
| left to Mrs. Fisher herself.