Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-04
DR.. HEROLD HEAD
OF HEALTH BOARD
FOR nth Term
Commissioners Praise His Eff
ficient Work and Present
Him with Fine Lamp.

For the seventeenth consecutive time
r2or. Herman C. II. Herold was elected
president OF the Board of Health at the
specialization meeting of that body last
might and was presented by the mem
Beers of the board With an electric table
damp, DIR. Herold was nominated by
Commissioner Charles w. Baker. DR..
Meeker seconded the nomination. Com
u1issioner II. c. Vance was temporary
ohairman of the meeting The election
fpvas unanimous.
The speech OF the evening was made
by Commissioner Vance. He lauded
khe ability Of the president and con-
gratulated the city on having at the
head Of one of It's most important de-
tpartments a man of the recognized
z1erit of DIR. Herold.
hzr. Vsnce's speech.
For the third time" he said, ut is
my privilege to make formal announce
drnent of your election as president of
fhe Board of Health of this city. l
think the most significant commentary
5nhat can be made as to the manner
4sn which you have in the past dis
~kscharged the duties Of your office lies
95n the bare statement that, whatever
&.fhe politicalN complexion of the mum
Ecipal administration may have been,
Tzwhatever the personnel of the board,
Hthe vote of your colleagues has made
"a similar announcement on sixteen pre-
ssNious and consecutive occasions.
81 congratulate you that you have
possessed and still hold the confidence
sand esteem Of your fellow members IN
80 high a degree.
II congratulate the board that you
have been spared to preside over its
deliberations and | congratulate the
city Of Newark that the guidance of
Hhe board In It's important work is to
Eemain In your strong and able hands
President Herold thanked the MEM
beers for the honor conferred on him
again and reviewed come of the i'm
portant work which has been done by
the board during the last year. He
called attention to the fact that the
Tuberculosis Hospital as well as the
CITY Hospital had grown to such an
extent that additions would be neces-
sary and that q nurses home would
have to be erected for the City Hospi-
tai. He suggested that the necessary
legislation be passed to enable the issue
of bonds to pay for such improvements
n needed.
Lamp IL Presented.
The presentation of the parlor lamp
was made by COMMISSIONS Dobbins In
O few appropriate remarks, referring
to the fact that DR.. Herold has been a
member of the Board of Health for the
last twenty-eight years and has been
Its president for sixteen consecutive
years.
The board did not transact much
business and beside ordering some bills
20 be paid there was a short discussion
on the death rate of the city. The
death rate of this city for the entire
lis 1876 per thousand, which Is
considered small In proportion to that
of other large cities. While some of
rhe members thought that those who
die in the city, but are not residents,
should not be included in the death
rate others were of the opinion that
this would be offset by the deaths of
residents of the city in other parts of
the country.
DIR. Corwin called attention to the
fact that q large percentage of deaths
were due to accidents and that they
should not be part of the records of
the Board of Health to establish the
death rate.
The death rates of some of the large
cities in the country, as compiled by
h Chicago Board of Health, show the
following: New York, 1853; Chicago,
a5.1; Philadelphia, 17.S; Boston. 17.s;
Baltimore, 1873; Cleveland, 14.3; Pitts
burg. 17.s; Detroit, 1852; Buffalo, 1871;
san Francisco, 14.5; Milwaukee, 1873;
4 Cincinnati, ia; Newark. 1853; New Or
ieans, 21.4; Washington. 1876, and Min
neapolis, 1874.
The acancy caused by the appoint
ment Of James A. Rowe as auditor has
not yet been filled by the Mayor and
he will not announce the name of the
new commissioner until Q week.
Those who are mentioned in connection
with the appointment are Otto Schalk
and James r. Hanley.
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