Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-10
CEMETERIES
ARE REFUSED
Woodbridge Board OF health
Takes Action.
speesa, to the EVENING NEWS.

Special 10 tfs NE VS..
Woodbridge. Jan. 10:-The Board
OF Health net at 8 O'Clock Monday
evening to organize for the ensuing
year. TIE meeting was called to or
der by Secretary Dooley, after
which the following officers and
members were elected; President,
L. E. Potter: secretary, John s.
pooley; George Brown. Anton Kuhl-
man. Arthur Deter, Howard Fender;
Inspector, r. A. Hirner.
The Inspectors report which was
received and confirmed. was as fol-
lows:
To the Honorable, the Board of
Health Of The township OF Wood
bridge. N. J..
GentieHen.-sI have the honor to
herewith present to you my report
of the work done by ne in its va
rious branches as sanitary inspec-
tor for the year ending December
81, 1911. Renort of ~nuisances:
Complaints received and inspections
made S3. INSPECTIONS verified rs, In
spertjon no cause s: written notices
seryeds@: number of statements
from written notices 80. Samples OF
water sent TO Trenton of bacterio-
logical examinations. private well
water A.. Plnr hing tess made by
water IL. Sewer connections in
sDuected, 10. Number Of aairies
INSPECTED with state Inspector, II.
Contagious diseases. Smallpox
placarded. T.. Scarlet fever. picard
ED Is. Diphtheria, including men,
hraneous Group, Plscarded, "a. Tu~
b~ereulcsis. not p'aearded, /. Ty-
photd fever. not placarded. l.. Maa-
sses, not ~plararded. IL. Hydropho-
bia l.. Number of deaths Of con-
eious diseases, 3. Number of dis
infections made. 81.
In concluding my renort, / wish
to express my sincere thanks TO the
members of the board for their ac-
tive cooperation and assis 'snce In
carrying on the work for the year.
RESPECTFULLY ours.
INSPECTOR"
The matter of granting permits to
two Magyar churches q Perth AM
boy to open eemeteriS At Kinsey
Corner, which was laf- over from
TIE last meeting. was taken up for
final decision. After an animated
discussion on both sides. In which
Bovnton Bros, Mr.. Wolney and
others took part against granting
the permit, and lawyer March, OF
New B~runswict. Mr.. Bolger, OF Perth
Ambov, and Rev. Mr.. Chepkes Of
Woodbridge. and others speaking in
favor or the permit, ii was finally
decided by the board that as there
are already numerous cemeteries To-
Gated IN the vicinity snd the people
who live there are ohlieed to dapend
solely upon well water and ssrfece
drailaage It would be impossible foF
tnee to permit ii more ceneteries
haa sYpened for fear It would rem
de both water and ground altos
gether unhealthy and unsanitary.
Inspec or Hifner reported that
December 81 he visited the Warner
farm, where q horse Slaughter
business had been carried on and
that ali work 81 tnat KIND RAD srop
ped and the place put In a sanitary
condition.
The report of the registrar OF
vital statistics showed the number
of marriages In 1911 TO be SO. as
against So In 1910: births in 1911,
245 against 191 in 1910, including
four pairs Of twins. Three-fourths
CT the children born were OF foreign
paren age. Number of deaths IN
1911, ia. against 1872 in 1910
Forty-oue deaths were under three
years Of age. eight between three
and twenty years. thirteen between
TWEEN and forty years. twenty
Ave between forty and sixty. 10 be
tween sixty and seventy, FIVE be-
tween seventy and eighty. six be-
tween eighty and eighty-seven.