[FORM 2.] Order No. Copy Opinion, Declaration and Order, under the First Clause of Section 14 of Chapter 74, Laws of 1866. See also Laws of 1866, Chap. 686, and Laws of 1867, Chap. 956, and Laws of 1870, Chaps. 137 and 383, and Chaps. 335 and 757, Laws of 1873. OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH OF THE HEALTH Department, At a meeting of The Board of Health of the Health Department, held on the 1875, at said office: day of The premises hereinafter named having been, and being in the opinion of the Board, and in fact in a condition and in effect dangerous to life and health; and said Board having taken and filed among its records what it regards as being, and what is sufficient proof to authorize its declaration, that the same is a public nuisance, and dangerous to life and health, said Board does hereby enter the same on its records as a nuisance, and makes, in respect thereto, the following Order, to wit: Ordered, that And directs this Order be served as said law requires, and that in case this Order is not executed by the proper persons, the same be executed by the Sanitary Superintendent; and that its execution be not commenced by the said Sanitary Superintendent until the further order of this Board, of which further order no notice will be given to the parties interested. As witness the signature of (A TRUE COPY), Secretary of the Board. YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE of the Order, of which the above is a copy, and that, if within three days after the service thereof upon you, the same is not complied with by you (or so far complied with as said Board may regard as reasonable, and is not thereafter speedily and fully executed), or if the said Order is not on due application suspended or modified, then said Board, in its discretion, may make its order directing the execution hereof at your expense, and that of the parties liable therefor, under said Act, or either, as the law authorizes, all being held responsible, and that such expense will be a lien on the premises and rent; and that you also become liable to a penalty of $50 for failing to execute such order; and no further notice will be given you relative to the action of the Board, or the execution hereof. In all cases of non-compliance, actions will be commenced for above-named penalty. EMMONS CLARK, Secretary of the Board. Το FORM 3.] Order No. Final Order, under the First Clause of Section 14 of Chap. 74 of the Laws of 1866; no hearing having been demanded. See also Laws of 1866, Chap. 686, and Laws of 1867, Chap. 956, and Chaps. 137 and 383, Laws of 1870, and Chaps. 335 and 757, Laws of 1873. OFFICE OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, 187 The Board of Health of the Health Department of the City of New York having, on the day of 187 made the following Order No. to wit: Ordered that the same being And the same having been duly served upon of the therein referred to, and more than three days having elapsed since said service, and due proof having been furnished that the said Order has not been complied with, and that no party has applied for a hearing, or to have said Order or its execution stayed or modified as said law provides; it is hereby further ordered, that said order be reaffirmed. As witness the signature of (A TRUE COPY), Secretary of the Board. [FORM 4.] Order No. Final Order (with modification), under the First Clause of Section 14 of Chap. 74 of the Laws of 1868; no hearing having beeu demanded. See also Laws of 1866, Chap. 686, and Laws of 1867, Chap. 956, and Chaps. 137 and 383, Laws of 1870, and Chaps. 335 and 757, Laws of 1873. OFFICE OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, 187 The Board of Health of the Health Department of the City of New York having, on the day of 187 made the following Order No. to wit: Ordered that the same being And the same having been duly served upon therein referred to, and more than three days having elapsed since said service, and due proof being furnished that said order has not been complied with, and that no party has applied for a hearing, or to have said order or its execution stayed or modified as said law provides; and said Board having on due consideration decided that said order shall be modified so as to be less burthensome: it is ordered that the same be modified so as to read as follows: Ordered that It is hereby further ordered, that said order be reaffirmed. signature of As witness the (A TRUE COPY), Secretary of the Board. OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, At a meeting of The Board of Health of the Health Department, held on the day of 187 at said office, proceedings as follows: Whereas, the Sanitary Superintendent and City Sanitary Inspector has certified to this Board, that the building situated upon the lot No. dangerous to life by reason of New York City, has become New York Ordered, That all persons in said building situated upon lot No. City, be required to vacate said building on or before building is dangerous to life by reason of for the reason that said and further, that this Order be affixed conspicuously on the front of said building, and be served as the law requires under the direction of the Sanitary Superintendent and City Sanitary Inspector, and further, that said building be not again used as a human habitation without a written permit from this Board, (A TRUE COPY), CERTIFICATE OF DRAINAGE. Secretary of the Board. HEALTH DEPARTMENT, SANITARY BUREAU, Į NEW YORK, 1875. To The Board of Health of the Health Department of the City of New York: In accordance with the provisions of chapter 566 of the Laws of 1871, entitled "An Act to provide for the proper drainage of lands within the corporate limits of the City and 38 County of New York," and of chapter 549 of the Laws of 1875, amendatory thereof, I hereby certify that it is necessary for the protection of the public health that those parts and parcels of land lying and being within the corporate limits of the city and county of New York, and bounded as follows, viz.: need to be drained by other means than by sewers. It is therefore respectfully recom mended that this certificate be filed among the records of the Board of Health of he Health Department of the City of New York, as provided by the act hereinbefore recited, and that the said Board of Health shall direct the said parts and parcels of land to be drained in the manner and by the Department authorized and empowered by the Mayor Aldermen, and Commonalty of the City of New York, to do said work, under and pursuant to the provisions of said chapter 549 of the Laws of 1875. (Signed) Sanitary Superintendent and City Sanitary Inspector. HEALTH DEPARTMENT, NEW YORK, 1875. To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the City of New York: At a meeting of this Board, held on the lutions were adopted: the following preamble and reso Whereas, The Sanitary Superintendent and City Sanitary Inspector has certified, under and pursuant to the provisions of chapter 566 of the Laws of 1871, and of chapter 549 of the Laws of 1875, amendatory thereof, that it is necessary for the protection of the public health that the parts and parcels of land within the corporate limits of the city and county of New York, hereinafter described, need to be drained by other means than by sewers: it is hereby Ordered, That the said certificate be filed among the records of the Board of Health of the Health Department of the City of New York, and that duplicates thereof, duly signed by the said Sanitary Superintendent and City Sanitary Inspector, be forwarded to the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the City of New York, for their designation of the Department to do the work required under and pursuant to the provisions of section 1 of chapter 549 of the Laws of 1875; and it is further Ordered, and directed, pursuant to the provisions of the acts hereinbefore recited, that the following-named parts and parcels of land within the corporate limits of the city and county of New York shall be drained by other means than by sewers, by and under the direction of the Department of said city and county hereafter authorized and empowered to do such work by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the City and County of New York, pursuant to section 1, chapter 549 of the Laws of 1875, said parts and parcels of land being situate as follows, viz.: (A TRUE COPY), (Signed) Secretary INDEX ΤΟ ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1873. COMPILED BY CHAS. P. RUSSEL, M. D. Abatement of nuisances, 3, 4; number of actions Abattoirs, and slaughter-houses, 15, 119, 120, 123, Abdominal tumor, deaths from, 192, 193. Abscess, of brain, deaths from, 188, 189; of throat, Absence, deduction from salaries for, 479; rules Absorbents and disinfectants, 573. Accidents, arising from street-railroad cars, 23; Acetic acid, effect of, upon vibrios, 459. 348. Acid, muriatic, poisoning by, 210, 211; carbolic, Aconite, poisoning by, 298. Act, tenement-house," enforcement of, 5; regu- Actions, classification of, 5, 409; discontinuance Africa, number of natives of, in New York City, African Methodist Episcopal churches and mis- Aged, deaths in the Home for the, 166, 173, 177; Agents, names of, to be posted, 510; service on, Air, in tenement-houses, 109; as a disinfectant, Air-shafts, in small rooms, 510, 511. Air-tight, apparatus for emptying privies, 18, 19, Alabama, percentage of child population in, 147 Albany, N. Y., vital statistics of, 318, 319, 360. Albumen, arrest of decomposition by coagulation Alcoholism, deaths from, 180, 181, 252, 259–268, Alcoholic spirits, distillery of, 555. Aldermen, powers of President of, conferred on Algiers, Africa, vital statistics of, 324, 325, 360. Alterations in Washington Market, report on, 14. Alvord, Elisha, appointed Special Inspector, 38. Amendments to regulations, 541; to Sanitary Amenorrhea, deaths from, 208, 209. American, army, sickness-rates in, 224; cities, vi- Ammonia, effects upon, of disinfectants, 460; ac- Amount realized in settlement of actions, 5, 409; Analysis of street-sweepings, 10; of Croton water, Andrews, Thomas, contract with, for removal of Aneurism, deaths from, 190, 191. Angina pectoris, deaths from, 190, 191. Animal, matter, putrid, not to be thrown in street- Animals, dead, thrown into the lower bay, 20; Annexation of the Westchester district, 24. Annual comparative mortality from several promi- Ansell's researches upon sickness and mortality, 224. Answer in suit for rent, 506. Antiseptics, action of, as disinfectants, 457, 573. Appeals, 499. Applicants for appointment and reappointment, Apportionment, special appropriations by Board Architect, Consulting, appointment of, 3. cholera in, 422. Armies, sickness-rates in, 224. Arrests, by order of Board. 186; justices and mag. Arsenic, poisoning by, 298; as a disinfectant, 458. Arteries, deaths after ligation of, 295. Asthenia, deaths from, 210, 211; senile, deaths Asylum, New York Orphan, reconstruction of, 102. Assignee may institute suits, 485. Association for Improving the Condition of the Atelectasis, pulmonary, deaths from. 206, 207. Atwater, Dr. C. H., appointed Assistant Sanitary Auditing clerk, to render bills for execution of or- Augusta, Ga., vital statistics of, 320, 321; phthisis Austin, Tex., vital statistics of, 322, 323. Austria, number of natives of, in New York City. Autopsies by coroners, 348. Autumnal quarter, of 1873, mortality in, 171-175, |