year. Our Board has not been called on for any purpose during the past Water-supply is wholly by wells and springs. No prevalent diseases of animals. When contagious diseases commence, quarantine is established by public demand. WALPACK TOWNSHIP. NAMES AND POST OFFICE ADDRESS OF MEMBERS AND HEALTH INSPECTOR. Emmet H. Bell, Walpack Centre; John B. Fuller, Flatbrookville; Elijah Garriss, Flatbrookville; Joseph W. Bunnell, Walpack Centre. WANTAGE TOWNSHIP. NAMES AND POST-OFFICE ADDRESS OF MEMBERS AND HEALTH INSPECTOR. Jonathan Coykendall, Jacob Swartswout, S. M. Parcell, H. D. Vangaesbeek, M.D. Water-supply is from wells and springs, and malarial fevers, formerly common, are now rare. There has been no prevailing disease, with the exception of La Grippe, which visited us in the spring. More among the aged have died during the last year than any previous one to my knowledge; otherwise the general health of the township has been exceptionally good. Slaughter-houses are kept clean and properly disinfected. School-houses are nearly all in good repair. There seems but little for our Board to do, except to have a general oversight. There have been but one or two complaints during the whole year. N. HALL, UNION COUNTY. CLARK TOWNSHIP. NAMES AND POST OFFICE ADDRESS OF MEMBERS AND HEALTH INSPECTOR. John A. Haliday, Marx Riefel, Andrew Gibson, Dr. W. E. Cladek, F. P. Bullman. P. O. address of all, Rahway. ELIZABETH. NAMES AND POST OFFICE ADDRESS OF MEMBERS AND HEALTH INSPECTOR. John W. Whelan, President; E. L. P. Coleman, William A. M. Mack, M D., E. V. Grier, William Bernie, John L. Donohue. E. J. Putnam, Inspector. P. O. address of all, Elizabeth. There is a prospect of having the bed of the Elizabeth river cleaned by the erection of tide-water gates at two of the bridges. As the river is used as a sewer it becomes foul and offensive in low water, and sufficient water can be retained by these gates so that, after the tide is out, the bed of the stream may be flushed, and thus a great portion of the filth that accumulates on the banks by the gradual returning of the water, will be swept away. The Board have also continually urged the City Council to take steps toward establishing a public crematory to get rid of garbage, &c. The Tower Roofing Factory, at Elizabethport, has been declared a nuisance, and application made to the Chancellor for an injunction. E. J. PUTNAM, (Signed), Inspector. FANWOOD TOWNSHIP. NAMES AND POST OFFICE ADDRESS OF MEMBERS AND HEALTH INSPECTOR. George Kyte, Fanwood; L. W. Miller, Seotch Plains; William H. Terry, Plainfield; John Robison, Scotch Plains; F. W. Wescott, M D., Scotch Plains. during the past year. We have The Board of Health hold their each month, to hear complaints We have had no prevalent diseases no slaughter-house in the township. meeting on the first Thursday of and transact such business as may come before them. F. W. WESCOTT, M.D. LINDEN TOWNSHIP. NAMES AND POST OFFICE ADDRESS OF MEMBERS AND HEALTH INSPECTOR. William H. Donaldson, Linden; Benjamin W. Tucker, Linden; George A. Benwell, Linden; Thomas M. Marsh, Tremly; John H. Metz, Tremly; Philip Shangle, Roselle; James Hope, Roselle; John F. Spinning, Elizabeth; J. C. Jepson, Linden, Assessor. NEW PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP. NAMES AND POST OFFICE ADDRESS OF MEMBERS AND HEALTH INSPECTOR. John M. Badgley, New Providence; Maxwell F. Drake, Scotch Plains; Henry F. Barrow, New Providence. A. M. Corey, M. D., New Providence, Health Inspector. PLAINFIELD CITY. NAMES AND POST-OFFICE ADDRESS OF MEMBERS AND HEALTH INSPECTOR. George W. Rockfellow, President; Lemuel W. Serrell, Stephen A. Ginna, George W. Endicott, M.D., Oliver B. Leonard, Secretary. P. O. address of all, Plainfield. The attention of the Board of Health the past year has been mainly directed toward the prevention of causes that tend to create disease. Personal inspections have been kept up so as to avoid the accumulation of deleterious substances. Four hundred and five visitations have been made from house to house, and the Inspector has issued 136 notices for removal of nuisances. Householders have more generally conformed to the rules of the Board in the disposal of their kitchen garbage. Regularly-licensed collectors remove all such refuse matters from the premises for moderate pay, and cartmen carry off ashes and rubbish to a remote dumping-ground approved by the Board. A new ordinance was adopted by the Board, in the spring, regulating the business of cleaning out sinks, cesspools and privy-vaults. Owing to lack of sewers and increased number of dwelling-houses, these underground receptacles require watchful inspection. Permits have been issued in the past twelve months for emptying 665 cesspools and 476 vaults. The public supply of water so much expected the last year has not yet been realized. Its postponement to a future day, it is hoped, will result in measures being taken to introduce a system of sewers at the same time the water-mains are laid. 'In the collection and arrangement of vital statistics the Board has been especially careful, all returns being accurately compiled. The general state of health has been very good. There has not occurred any epidemic, and there have been but few deaths from contagious diseases. The principal causes of death have been, cholera infantum, 21 cases; paralysis, 15; consumption, 25; pneumonia, 20, and 18 of heart disease. It is a pleasure for the Board to be able to report the city of Plainfield in such a good sanitary condition at the close of this year, and to record the fact that its citizens have been exempt from any troublesome nuisances or serious sickness. (Signed), OLIVER B. LEONARD, Secretary. RAHWAY CITY. NAMES AND POST OFFICE ADDRESS OF MEMBERS AND HEALTH INSPECTOR. E. B. Silvers, M.D., Walter E. Cladek, M.D., John M. Tufts, Moses H. Acken. Charles H. Lambert, Health Inspector. P. O. address of all, Rahway. Our water-supply is taken from the Rahway river; the mains are blown out twice a year, in the spring and fall, through the fire hydrants. During the early part of the year it was feared that sewage was received into the river above the water-works, on account of the prevalence of typhoid fever of a mild type. Consequently, two analyses were had of the water, one in behalf of the Water Commissioners and one in behalf of citizens, taken from a faucet in a private residence. Prof. Linsley, after a thorough examination of the water provided by the water company, concluded that it was free from any typhoid or other pathogenic bacteria. The chemist describes the result of the examination as follows: "The sample is an exceedingly pure, soft water, very free from organic matter liable to chemical or putrefactive changes, and hence prejudicial to the sanitary condition of the water. In the foregoing respects the sample compares favorably with the water-supply of the most favored cities in the United States or Europe." A great deal of trouble is experienced in the collection of vital statistics, at least twenty-five per cent. of the births not being reported. CHARLES H. LAMBERT, (Signed), SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP. Secretary. NAMES AND POST OFFICE ADDRESS OF MEMBERS AND HEALTH INSPECTOR. Abner P. Stiles, T. G. Cusack, James Farrow, Albert P. Carter. J. J. Hoff, Inspector. All of Springfield, N. J. There have been no prevailing diseases in the township during the year. There has been a marked improvement in roads. The Local Board of Health has done a good work during the past summer in causing the cleaning of a large number of vaults, which had been standing uncleaned for years, and had become a menace to the health of the community. In some cases these were located within twenty feet of a well. These latter have been removed to a safe distance and concreted vaults have been constructed. The people have taken kindly to the demands of the Board, and have generally set about the work immediately upon receiving notice from the Board, and in no case has the Board been compelled to have the work done. The Board have in contemplation some drainage on a large scale, that would greatly benefit the community and result in reclaiming a good many acres of what is termed waste-land, and would also add to the healthfulness of the community. (Signed), J. J. HOFF, SUMMIT TOWNSHIP. NAMES AND POST-OFFICE ADDRESS OF MEMBERS AND HEALTH INSPECTOR. Parker W. Page, J. H. Pheasant, J. W. Hughes, J. A. Hicks. Dr. William H. Risk, Health Inspector; J. J. Lane, Second Health Inspector. P. O. address of all, Summit. No prevalent diseases during the year. Public health good. Nothing special to report. UNION TOWNSHIP. NAMES AND POST-OFFICE ADDRESS OF MEMBERS AND HEALTH INSPECTOR. James B. Woodruff, Roselle; John Leonard, Union; William Allen, Hilton; D. Hobert Sayre, Union. No disease has been epidemic during the past year. There has been but one complaint (defective house-drainage), which the parties, on being notified, at once abated. D. HOBERT SAYRE, Secretary. |