Report of the Department of Health of the City of Chicago. 186769 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 edition. Excerpt: ...Secretary. 7th. The Sanitary Superintendent and Health Officer were instructed to enforce the ordinance with reference to the feeding of cattle and the running of distillery slops into the Chicago River. 21st. The Sanitary Committee was instructed to prepare a communication to be sent to the Council on the necessity of increased sewerage in the city. 28th. The Sanitary Committee reported that the instructions of the previous meeting with regard to sewerage had been complied with. The Sanitary Superintendent was requested to urge upon the Board of Public Works the necessity of immediately abating the nuisance on Erie street, west of Clark. Many complaints being made with reference to the inefficient manner in which the Day-scavenger work of the West Division was performed, the Committee on Streets and Alleys was directed to investigate the same and report thereon. August. 4th. The Sanitary Committee presented a report on the filthy condition of the Healy Slough, and the Sanitary Superintendent was directed to notify the parties interested to abate the nuisance. This slough commences nearly midway between Lyman, Deering and Thirtyfirst streets, running in a northeasterly direction, crossing Deering, Lyman, Maine and Quarry streets, until it reaches Archer avenue, where its course is changed to the north, emptying into a slip at the Chicago, Alton and St. Louis Railroad crossing. There is also a branch running northwest from Millward's packinghouse toward Deering street, the total length of the slough, with its branches, being about 4,500 feet. Commencing at the railroad crossing, extending to Archer avenue, a distance of about 400 feet, it has been excavated, and is seventy feet wide and about fourteen feet deep. From Archer avenue to Main...