pital, the steward shall make out and transmit forthwith to the board a bill for his or her board and attendance, at the rate of . . for each day the said patient has remained at the hospital, counting the days of entrance and departure each one day, and in the case of his or her death an additional sum of . . . . . dollars for burial expenses. He shall also be required to make a similar record of patients who are unable to pay their board and transmit a copy to the board at the end of each quarter.

CXXVII. He shall see that the nurses and other employés are suitably provided for with board, lodging and washing.

CXXVIII. He shall be required to communicate, in writing, to the board or sanitary committee, whatever alterations, improvements, or observations he may consider will have a tendency to promote the interests of the board, preserve the grounds and the property at the hos pital, or increase the comforts of those under his care.

CXXIX. On the first of May, annually, if the hospital is a permanent one, the steward shall take an inventory of all the household goods and other property belonging to the hospital, and shall record said inventory in a book specially provided for the purpose, and shall present a copy of the same to the sanitary committee.

CXXX. He shall make out and transmit to the sanitary committee, at the close of each month, the pay-roll of all nurses and attendants employed at the hospital.

CXXXI. No patient shall be employed in the work of the house without the consent of the sanitary committee.

The Matron.

CXXXII. The matron shall take care that each patient has the diet prescribed, superintend its preparation, and have it served at regular stated hours.

CXXXIII. She shall have charge of the bedding, bed clothing, and such wearing apparel as may be provided for the patients; shall have general supervision of the laundry, and shall see that cleanliness is maintained throughout the hospital.

CXXXIV. She shall have charge of the table for the steward and other officers, and for the employés of the hospital, and in conjunction with the steward, shall have control of the servants and nurses.

REGULATIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN REMOVING KITCHEN GARBAGE AND

OFFAL.

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CXXXV. No person shall engage in the business of collecting and transporting kitchen garbage and offal in the. . . . of. (except the persons acting under the direction of the board of health) without having obtained a permit from the health office, authorizing such person to engage in the business, in conformity with the rules and regulations of the said Board of Health.

CXXXVI. All carts and other vehicles for removing kitchen garbage and offal shall be so constructed as to be water-tight, and securely covered on the top. They shall have permanently painted, in white letters, upon both sides thereof, the proper name of the contractor, and the number of his district, which name and number shall be plainly and intelligibly displayed, and always kept clean and exposed to public view when the carts are in use, and at all times subject to the inspection of any police officer or citizen. All such carts and ve. hicles shall always be kept clean, and shall be so loaded and driven that none of their contents shall fall or spill therefrom.

CXXXVII. Owners, tenants, and occupants of houses shall provide suitable receptacles (not larger than a half-barrel) for holding kitchen garbage and offal, and shall deliver the same promptly when called for by the properly authorized persons. No boxes, buckets, or other receptacles used for the purpose aforesaid shall be placed upon any sidewalk or in any public place whatever.

CXXXVIII. Contractors shall call regularly at all dwellings, and all other buildings, whether the means of access be through alleys, courts, or from streets or public highways, and remove promptly, and in as cleanly a manner as possible, all kitchen carbage and offal that may be offered, and return the receptacles to the houses or yards from which received. They shall also collect and remove all garbage and offal which by accident or otherwise may have been put upon the sidewalks, courts or alleys, by residents, occupants. or persons having charge of dwellings and all other buildings.

CXXXIX. The carts or vehicles shall be sent at a regular hour through every street, lane or highway, and adequate notice shall be given, by the ringing of a bell, to the occupants of all buildings they are about to approach for the removal of kitchen garbage and offal.

CXL. No person engaged in collecting and in transporting kitchen garbage and offal shall do, or permit to be done, anything in connection therewith that shall be needlessly offensive or filthy in relation to any person, place, building, premises or highway.

CXLI. No deposit of kitchen garbage shall be made within the built-up portions of the . . . . of . . . or upon any lot or open space lying within any portions thereof, or upon any wharf, or upon any boat or vessel lying at any wharf, except by a special permit from the board of health.

CXLII. Garbage and offal shall not be kept in the same vessel, nor removed in the same cart or vehicle, with ashes and rubbish. It shall be removed daily, from the 1st of June to the 1st of November, and not less than three times a week in the remaining months in each year.

RULES OF ORDER.

CXLIII. The order of business shall be as follows:

1. A quorum (i. e., four members) being present, the president shall take the chair and call the board to order.

2. The minutes of the last meeting shall be read, and, if necessary, corrected and adopted.

3. Communications may be presented and disposed of.

4. Reports of committees may be made and considered.

5. Resolutions may be offered and discussed.

CXLIV. When a member is about to speak in debate, or to communicate any matter to the board, he shall rise and respectfully address himself to "Mr. President," confining his remarks to the subject before the board.

CXLV. Those members desiring to be heard upon any motion or resolution before the board shall not be allowed to speak more than five minutes on any one subject; nor shall they speak oftener than twice on any motion or resolution.

CXLVI. The president shall not speak on any question before the board while in the chair; should he desire to engage in debate, he must call another member to the chair.

CXLVII. If any member in debate transgresses the rules of the board, the president shall, or any member may, through the president, call him to order; the member so called shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain.

CXLVIII. On questions of order, there shall be no debate, except on an appeal from the decision of the president, sustained by two members.

CXLIX. No member, when speaking, shall be interrupted unless by a call to order, or by a member to explain, or by a motion for the previous question.

CL. No member of the board shall leave his seat during the session of the board, unless by permission of the chair, and no member shall leave the room whilst another is on the floor.

CLI. Every motion, made and seconded, shall be distinctly announced from the chair before any debate on it can take place, and, when the discussion is closed, the president shall put the question in the following form: "As many as are in favor of the motion, say aye;" and, after the affirmative is expressed, he shall reverse the question thus: "As many as are of the contrary opinion, say no." But the president, or any member, may call for a division of the board, when the president shall again put the question, distinctly, in the following manner: "As many as are in the affirmative will rise;" and when he has announced the number in the affirmative, he shall put the opposite side of the question: "As many as are in the negative will rise." Two members may require the yeas and nays on any ques

tion, and have them entered on the minutes; but the president shall always vote last.

CLII. A motion shall be committed to writing, at the request of any member.

CLIII. A motion may be withdrawn by the mover and seconder before amendment or decision, and, if withdrawn, the proceedings had thereon shall not appear on the minutes.

CLIV. A member may call for a division of the question, if it comprehends distinct questions.

CLV. No business regularly before the board shall be interrupted, except by motion for adjournment, for the previous question, viz: "Shall the main question be now put?" and which shall be decided without debate, or for postponement, for commitment, or for amendment.

CLVI. A motion for the previous question must be sustained by, at least three members, and shall be decided without debate.

CLVII. A motion for postponement shall preclude commitment; that for commitment shall preclude amendment or decision on the original subject.

CLVIII. No motion for reconsideration shall be received, unless made and seconded by members who voted in the majority, nor unless offered within two stated meetings of the one at which at the decision was had on the original question.

CLIX. When a blank is to be filled, the question shall be taken on the largest sum, greatest number, and remotest day.

CLX. Corrections to the minutes may be moved by any member at the ensuing meeting, provided it shall be shown that the said corrections are required in order to render the minutes an accurate detail of the business transacted at the meeting.

CLXI. When cases occur not provided for in the above rules, the practice and rules laid down in Robert's Manual shall govern.

CLXII. No rule shall be suspended, or altered, except by a vote of two-thirds of the members present, unless the same shall have been proposed at a previous stated meeting.

APPENDIX O.

ANNUAL REPORTS AND MORTUARY TABLES OF CITIES.

1. Annual report of the health officer of Erie for 1885.

2. Extracts from the annual reports of the health officer of Philadelphia for the year 1886.

3. Tables of causes of death in the city of Philadelphia for the year 1886.

4. Extracts from the annual report of the Board of Health of the City of Altoona for the year 1886.

5. Extracts from the annual report of the Department of Health of Pittsburgh for the year 1886.

I. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE HEALTH OFFICER OF THE CITY OF ERIE FOR THE YEAR 1885.

Total of deaths, 456. Sex: males, 241; females, 215; under five years of age, 187.

Nationalities-Born in Erie, 252; other parts of the United States, 68; Germany, 84; Ireland, 32; England, 10; Canada, 7; Scotland, 2; Italy, 1.

Monthly deaths in 1885-January, 28; February, 21; March, 53; April, 53; May, 48; June, 21; July, 43; August, 66; September, 30; October, 32; November, 30; December, 31.

Ages of persons who died in 1885-Under 1 year, 141; 1 to 2 years, 28; 2 to 5 years, 19; 5 to 10 years, 10; 10 to 20 years, 18; 20 to 30 years, 47; 30 to 40 years, 27; 40 to 50 years, 37; 50 to 60 years, 35; 60 to 70 years, 42; 70 to 80 years, 35; 80 to 90 years, 12; 90 to 100 years, 5.

Population of Erie, according to the census taken in 1880, 27,730; estimated population according to the city directory of 1885, 36,008. Annual death per thousand of population, 13.2.

Mortality in former years-Deaths in 1876, 345; in 1877, 347; in 1878, 375; in 1879, 405; in 1880, 490; in 1881, 549; in 1882, 499; in 1883, 440; in 1884, 496; in 1885, 456.

During a period of ten years 4,407 persons died in the city limits of Erie. A great many corpses were sent away, and others brought here for interment.