Cleansing The City

Author : Philadelphia Committee on Cleansing
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781396735394
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book Report of the Sub-Committee on Cleansing the City, Presented to the General Committee, June 5th, 1849 written by Philadelphia Committee on Cleansing and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-11 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report of the Sub-Committee on Cleansing the City, Presented to the General Committee, June 5th, 1849: Relative to the Best Means of Securing the Health and Cleanliness of the City As ample provision will be made by theiboard of Health for medical attendance and the dispensation of medicines to thepoor, if it should become necessary, this subject will no; require the attention of the Corporation. The sub-commit tee refer to the annexed communication from the Board of Health on this point, marked No. 16. There still remains the important consideration of the public cleanliness, healthiness, and drainage of the City. So far as this relates to the inte rior of houses and lots, the subject belongs to the Board of Health - and they are specially clothed with high powers to carry into execution their duties upon the subject, which they are faithfully executing. There still remains much for Coun cils to do, partly of a legislative character, but more in the performance of their administrative functions. Upon the first head, the Committee upon the scientific tes timony which they have elicited, are bound to recommend that the chairman of the Committee on Cleansing shall be instruct ed to-introduce into Councils, at their next meeting, an Ordi nance to punish by fine any sprinkling or watering the streets, except by the City Contractor, in the usual way in dusty weather, immediately before sweeping them. And also to make it'the'duty of the High Constables to make frequent visits to the provision shops in their respective districts, to prevent the sale of unwholesome articles of food, and the deposit in or about such shops of any noxious substances. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.