6 CITY DOCUMENT.-No. 75. exposure of the patients taken from the vessels to the hospital. The distance from the quarantine grounds to the wharf at Gallop's Island is from two to two and a half miles. From the Eastern Avenue wharf, in the city, to the same point, the distance is about six miles. The number of persons carried to the quarantine hospital from the city, and from vessels, during the year ending May 1, 1871, was 53. Of this number 39 were taken from the city and 14 from vessels. The approach of cholera from the East will necessitate the utmost vigilance on the part of the health officers; and it is the duty of the city government to see that those officers are furnished with the means to perform their work promptly and efficiently. It appears from estimates which have been obtained that a suitable steamboat for the purposes of the Quarantine Department can be constructed in this city, and properly furnished for use, at an expense not exceeding fourteen thousand. dollars; and the Committee would therefore respectfully recommend the passage of the accompanying order. For the Committee, SAMUEL LITTLE, Chairman. Ordered: That the sum of fourteen thousand dollars be transferred from the Reserved Fund to the appropriation for Health, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Board of Health in constructing a suitable steamboat for service in the Quarantine Department. IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Sept. 4, 1871. Passed. Yeas 8. Nays none. Sent down for concurrence. CHARLES E. JENKINS, Chairman. |