LibGuides: The Town & the City: Lowell Before The Civil War: Lowell Board of Health 1836 to 1840

Owner of original document(s): City of Lowell, Massachusetts

Location of original document(s): Lowell Board of Health (Lowell, Massachusetts)

Health of Lowell by Nathan Allen, M. D. Read November 13, 1884. From Contributions of the old residents' historical association, Lowell, Mass. Vol. 3.

Transcription of the Board of Health Minutes 1836 to 1840

Board of Health
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Inventory for Board of health Minutes 1836 to 1840
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Lowell Board of Health 1836 to 1840 Minutes

health board minutes 1836-40_1 Front Cover
health board minutes 1836-40_2 Back Cover
health board minutes 1836-40_3 Cover
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health board minutes 1836-40_7 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 1 1836 05/18/1836 First meeting of the Board of Health Commissioners called May 18th A.D. 1836
health board minutes 1836-40_8 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 2 1836 05/18/1836 - 05/20/1836 May 1836 - many & various sources of filth & causes of sickness
health board minutes 1836-40_9 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 3 1836 05/20/1836 - 05/25/1836 May 1836 - nuisance source of filth or cause of sickness
health board minutes 1836-40_10 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 4 1836 05/27/1836 - 05/31/1836 May 1836 - serve notices on the owners or occupants
health board minutes 1836-40_11 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 5 1836 05/31/1836 - 06/10/1836 May/June 1836 - praying for the constuction of a Common Sewer
health board minutes 1836-40_12 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 6 1836 06/12/1836 - 06/20/1836 June 1836 - consider the subject of Health Regulations
health board minutes 1836-40_13 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 7 1836 07/02/1836 - 07/07/1836 July 1836 - "health regulations" prepared the committee appointed for that purpose be printed
health board minutes 1836-40_14 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 8 1836 07/11/1836 - 07/25/1836 July 1836 - authorized to take the lease of the premises of Edward Stevens to be used as a hospital
health board minutes 1836-40_15 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 9 1836 08/01/1836 - 08/28/1836 August 1836 - with a form of license for the owners of night carts
health board minutes 1836-40_16 health board minutes 1836-40_16 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 10 08/28/1836 - 03/10/1837 August 1836, March 1837 - licensed to do night work - removing William Marsh to the Hospital
health board minutes 1836-40_17 health board minutes 1836-40_17 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 11 03/12/1837 - 03/24/1837 March 1837 - authorized to remove all, and any, infected with small pox, to the Hospital
health board minutes 1836-40_18 health board minutes 1836-40_18 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 12 03/24/1837 March 1837 - To medical attendance on Patients at the Small Pox Hospital
health board minutes 1836-40_19 health board minutes 1836-40_19 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 13 07/11/1836 Health regulations for the city of Lowell (newspaper clipping)
health board minutes 1836-40_20 health board minutes 1836-40_20 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 14 BLANK PAGE BLANK PAGE
health board minutes 1836-40_21 health board minutes 1836-40_21 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 15 05/01/1837 May 1837 - to correct and regulate everything calculated to impair the public health
health board minutes 1836-40_22 health board minutes 1836-40_22 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 16 05/01/1837 - 05/08/1837 May 1837 - the regulations of the Health Commissioners be reprinted in the papers
health board minutes 1836-40_23 health board minutes 1836-40_23 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 17 05/08/1837 - 05/21/1837 May 1837 - to serve notices in any case of nuisance or anything hostile to public health
health board minutes 1836-40_24 health board minutes 1836-40_24 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 18 05/21/1837 - 06/12/1837 May/June 1837 - for a violation of the 14th section of the Health regulations
health board minutes 1836-40_25 health board minutes 1836-40_25 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 19 06/12/1837 - 06/19/1837 June 1837 - for the removal of a piggery on his premises
health board minutes 1836-40_26 health board minutes 1836-40_26 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 20 07/17/1837 - 07/24/1837 July 1837 - of a nuisance consisting of a dead horse at the bend of the river
health board minutes 1836-40_27 health board minutes 1836-40_27 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 21 08/07/1837 - 08/21/1837 August 1837 - licensed as a doer of night work
health board minutes 1836-40_28 health board minutes 1836-40_28 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 22 08/21/1837 - 10/02/1837 August/October 1837 - the removal of nuisance occasioned by an imperfect vault
health board minutes 1836-40_29 health board minutes 1836-40_29 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 23 10/02/1837 - 10/10/1837 October 1937 - four afflicted with small pox pox from the age of 7 to infancy on the acre so called
health board minutes 1836-40_30 health board minutes 1836-40_30 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 24 10/10/1837 October 1937 -The board . . . proceeded to the acre and removed the following persons to the hospital
health board minutes 1836-40_31 health board minutes 1836-40_31 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 25 10/10/1837 October 1937 -The physician of the board authorized to vaccinate or procure vaccination all persons
health board minutes 1836-40_32 health board minutes 1836-40_32 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 26 10/14/1837 - 10/16/1837 October 1937 - The whole number in the Hospital at this date are fourteen
health board minutes 1836-40_33 health board minutes 1836-40_33 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 27 10/18/1837 - 10/23/1837 October 1937 - Voted That Dr Green be authorized to hire another American female as nurse
health board minutes 1836-40_34 health board minutes 1836-40_34 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 28 10/23/1837 - 10/31/1937 October 1937 - 40 large bundles of oat straw and delivery at the Hospital
health board minutes 1836-40_35 health board minutes 1836-40_35 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 29 10/30/1937 - 11/13/1837 October 1937 - There have been discharged from the Hospital
health board minutes 1836-40_36 health board minutes 1836-40_36 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 30 11/13/1837 - 11/24/1837 November 1837 - Reported the discharge of Mrs Dane & Horace Johnson
health board minutes 1836-40_37 health board minutes 1836-40_37 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 31 11/24/1837 - 11/27/1837 November 1837 - to ensure a correct account or Bill of mortality
health board minutes 1836-40_38 health board minutes 1836-40_38 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 32 12/11/1837 - 01/09/1838 Dec 1837/Jan 1838 -authorized to settle with Thomas Moore for the use of premises as an Hospital
health board minutes 1836-40_39 health board minutes 1836-40_39 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 33 01/15/1838 - 02/13/1838 Jan/Feb 1838 - The Physician reported the following entries to the hospital
health board minutes 1836-40_40 health board minutes 1836-40_40 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 34 02/13/1838 - 02/21/1838 February 1838 - the support and expenses of patients at the Small Pox Hospital was about $1200.00
health board minutes 1836-40_41 health board minutes 1836-40_41 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 35 02/21/1838 - 03/13/1838 Feb/Mar 1838 - Voted to approve the following bills for expences incurred at Small Pox Hospital
health board minutes 1836-40_42 health board minutes 1836-40_42 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 36 03/13/1838 - 03/23/1838 March 1838 - Continued from preceding page
health board minutes 1836-40_43 health board minutes 1836-40_43 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 37 03/23/1838 March 1838 - The Physician to the board reported the following admission of patients to the Hospital
health board minutes 1836-40_44 health board minutes 1836-40_44 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 38 03/23/1838 - 03/31/1838 March 1838 - the settlement for rent & repairs of the same be referred to the next board
health board minutes 1836-40_45 health board minutes 1836-40_45 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 39 04/16/1838 April 1838 - First Meeting of the Health Commissioners of 1838
health board minutes 1836-40_46 health board minutes 1836-40_46 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 40 04/16/1838 - 04/23/1838 April 1838 - authority to take all necessary steps for the burial of any who may die of Small Pox
health board minutes 1836-40_47 health board minutes 1836-40_47 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 41 04/23/1838 - 04/30/1838 April 1838 - the Health Regulations for 1837 require the following alterations
health board minutes 1836-40_48 health board minutes 1836-40_48 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 42 04/30/1838 April 1838 - Health Regulations as altered from those of 1837
health board minutes 1836-40_49 health board minutes 1836-40_49 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 43 04/30/1838 April 1838 - Health Regulations as altered from those of 1837
health board minutes 1836-40_50 health board minutes 1836-40_50 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 44 04/30/1838 April 1838 - Health Regulations as altered from those of 1837
health board minutes 1836-40_51 health board minutes 1836-40_51 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 45 04/30/1838 April 1838 - Health Regulations as altered from those of 1837
health board minutes 1836-40_52 health board minutes 1836-40_52 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 46 04/30/1838 April 1838 - Health Regulations as altered from those of 1837
health board minutes 1836-40_53 health board minutes 1836-40_53 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 47 05/01/1838 - 05/07/1838 proceeded to different parts of the city, to examine into nuisances, sources of filth, and causes of sickness
health board minutes 1836-40_54 health board minutes 1836-40_54 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 48 05/07/1838 - 05/14/1838 confer with the Mayor or City Counsel in relation to the Hospital
health board minutes 1836-40_55 health board minutes 1836-40_55 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 49 05/21/1838 - 05/28/1838 for one comforter at $1.50, destroyed by order of the Health Commissioners of 1837
health board minutes 1836-40_56 health board minutes 1836-40_56 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 50 06/04/1838 to enter into said buildings and land, for the purpose of examining into, and destroying, removing . . .
health board minutes 1836-40_57 health board minutes 1836-40_57 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 51 06/04/1838 - 06/05/1838 and every species of filth which can be injurious to the public health
health board minutes 1836-40_58 health board minutes 1836-40_58 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 52 06/05/1838 - 06/11/1838 the board then proceeded to examine the premises
health board minutes 1836-40_59 health board minutes 1836-40_59 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 53 06/18/1838 - 06/20/1838 be directed to remove the swine . . . and that he take them to the Poor Farm
health board minutes 1836-40_60 health board minutes 1836-40_60 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 54 06/20/1838 the board then proceeded to premises owned
health board minutes 1836-40_61 health board minutes 1836-40_61 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 55 06/20/1838 - 07/02/1838 for emptying vaults and privies within this city
health board minutes 1836-40_62 health board minutes 1836-40_62 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 56 07/02/1838 - 07/16/1838 to remove the swine from his premises
health board minutes 1836-40_63 health board minutes 1836-40_63 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 57 07/23/1838 - 07/30/1828 having complained of a vault overflowing on Merrimack Street near his store
health board minutes 1836-40_64 health board minutes 1836-40_64 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 58 07/30/1828 - 08/13/1838 for the use of his building on Lafayette Street as a small pox hospital
health board minutes 1836-40_65 health board minutes 1836-40_65 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 59 08/13/1838 Regulations Relating to cleaning out Privies
health board minutes 1836-40_66 health board minutes 1836-40_66 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 60 08/13/1838 Regulations Relating to cleaning out Privies
health board minutes 1836-40_67 health board minutes 1836-40_67 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 61 08/13/1838 - 08/20/1838 Regulations Relating to cleaning out Privies
health board minutes 1836-40_68 health board minutes 1836-40_68 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 62 08/27/1838 - 09/24/1838 a renewal of his license
health board minutes 1836-40_69 health board minutes 1836-40_69 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 63 10/01/1838 a coorect account or Bill of Mortality within this city
health board minutes 1836-40_70 health board minutes 1836-40_70 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 64 01/17/1839 - 03/18/1839 Voted that Dr. Green procure the printing of the Bill of Mortality
health board minutes 1836-40_71 health board minutes 1836-40_70 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 64 01/17/1839 - 03/18/1839 Voted that Dr. Green procure the printing of the Bill of Mortality
health board minutes 1836-40_72 health board minutes 1836-40_72 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 66 BLANK PAGE BLANK PAGE
health board minutes 1836-40_73 health board minutes 1836-40_73 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 67 06/03/1839 Records of Health Commissioners for 1839 - 40
health board minutes 1836-40_74 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 68 06/03/1839 - 06/04/1839 to serve notices upon certain personshealth board minutes 1836-40_74
health board minutes 1836-40_75 health board minutes 1836-40_75 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 69 06/04/1839 Board to revise Health Regulations
health board minutes 1836-40_76 health board minutes 1836-40_76 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 70 06/06/1839 Chairman submits a public notice
health board minutes 1836-40_77 health board minutes 1836-40_77 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 71 06/06/1839 Health Regulations of the city of Lowell
health board minutes 1836-40_78 health board minutes 1836-40_78 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 72 06/06/1839 Health Regulations of the city of Lowell
health board minutes 1836-40_79 health board minutes 1836-40_79 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 73 06/06/1839 Health Regulations of the city of Lowell
health board minutes 1836-40_80 health board minutes 1836-40_80 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 74 06/06/1839 Health Regulations of the city of Lowell
health board minutes 1836-40_81 health board minutes 1836-40_81 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 75 06/06/1839 Health Regulations of the city of Lowell
health board minutes 1836-40_82 health board minutes 1836-40_82 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 76 06/06/1839 Health Regulations of the city of Lowell
health board minutes 1836-40_83 health board minutes 1836-40_83 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 77 06/13/1839 bearing the initials of his name + the words "Scavengers Cart" in large letters
health board minutes 1836-40_84 health board minutes 1836-40_84 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 78 06/17/1839 - 06/24/1839 Hog Pens in the rear od Davis Brick Block
health board minutes 1836-40_85 health board minutes 1836-40_85 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 79 06/24/1839 Memorial to C. C. on Common Sewers
health board minutes 1836-40_86 health board minutes 1836-40_86 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 80 06/24/1839 - 07/15/1839 to remove the nuisance . . . by filling the same with gravel
health board minutes 1836-40_87 health board minutes 1836-40_87 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 81 07/15/1839 - 07/29/1839 Hearse House
health board minutes 1836-40_88 health board minutes 1836-40_88 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 82 07/29/1839 - 08/23/1839 Special meeting and action of board in reference to removal of nuisance
health board minutes 1836-40_89 health board minutes 1836-40_89 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 83 08/23/1839 - 09/09/1839 notices to be served
health board minutes 1836-40_90 health board minutes 1836-40_90 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 84 09/30/1839 - 10/21/1839 Scavengers Exhibit
health board minutes 1836-40_91 health board minutes 1836-40_91 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 85 10/21/1839 - 11/11/1839 that notices be served on owners of tenements
health board minutes 1836-40_92 health board minutes 1836-40_92 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 86 11/18/1839 - 12/16/1839 Physician to prepare Bill of Mortality for 1839
health board minutes 1836-40_93 health board minutes 1836-40_93 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 87 12/16/1839 - 01/06/1840 reported a bill of mortality for the city for the year 1839
health board minutes 1836-40_94 health board minutes 1836-40_94 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 88 02/03/1840 Doings of Board in relation to S Pox cases
health board minutes 1836-40_95 health board minutes 1836-40_95 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 89 12/16/1839 - 02/24/1840 to take immediate measures to provide a Hospital
health board minutes 1836-40_96 health board minutes 1836-40_96 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 90 02/24/1840 - 03/26/1840 several persons removed to S. P. Hospital
health board minutes 1836-40_97 health board minutes 1836-40_97 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 91 03/26/1840 patients discharged from S. P. H.
health board minutes 1836-40_98 health board minutes 1836-40_98 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 92 03/26/1840 City's liberal salary divided among Commissioners
health board minutes 1836-40_99 health board minutes 1836-40_99 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 93 06/06/1839 - 06/27/1840 List of the names of individuals on whom notices have been served during the current year
health board minutes 1836-40_100 health board minutes 1836-40_100 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 94 07/19/1839 - 09/16/1839 List of the names of individuals on whom notices have been served during the current year
health board minutes 1836-40_101 health board minutes 1836-40_101 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 95 02/25/1840? List of the names of individuals on whom notices have been served during the current year
health board minutes 1836-40_102 health board minutes 1836-40_102 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 96 BLANK PAGE BLANK PAGE
health board minutes 1836-40_103 health board minutes 1836-40_103 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 97 07/14/1838 - 10/13/1838 Notices served
health board minutes 1836-40_104 health board minutes 1836-40_104 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 98 06/25/1838 Notices served - Continued from the next page -
health board minutes 1836-40_105 health board minutes 1836-40_105 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 99 06/07/1838 Notices served - Continuation of list
health board minutes 1836-40_106 health board minutes 1836-40_106 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 100 05/17/1838 - 06/02/1838 Notices served - continued from last page
health board minutes 1836-40_107 health board minutes 1836-40_107 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 101 1837 Notices served
health board minutes 1836-40_108 health board minutes 1836-40_108 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 102 1837 Notices served
health board minutes 1836-40_109 health board minutes 1836-40_109 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 103 1836 Notices served
health board minutes 1836-40_110 health board minutes 1836-40_110 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 104 1838 Notices served
health board minutes 1836-40_111 health board minutes 1836-40_111 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 105 BLANK PAGE BLANK PAGE
health board minutes 1836-40_112 health board minutes 1836-40_112 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 106 BLANK PAGE BLANK PAGE
health board minutes 1836-40_113 health board minutes 1836-40_113 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 107 BLANK PAGE BLANK PAGE
health board minutes 1836-40_114 health board minutes 1836-40_114 Board of Health 1836 to 1840 pg 108 back cover back cover