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ere and 5,186 recemng basins were cleaned, and 



'Art-loads of sewer deposit* remored. 

 ring the year over 7 miles of new street* 

 were provided with gaa lamps. At the <-i 

 the year there were 27,114 gas lamns, 801 

 trie lights, and 138 naphtha lamps, fightin, 

 miles of streets, docks, and bridges. 66 acres of 

 public parks, and 3* acres of public market*. 

 The several gas companies now have 1,274 miles 



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The Bureau of Incumbrances received and at- 

 tend*- "' complaints of obstructions and 



made 3,735 seizures of stands, vehicles, ami 

 articles obstructing streets and ridewalks. It 

 also removed 1.104 cart-loads of abandoned ma- 

 terials, 312 dangerous shade trees, 1,505 tele- 

 graph poles, and about 3,660 miles of wire. 



The 15 free floating baths were in ue from 

 the beginning of June to the end of September, 

 and there was a total attendance of 2,344,600 

 males and 1,069,005 females. 



Extensive repairs and improvements were made 

 on the City Hall, the Hall of Records, several of 

 the civil and police-court buildings, public mar- 

 kets, and armories. 



The important event of the year in this de- 

 partment was the opening of the new aqueduct 

 This work was begun in 1885, in pursuance of the 

 provisions of an act of the Legislature passed 

 on June 1 of that year. At that time the facili- 

 ties for supplying water to the city did not ex- 

 ceed 98,000,000 gallons a day, and with the 

 growth of the city this amount of water became 

 wholly insufficient for the health and comfort of 

 its inhabitants as well as insufficient for the 

 protection against fire. On July 15 the gates at 

 135th Street were opened and the water from 

 the new aqueduct flowed into the reservoirs in 

 Central Park, increasing the water supj 

 145,000,000 gallons of water a day. New Y'ork 

 now has a more bountiful and more healthful 

 supply of water than that enjoyed by any other 

 city in the world. According to the Mayor's 

 message, this work has cost $24,767.4?7.'J">. A de- 

 scription of its construction is given in the " An- 

 nual Cyclopaedia" for 1887, page 555. See also 

 "The New Croton Aqueduct, by Charles Bar- 

 nard, in ''The Century " for December, 1889. 



Vital Statistics. During 1890 the statistics 

 were as follow : 



The principal causes of death were as follow : 

 Phthisis, 5,468; pneumonia, 4,950; diarrhceal 

 diseases, 3,339; Bright's disease, 2,397; heart 

 disease, 1,966; bronchitis, 1,982: violence. 1. 

 diphtheria, 1,256: measles, 724; croup, 501: 

 whooping-cough, 486 ; scarlet fever, 403 ; typhoid 

 fever, 350; malarial fever, 174; cerebro^-spinal 

 meningitis, 136 ; and small-pox, 2. Included in 

 this list are six centenarians, two of whom were 

 natives of the United States (both colored), one 

 o-f Germany, and three of Ireland. 



Of the 39,250 births, 20,190 were males and 



10,1 10 were female*, mefodiBg 912 color 



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There were 14.776 white mate* ar 

 females marrv-d, and 216 colored males ai. 



colored female* Of these, 13,lff 



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and 1,480 women had been met 



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previous condition in that regard. 

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and dwellings, and the 

 Contagious Diseases raecinated 

 The summer corps of physicia 

 tenements, containing 321,012 * 

 ing their rounds discovered 20, 

 were sick and who were gran m 

 health officers made 54,722 milk insf - 

 K<$pections of fish, and 34,443 in- 

 fruit, vegetables, and other article*, as a 

 of which ther seized and destroyed 3.;:-; quarts 

 of milk, 1,137,796 pounds of bad fish, and 1, 

 896 pounds of spoiled fruit, vegetable- 



The sanitary squad of police made Ifc 

 spections of tenements and buildings, re 

 in 857 complaints of overcrowded tenement-. 4,- 

 814 of filthy cellars, 271 dangerou> 

 219 noisy dogs, 357 cases of chicken- k ; with- 

 out permits, 24 of cows, and 28 of goats. 



The Bureau of Boiler Inspection caused in- 

 spections to be made of 8385 boiler- : which 

 I were tested and 77 condemned. The ex- 

 aminations of engineers numbered 6.201, < 

 t these certificates were granted. 



The estimated population of Xew V. r 

 on July 1, 1889, was' 



Fire. This department includes 1.030 officers 

 and men, 56 engine companies. 21 hook-and-lad- 

 der companies, 90 engines, 2 fire boat-. -J7 hook- 

 and-ladder trucks, and 368 horses. 



There were 3,463 fires, of which 3.138 were 

 confined to the points of starting and . *>:; to the 

 l.uildings in which they started, while .", 

 tended to other buildings. The number of fires 

 extinguished without engine stream was 2 

 and with a single stream 694. About 402 fires 

 required more than one stream, while 1.1 v2 fires 

 resulted in nominal damages only. In 60> 

 the buildings were not damaged, and in 670 were 

 only slightly damaged. Fires involving " con- 

 siderable damage " wer> 



The ^stimated aggregate losses were - 

 963, with insurance aggregating * 

 The average loss for each fire in 1888 wa- 

 7i >.-).29 : in 1889. $1.451.03 : and in 1890. f 1.1 

 The number of fire alarms during 1890 wa> 3.700. 



The Bureau of Combustibles received for li- 

 censes, permits, and penalties, $46.946. 



The Bureau of Inspection of Buildings re- 

 ports: 



Applications for new buildings 

 Proposed new buildings 

 Estimated cost ....... ~ 



Applications to alter, repair, etc 



Buildinss proposed to alter, etc. 



Estimated cost 



Violations of law reported and acted upon 



Building* reported for fire-ecapes. 



Buildimrs reported unsafe 



Complaints investigated 



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The underground telegraph system now ex- 

 tends through subways, and subsidiary conduits 



