REPORT ON THE BOARI) OF HEALTH EXHIBIT. 



INSTALLED IN THE ANTIIKOPOLOGIOAL BUILDING. 



The exhibit of the New York State Board of Health was under- 

 taken by that office at the eleventh hour upon the earnest solicitations 

 of Chief Executive Officer MclSTaughton. For the limited time at their 

 disposal the display was of the highest order and presented in con- 

 clusive form New York's much heralded system of supervising and 

 enforcing health laws. No attempt was made to show in full the 

 developments of the powers and jurisdiction of the board, but a few 

 typical systems of water supply, sewerage and general sanitation were 

 fully exemplified, and these exhibits supplemented by statistics, reports 

 and treatises on various phases of health topics. Among the most prom- 

 inent exhibits were a map showing the eight sanitary districts of New 

 York, viz. : The Maritime, Hudson Valley, Mohawk Valley, Adiron- 

 dack and Northern, East Central, West Central, Lake Ontario and 

 Western, and Southern Tier, together with charts showing the relative 

 area, density of population, and average death rate of each district, a 

 statistical chart giving summaries of the monthly bulletins of mortality 

 from 1887 to 1892, and a series of yearly bulletins of mortality. 



The Croton river watershed and aqueduct was taken as a type of its 

 class as it supplies the largest city of the country. A large map was con- 

 structed containing the course of the New Croton aqueduct, present 

 aqueduct, Bronx river pipe line and the watersheds of the Croton, 

 Bronx and Byram rivers. Plans and sketches ■ of the villages in the 

 Croton watershed occupied three small charts, and arranged in one 

 large frame were sixty-six views of various parts of the Croton water- 

 shed. A graphic analytical chart of Croton water completed this 

 exhibit. 



Several villages in the State were taken to illustrate the best methods 

 of drainage and sewerage. An elaborate plan of the sewerage system of 

 White plains was exhibited to show the " chemical process " used there 

 with marked success, while a plan of the sewerage works of Albion, 

 with a sub-plan showing filter field and outlet sewers, was exhibited to 

 show the " filtration bed " process. Plans of the sewer systems of 

 Medina, Suspension Bridge, Gouverneur and Walton illustrated the 

 most improved methods of direct gravity drainage into large bodies of 

 water. A complete set of the reports of the State Board of Health 

 with several scientific treatises on germane subjects completed this very 

 comprehensive and interesting exhibit. 



The New York city board of health also made a valuable exhibit 

 which may be briefly summarized as follows : 



1. One large album containing about 500 of the principal blanks 

 used in the department, so arranged as to illustrate the usual routine 



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