for DT Valentine's Manual 1858. THE HERMITAGE", Residence of the late SAMUEL L. NORTON, 434 St. betw. 8th & 9th Aves PIPE OF ALL SIZES, FOR THE SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION OF CROTON WATER TO DECEMBER 31, 1857. 62 5400 34864 4087 60878 44862 5400 34864 14078 278764 5875 919576 9472 1,368,830 feet, or 259 miles, 1,310 feet. The present department was organized in July, 1849. The first line in the table gives the quantity in use at that time; the others the quantity laid each year since. The figures at the head of the columns indicate the internal diameter of pipes, in inches. Table exhibiting the average depth of Water in the Distributing Reservoir, for each month in each year, from 1848 to 1857. MONTH. January. March. April May. June July August. September. Average.. 1849. 1850. 1851. 1852. 1853. 1854. 1855. 1856. ft. in. ft. in. ft. in. ft. in. ft. in. ft. in. ft. in. ft. in. 26.04 30.11 26.11 20.02 27.02 16.05 23.10 25.02 26.01 33.00 29.06 21.01 24.09 17.05 20.02 23.06 27.01 33.06 31.00 24.10 26.04 23.00 23.02 25.02 28.02 33.02 31.10 24.10 21.07 26.05 24.00 26.08 24.09 33.10 31.04 28.03 27.03 29.05 26.00 26.09 25.04 31.11 29.05 25.05 25.02 27.10 25.07 23.03 25.09 28.01 28.00 22.10 24.03 25.04 24.00 23.09 26.02 27.08 29.00 24.04 23.04 25.08 24.01 23.10 25.08 29.03 27.03 23.02 22.00 26.08 23.10 25.00 27.02 28.10 29.03 24.09 24.02 27.06 19.03 23.02 24.00 30.11 30.04 26.04 23.06 25.00 23.05 26.06 26.08 26.01 29.06 24.06 20.06 24.04 29.05 24.08 25.00 30.07 29.05 25.00 24.02 24.07 23.11 24.11 CITY INSPECTOR'S DEPARTMENT. DEATHS, MARRIAGES AND BIRTHS REPORTED TO THE CITY INSPECTOR DURING THE YEAR 1857. The number of deaths are, it is believed, the whole number which occurred in the city, the ordinances prohibiting (since 1850) interments south of Eightysixth street, except in private vaults and burial places; and prohibiting, also, the removal of deceased persons without a permit from the City Inspector, granted in filing a certificate stating the name of deceased, age, color, &c. This insures full returns. Few burials are in the city, and these are properly returned. The number of births and marriages, owing to the neglect of physicians, clergymen and others to report, and the difficulty of enforcing the requirements of the law, is obviously much below the truth. The records are, however, of value for reference to decide the legitimacy and rights of parties in lawsuits and in reference to property, imperfect as they undoubtedly are for scientific purposes. |