The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-05-21
ms GTT,HEALrmo OFFICE.
Card from DR.. Rlum-1HIs. Experience
with Ghe city COuneIl---HIs Report
10 Council and 1ts Suppression.

Card from DR.. BlpmT'fta - Experience
with the city Couneil---Hls Report
20 Council and itS Suppression.
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uIceu Ctt!1en OF Lnis community; 70
snis wSEA, tns Sltizsus A" VIII
ny e w ~ uteu Ine sun
ot $1,000 tue GUY S<lOuV. now hnu ~
WHAT HAn5eI TINS amount oi niSuey
was expended was clearly SET loFtnr IN
my general report, which was never
read to the honorable Council. THAI l
succeeded In accomplishing this vast
am chiefly Indebted TO the promptitude
and zeal with which the citizens carried
out every sanitary order Issued. Much
more would have been effected had
had the active cooperation of Council.
Incredible as 1t seems to be, some mem
bers OF that honorable body, together
with theit friends, who in the natu-
raj course ofthe operations the ordi-
nance, felt themselves aggrieved, be-
first to use their official and private in
tiuence to thYart and obstruct the jMs
and impartial enforcement Of the ordi-
nance! What amount OF mental sew
erage, what degree OF moral and mem
tai degradation must exist in the con-
stitutiOn OF such mercenary creatures,
the public may Calculated! Nor Is this
all; to crafty the we'll known avRrice
and remorseless cupidity OF one OF their.
6riends, against whom certain provisions
or the ordinance had to be enforced, the
Council not only failed to order the
execution of the law, but, desDite the
report of the committee, before whom
the case was fully examined and sus-
tanned, directed the money to be paid
out of the funds in the public Treasury!
During the months of July and August
last, at time when just and reasonable
fears ofthe introduction OF the epidemic
within our city were entertained
indeed cases had already occurred
sufficient TO indicate the almost certain
appearance of the pestilence in our
midst. The honorable Council in their
wisdom neditated the adjustment of
the Office inviting me to appear before
them to answer "tChetheT the office could
not De abolished then" Indeed, so fire.
quent were the attempts to abolish (me)
the office during that critical period as
to deprive me OF all official influence
ana compel me to appeal to the better
sense OF the community. By and with
the consent of his Honor the Mayor, a
special Sanitary Police force was es-
tablished, and thus every precaution-
airy measure was taken to prevent the
Introduction of the epidemic within the
corporate limits OF the city.
The history OF the epidemic and its
fearful ravages In Cincinnati are GER
tainIy not forgotten. The criminal in
Ito;nei oy,,h ~ - % 1ue nu-
IN tie snrjn9 ofIes. vsar S,,b;a1,oJ ,ha1
citv m ! frj1htfnT lac oS SHn,eL liz
and tTeosnra Ha- Oi';,ayo ,s,aro ad tI1e
naIIai - ;H,r1oro IaSs;sIatT,," ;,s.NSSnn
anoa III ,ealtSi ~ $1,000 tIIS.i.
hill not eit"CtoTh..r sat;STao,St ~ IeH ~
'jat,;IS hnt s1me;oSt - co lh Hs
az ,S;ta -, ~ ~ IT, ait,, go Io tne
troll oF {ba mnnIcinai sn'bor;tios Ill III
place il in the hands of cor1nsje., and
inIsnen,ient Road '''--
Whaeiin1 NAV nrofit hv Tho s.d o~,a-
rience of CINCINNATI: her stesdiIv In.
crensin0 nonnIatior bar in1no-ta1o %
a Observation-Disclosures TOW bar bjaSast sc
terests and tho fnferest and dietstSs ~
common hnmanItv demand that +be
control ofso in1nortant a tienartment NJ
the government of the cItv nuhIIc nv
giene. affecting alike the hanpinees nj
welfare of individnaIs and the nTns-
peritv and repntation of the vvhoIacitv
should be placed into the hands NJ a
compete,,t hoard entirely iCdenandent
OF the municipal authorities. whose
habits. taste. character and edrcaifon
are generally III suited To annreciate
the iEnnortance M nnhIic sanitorv "ore
or ANYTHING else thev do moi cSnnra.
bend: my w NV 'O1pie
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9 or. Council Of the city OF Wheeling.
W. deH %o or <. OF tne nealth once from
mai snsnension togetber w;th nnndo-