The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-12-08

Lit is proper to statert that near thirty
iBterments, chiefly German, we're from
the country. Take this number from
the death list, and it will but slightly
exceed three hundred for the city
two hundred children and n hun
bred adultsa Negroes are included
in the interments from the city. II
REPORTS OF THE CITY PHYSICIANS.
1t is to be regretted that the re-
ports of the City Physicians are not.
more In detail. While they show
that more than two hundred patients
have been visited and treated by the
City Physicians during the last year,
they do not indicate definitely the
number of visits made in attending
each, nor the humber of Office pre-
scriptions which were given to the in
-digent sick not visited. The object of
the Board In adopting the present
form of reports was that it might be.
fully advised of the labor performed
by each City Physician, and of the
number of the INDECENT sick treated
by 4each,Tand what form OF disease
was prevalent. 5andb in what part of
the city definitely. The reports made
are so defective that no reliable sta
t~istical tables can be compiled from
them. The arducus duties of the
Physicians cannot therefore, be fully
appreciated.
The Board of Health, deriving its
powers from the Common Oouncis
has made many sanitary suggestions,
and has Aendeavored to cause the
health laws adopted by the Council to.
be faithfully executed. AiaO tt s.
The success which has attendedthel
management OF epidemic and pesti-
lentiat diseases by the Board, has
been highly satisfactory TO it. n5i-L
For more than tive years lmmedI-
'ately preceding it's present ~organiza-
ton, the expenditures of the city aud
county on account of pest cases alone
exceeded an average of two hundred
dollars q month, and, nOtwithstand4
ing this large expenditure TOR the
wantSof proper management, many
pest cases were tardily or dmperfectlY
cared for. But since the present or
g~anization OF the Board, pest cases
are of rare occurrence, and so man.
aged as TO be attended with only nom
inal expense. More than this: many
of the INDECENT sick of the city have
been assiduoEsly treated by the city
physicians, v-oaaA,,N -u~{av,.,,
Experience suggests some highly.
important sanitary measures which
ought to be instituted, but as the
Board is abeutto close its labors, !
will not allude 70 them in this paper
The report of the Chief of Police,
accompanying his @bilk for keeping
prisoners, shows that 478 meals had
been furnished. Total number of
prisoners, 96. OF these q were
Americans, IS Irish, Il German. and
q colored. sl -
Captain Cochran, Chief Of Police,
made arepoFt, calling the attention
of the Council to the fact that indi-
gent people came to the station house
nightly, having NJ place of shelter,
andsthat hitherto he had given these
lpeople lodging in the-engine-house
and generally one or fmore meals, the
latter without charge, and suggested
shat some provision be made foE such
cases. ssI5-1I Ia assei srf -
The bill of Mr.. McKeever, aslAs=
SCISSOR, elected some remarks. Mr..
McKeever thinks the city should nav
his assistants, and that he should at
the same time have the same pay as
Phil. Euler received for the same SER
vice, the latter having paid his own
assistants. It was ordered that Me-
FKeever be paid the same that was
paid Euler. IN 1i''i' - ?
Mr.. Reichert presented another bill