The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-12-04
Balance on hand on sc-
count Of appropriation

Ior hprii Ahu may -"- ','S'
Balance on hand on &C.
count Of appropriation $"lo "
Three hundred and sixteen dollars and |
sixty-niae cents 10 carry on tho operations |
Of the board up to the 18th OF April 1874. |
The amount in my opinion will be quite
provided w arc not visited BY
small. pox. Gentlemen, l cannot to strong
ly urge and recommend to the city council
the necessity Of reorganization OF tho
board OF health and the substituting in
lew Of member of the city council from
each ward, three praticxlt physicians,
whose duty it will TO with the mayor to
take charge of tho sanitary condition OF
the city, with all the powers necessary TO
absie Nil nuissnces, and to make such sug-
gestions to tho city council from time TO
time, as they in their judgement may
deem nece sary for the welfare Of the in
habitsnts Of the city. The city has been
and 10 now in as good condition 10 = ssni-
tary point Of view, as is possible under the
circumstances. But l cannot allow the
present time to pass without . word OF
complaint While q large majority Of
the citizens have ASST ( d the authorities in
sanitary measures, and kept their prcmi-
sts in good order, there has been and are
now q great many who do not think it
| necessary to put fourth any e1ertion to-
| wards thar end. And until the citizens
can see il TO be their duty xs well a. the
duty Of the authorities, the city will never
be kept in 81 good condition ss it might be
with their assistance. 1t 10 the duty OF
every citiZon who has the welfare Of the
city At heart TO use every means IN his or
her power, TO uphold and assist the
authorities in keeping tho city in . good
sanitary condition. The health Of the city
has been very good during the season.
Much moro 30 than non-rosidents give il
credid for. Since tho It Of May
until the lst Of November
We have been surrounded with
disease, in their worst form. Fret, chol-
era and Immediately following il the most
malignant form Of yellow foyer prevailed
ia some Of our southern sister cities TO An
alarming extent; and yet We can say with.
out fear Of contradiction that we have
been spared the visitation Of any Of these
epidemics. / am sorry to inform the
council that as no record has been kept by
tho city in formar years Of its deaths,
births, etc. 1t is not possible TO show by
| figures whether wc have healthy city or
not. therefore recommend tho passage
OF an ordinance making it incumbent on
all undertakes to report all deaths, be
they citizens OF not, TO the board of health
90 that wo can chow TO the world that We
have not tho dreadful ,ickly place in Cairo
that they give US credit for. A residence
of a little over nine years in Cairo ha,
satisfied me that Cairo 10 . healthy city,
and tho appearance OF its bonaGde rosi
| In 81 L.. 4
the most skeptical mind. For the mex,
hed tho facts will show as l here repre-.
| sent Thorn.
Very respectfully submitted,
JONI Woop, Mayor.
CAIRO, December I'd, 1878.
sILLs.
The following bills we're presented and
read. and, on motion Of Alderman Nc
Gsuley, referred 10 the committee or
claims, viz:
Thos Leary, removing two dead
Observation-Disclosures. > 8 on
Thos Brown, hauling drunken
man to Observation-Disclosures. 81
ID McCarthy, dieting prisoners in
November, 200 days...,...,....... lO4 s,
DR. ii WSrdnor, services rendered
Prisonors,..,.. .......,............ lO W
ID Mccarthy, extra meals fur
nishod risoner..."......... l3 W
Peter Wsldsr, hauling sidewalk
| lumber................. ............ 2 "
ID Mccarthy, ia days in charge
OF JAIL gang ...,.......,........ IS O(
NJ Powers, days hauling on
Levee street,. .............,. OF
John II Oberly, printing....."".. II !.
n u Powers, hauling 20 loads OF
sidewalk lumber................. IL OC
e Lynch, county clerk fees in
sidewalk assessment cssss..... 7 &C
Peter Conlsn, 24A days work On
tidewalks.......... o5 /;
Thos Fitzgerald, 24l days work
on sidewAlks...... ,........... IS /;
Tim Sullivan, hauling a drunken
man TO Observation-Disclosures. ~
James Rosr, l ton Of coal for jail g 81
Patk Wslder, hauling Il drunken
man to jsil....... .............. 81
NJ Glynn, hauling drunken man
to ail..".............,."..... ..... 6(
RS Yocum, circuit clerk, fees in
cases in which judgment was
rendered sgains. the city, II o,
Cairo City Gas Company, gas
consumed in sighty-scvsn street
lamps in October..",.... ......... 30a 81
Cairo City Gas Company, gas
nsumsd in eighty-Ave street
lamps in Novemb er.............. 2e- 81
Cairo City Gas Company, gas
consumed at the Arab. Rough
and Ready and Hibsrnian en-
gino houses, three paonths, to
Deem Der ist.........,."....... 20 "a
Cairo City Gas Company, GAS
consumed at city Jail, three
| ..,la 40 "a