National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-09-15
BOARD or HEALTH

T.
AWARDING OF CONTRACTS FOR FUR
EISHING MEDICINES TO THE POOh,
TIE Board Of Health having appointed the
physiciaus 20 the pooe and made al the neees-
ssry arrahoemonts for attending the iHdlFcnt
giof I, the District, with the exception o. The
furnishinr Of medicines, took that Important nat
ter in hand and complstsa ~ ~ ~
Tuuni1r n harmony with the other operatlona 81
she board. some deys ego ne ge.re inslsea pro
tinee 10 the Door on prescriptions rom the Gu
shorissd phyfiesnH 70 the board. A namber Of
ss Estf sS sfs sssa zee E s iaa
poinfod 70 consider thu matter, and after tie
classification the druggists selected were invited
see II the price hxed upon would b acssptable to
them and they willing 70 enter into contract on
The form Was as follows
RoRN or AGRHE1nNT.
WAsHIxGroH, d. O., Sept. Il, ls7L
The undersigEed hereby agrees 70 furnish 81
price not 70 exceed sighteen cents for each and
eludipe cinchona ana lis alkAioids, ana put upon
prescriptions or the phySiuhus 70 tire poor for
sanitary Division agreeable 70 che provisions
tionS 70 physicianB to the poor, ; issued By the
Board OF Health, and bearing dates respectively
Of Tth sne sth September, 1874 Provided always
dered, when their constituents are expensive OF
the quantities greater than those deslgnated In
the Instructions above referred %, the price al
BE also agrees 70 forward 70 the Board Of Health,
on the nrst day Of esch month, . statement Of his
soeoun EgOP s1a s,5 gGSass e. sSr tina. gsEPo
ofthe District Of Columbia for payment.
There was present Of the board Pref Langston
and Ors. Bliss and Verdi
Dr. BLISS DxrIvERs A BR1ER LECTURE.
DR.. Bliss explained to the chemists the instruc-
tions that had been given to the physicians for
the poor regarding the Kind OF medicines 70 be
prescribed and the quantities, which were 70 be
stance was the life Of . patient 20 be made
secondary confederation as tar as the medicine
was concerned. The board would approve the
greater quantities q the hyscians certined that
L was necessary. What they most desired was
to prevent extravagance in the use Of expensive
drugs when those less costly and SIMPLER
preparation would answer every purpose. They
had defined what the INDECENT poor were, and Il
was not INTENDED to ys s0r 2 any not So3Rz
medical attendance and medicines would Be CON-
PEELED to do 50. This service had been entrusted
posed that It should cost the District no more
than was actually necessary. Previonsly theoe
ofnces Of physicians to the poor were managed
politics could hold no sway in tho operations Of
the ONCE. II those appointed to the positions
fan to perform their duly, they wiz be dismissed
Board Of Health, in Undertaking the work en-
trusted to their care BY the District Ccmmis-
sOnsrs had the interest y ne dElgglst and TIE
chemists, II they chose, could assist them mate
rally in this object. "a y ilea
NAMES OF TIE DRUeeIsTs.
AMER general discussion on matters pertain
ing to the physicians, and the node Of drawing
their prescriptions, and the svalne OF medicines,
contracts were awarded in the following districts
and signed BY the parties to whom hey we're
awarded: - -
First sanitary division, Alex. Crutehell, Harri-
son street, Uniont0Wn; second, Messer Co.,
Seventh street, above Boundary northwest third,
Mrs. K. q. LineRWeaver, Eleventh and n streets
southeast; fourth, Il. A. Bacon, Four-and-a-han
and + streets southwest; fourth, Jno. ]. Stafford,
Four-and-a-b6lf street. betWsenI and II streets
southwest: NTH Rudolph Oldburg, corner and
Fourth streets northwest; mn, ]. S. Jones, 2a
Pennsylvania avenue east; sixth, Helfenstein &
Bentley. Fourteenth and Z streets northwest;
sixth, r. B. Winter, corner Tenth and u
and Seventh and r streets northwest; seventh,
J. B. Moore, 1924 PennsylYania avenue north
Wesl; seventh, A. n. Daniels, lSD Fourteenth
street northwest; eighth, Chas. Becker, Us High
Street, Georgetown.