Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-14
BOARD or HEALTH.


Birat Meeting of the New Hoard
Preparation FOR the summer's work |
--antereatinE Statistics BY fhe Health
OmeoT.
The Board Of Health mel IN the Coun.
Gil Chamber last Tuesday In special ses-
sion present, Mayor King, Clerk, Health
Officer Case, and DR.. @. Hubbard, II. }.
Topky, Frank Gregory, O. 4. Swift, II II
Hall absent, James Reed. Minutes Of
last meeting read and approved.
The oath Of Office was administered to
Dr. J. G. Hubbard.
The Health officer submitted the fol.
lowing report, which was received and
ordered on file:
To THE HONORABLE BOARD or HEALTH
or THE VILLAGE OF AsHTABULA;
herewith submit my annual report
for the year ending Dec, 3ist, 1879.
No complaints made, 20; No no.
tices issued, 49, No. nuisances abaled, H.
The regulations Of the Board adopted
several years since, as literary prOduc.
ton are not a success There are many
repetitions, some contradictions, and
many passages of doubtful meaning
Some Of the most important regulations
do not appear in the printed copies, hav.
| ing been adopted since they were printed
l would recommend that committee Of
three be appointed TO revise the regua
tions Of the Board and report at a
special meeting to be called for that pur-
pose.
| would suggest to the Board the ap-
| pointing Of three or four sanitary inspec-
tors, whose duty it shall be to make a
personal inspection Of every lot in the
village used as a place Of residence or for
manufacturing or mechanical purposes,
as 10 its sewerage, the condition of all
drains, outhouses, and in case any are
found in filthy or unhealthy condition,
to report the same to the Health Officer
for his action / would likewise recon.
mend the appointment of competent
person to serve under the direction of the
Health Officer as permanent sanitary in
spectOr, or in other words, that the Board
create the office Of sanitary inspector
would call the attention Of the Board
to the necessity of some action in regard
to the matter of vaccination. Should the
Board appoint the sanitary inspectors
previously recommended, they could easi
ly ascertain the number and residences of
all unvaccinated persons, and the Board
should extend to all persens unable TO pay
for the same some provision for gratui
tous vaccination.
For many of the duties devolving on the
Health Officer, as making annual repor
compiling reports births, deaths and in
terments, the prosecution of persons VIC
lating regulations of Board, &C., no com
pensation is made. Would suggest that {
reasonable compensation in tho way of al
annual salary be substituted for tn,
payment by fees now in force,
The Board should authorize the Clerl
TO procure for the Health officer a bool
for the recording of births and deaths, ant
p blanks for reporting cases of infection
r diseases. To a professional or busines
man time is money, and would recon
> mend that a small fee-50 cts. for instance
for each name reported, be allowed, al
persons required TO make a report o
births and deaths
The well on Main street, sunk by orde
OF the Council last year, has been durin
the winter and spring in very foul COZ
dition, the water being largely contain
mated by filth from the gutter; unless til
h repairs recently made should obviat
4 this difficulty it should be promptly col
+ demmed and suppressed by this Board q
G a nuisance.
r So far as am able to learn the cond
= tion of things at the Harbor on Bridge 81
are likely to be worse, if possible, tina
last season. This Board should agai
urge upon the Council the necessity {
sewering that street from the stone Gu
vert to the river as recommended last yea
Accompanying this report is the repo
Of births and deaths for the year endin
10 Dec. 31st, 1879. l would call your atte
" ton to the fact that out of "a deaths Il
II age of which was reported, 30 were Of pc
n sons under 8 years Of age. Can any thin
k be done in the way of sanitary measur
% to lessen this enormous slaughter of i
70 fantsg" All which is respectfully su
k mitted. F. d. CASE,
le May 18th, 1880. Health Officer
Whole number of births for year en-
e. ing Dec. 31st, 1879, 90; No. boys, 35; N
L girls, 81; pairs twins 81 not reported, /.
Whole number of deaths for the ye
as ending Dec 31st, 1879, 60;