Daily Republican., 1881-04-19
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
SCHOOL AND HEALTH H0ARDs
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The Board Of Health's MsefiAg--
TheAetfOn TAX en- -Finy.givs
Cases Reported.

S The session of the Board of Health
r last evening, was devoted almost Who'll
. ly TO the consideration of the smallpox
Z question.
Dr. Blocksom reported nuisance a
the house No. 724 West Fifth street
Chickens are kept in the cellar of tn.
building.
Mr.. Kennedy reported that garbage
had collected on Walnut street. neal
Thirteenth and that it was thrown in q
, lot.
, Mr.. Sparks reported that garbage had
collected ON Eighth street, between
Poplar and Lombard street.
Mr.. Byron reported progress on the
nuisance referred to him.
Mr.. Thatcher said that he Lad been
informed that cesspoOls in the western
part of the city had been cleaned with
buckets. He asked the members from
the Tenth Ward if they knew any
thing about the occurrence They an
swered in the negative.
! Clerk Frazer in communication,
said that since the breaking out Of the
smallpox he had considerable extra
labor to perform and asked that he be
properly compensated He reported
that since January 9th fifty-five cases
Of small pox had been reported. % we're
adults, 20 minors, and = not stated %
were white, 80 black, and 2 no. stated.
were reported vaccinated and not
vaccinated. IL had beeu sent TO the
hospital and the others remained at
home. In the other cases there WAS no
reference to vaccination. The pesti-
lence exists in wards ~ follows First,
. cases Second, Third, 8 Fourth,
8; Fifth, l.; Sixth, 4; Seventh, Z;
Eighth, Ii Ninth, ,; Tenth, T. Since
the last meeting of the Board there were
% cases of smallpox. 7were taken to
the hospital, and were not stated.
The others refused to 60. These % cases
were in the following wards First,
! Third, l; Fourth, A Sixth, 3
Seventh, | Eighth, 8; Ninth, 2
Tenth, !. In January there were II
cases, and in February there were 8.
In every instance the yellow flag has
been sent to every house in which the |
disease exists.
Messrs. Sparks, Witsil and Hawkins |
were constituted committee to consi-
der the Clerks request to pay him for
his extra labor. Tho committee repor-
ted in favor of paying Mr. Frazer the
sum of $l5. The report was adopted.
President Singley reported that owing
to the prevalence of small-pox he had
closed schools Nos. and Is. When
he closed No. Z school he was accom-
panied by the committee of said school,
but he closed school No. Is on his own
responsibility, he being unable to find
the committee of the school
Mr.. Kennedy offered the following:
WHEREAS, Several cases of small
pox having been reported in the vicinity
Of schools Nos. 6, and l3, be it
Resolved, That the action of the pre-
Sident ofthis board in closing the schools
TO prevent the spread Of the disease is
his hereby ratified by this board; and be
It further
Resolved, That he be authorized and
gwen the power to close all schools dur
ng the prevalence of the disease.
Mr.. Thatcher objected to the resolu-
ion.' be thought that the Board would !
)e eXertIug more authority than it had ,
right to do by closing the schools.
ie was of the opinion that it was better !
. keep children at school, they being :
ess likely to catch tho disease there +,
han If they were running the streets. =
lie uld not think 55 cases amounted to
great deal in a population of "A, 900, !
ND contended it was the teachers duty :
0 see that no child from a family stric- =
Ken with smallpox attendS.schoo.
Mr.. Whalen objected to closing the :,
chools, but was in favor of sustaining :
he president
President Singley said that he had :,
onsuited the City Solicitor, and that :,
entleman thought the Board had !. :
light to close the schools.
Col. Moore thought the president did .
right when he closed the .
chools and he believed that the Board !,
Ould rely upon him closing them in the !,
lture. .'
Mr.. Thatcher said that he was oppos- "
1 to the last resolution, but was in IA
or of sustaining the president.
The last resolution was tiually with
rawn, and that portion sustaining the 81
resident was passed by the luminous II
nte of the Board. d
President Singley asked that the te
oard take some action, authorizing Ia
le Boards officers to remove refractory u
nall-pox cases to the hospital when RI
icy are not able to take care of them II;
Ives.
The following resolution, offered by >,
r. Thatcher, was adopted vi
Resolved, That when the president II
I'd secretary and the committee of the tl'
ard deem it expedient for the health pc
the city, they are empowered to re- va
owe to the hospital any who are not in =,
ch circumstances al TO have care ia. N
N Of them. ui
Orders were directed to be drawn rs pI
lows L. B. Frazer, $50; James f. h'
iley,$l0; DR.. Walton, $235; President
nsley, for smallpox flags, $l.25.
lie SCHOOL BOARD S MEETING-IMAG- 4
INING THAT ITS sCoATTAILHA BEEN ar ~
ON, IT RAVES AND DAKEs sh
THAT IT BE DONE AGAIN. Sa
While the Board of Health was doing Stl
lat is chronicled above, the School ROY
ard was holding a characteristic Seq as
III. No sooner had President Conrad Di
lied the body to order than several WI
'mbers commenced to talk at once Ne.
out the outrage which had been in. N"
ted upon the Board by President gil
iSley Of the Roard of Health in clos- Tor
two schools. DIR. Grimshaw was a s
tmoSt III this talk. He ravetl and the
aueu Tor vote of CenSIre before any ce
SlneBs was before the meeting, and hei
,t on raving and pleading during the ful
ire session. mi
70 one seemed disposed to vote to
Isure the Pre- jident of the Board of
alth for what he had done Finally {
Shortlidge made the very superhu- roI
motion that the action of the visit in
committees in closing certain r,
ools, (not those closed by the Board tw,
Healthy, be approved. This was St.
,eriluous because the committees uu- sen
the rules have authority to do just We
at they had done. an,
Aftcr more talk DIR. Grimshaw offer he
D resolution which read like this as q in t
'stitute to DR.. ShortIiGge's motion app