The Baltimore County union., 1882-12-02

! Report OF the Sanitary ofiicOrs OF Wood.
berry and Wavorly.-ThO sanitary officers o
woodbsrTy and waverly have made the following
rspor. TO the County cOmmisslonsrs;
"The sanitary officers for WoodberFy, Waverly
and their vieinites beg leave 10 present for your
confederation the following report; The past
/ quarter has bean one Of no small amount Of work.
Many and various have besh the causes Of con.
plant which have been brought forward BY indi.
yiduals, and as usual the officers have had their
due amount of trouble In dealing with the same.
concerning mortalities, We would cay that the
number OF deaths, 20 far a. our observation goes,
has not been greater than in other years, nor has
the number Of deaths from eontag gous or infectious
diseases exceeded that Of tho same period Of last
year. Concerning the existence Of contagious or
infectious diseases. cases Of dphtheria, small. .psx
and typhoid fever have occurred both In Waverly
asd woadhevvy. bat ~ No time has the nsmher q
eases been sufficient 10 be styled epidemic. The
number Of cases OF these diseases reported 10 the
officers has been greater In woodberry than In
Waverly. AZ the former place several deaths
have occurred from the diseases above named at
Waveriy but few. IL has been our aim and en-.
deavor 10 take all possible precautions against the
spread OF these diseases. Where cases Of diphtho-
ria or typhoid fever have existed and tho fact has
been made known 10 the officers, the matter Of
cleansing and disinfecting the premises has been
inquired into and wherever necessary the officer
In whose district the occurred has given drec-
tons rs TO the proper mode Of caecting these ends
Three cases Of smallpox have oceurred-two In
Woodberry and one In waverly. In every case
the eontagion Of tho disease seems 20 have been
imported from tho city. And the fact that small
pox and varioloid wero so widely scattered over
the city Of baltimore caused US to exert extra
efforts 20 prevent the spread Of the disease. In
the eases which occurred the houses were disin-
fected, the yellow dag was displayed aud the CON-
munity warned Of the danger Of tho disease and
the necessity Of vaccination. Notwithstanding
this, but few persons made application to the off,
Ger nj woodberry for vaccination, and inquiry
shows that but few, comparatively speaking, made
application TO other physicians Of the place. Al
Waverly q considerably larger number Of appli.
cants were vaecinatcd. Il Ia TO bo stated, how
ever, that the people OF Woodberyy had . small.
pox scare last winter and large numbers Of the In
habitants were vaccinated.
Concerning nuisances that have been brought
under the observation ofthe officers uncean privies
and pools Of stagnant water aud drains have
claimed their usual share Of attention, and large
numbers have been cleansed at the solicitation Of
the officer. Hog pens. too, have claimed our at
tention. The officers still maintain the opinion
that hog pens are per se nuisanees, and that the
nuisance can be properly abated In no other way
than BY absolute removal Of the entire establish.
mcn,. Some citizens have removed their pens nj
the solicitation Of the officers others have refused
50 10 do. To test the law on this subject. n case
aud one involving all points of the law that can
orablc Board. been put into tho courts. Months
have passed since the ease was put In the hands
"f counsel. but A. yet no decision has been reach.
ell. The lively interest which the large majority
of citizens have taken In the late political contest
has no doubt had much 90 do with this delay
The time is now set for the taking Of testimony.
The officers have been detailed for no extra
work. tha, is work outside Of their respective dis
trcts. save IN the case Of the officer at waverly,
who has had placed in his hands a considerable
amount of this work a, Clifton and in tho Ist dis.
trct This work and its results are too well
known 10 your Honorable Board 10 need any lie.
tailed account In this report. In the discharge Of
our duties certain expenses have been incurred,
list Of which is hcreunto attached.
"Respcctfully submitted. with the thanks Of the
officers to your Honorable Board for the support
aud cooperation In all our efforts for the promo
tiOn Of the Of health in our respective CON.
munities. Il. u. NoRNENT. ". D.,
Sanitary Officer for w0odberry.
II. c. PRENTiss, NJ. D.,
Sanitary Officer for wavcrly."