Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-11-29

ton of school children requires no ar
gument or apology now. and this law
is carried out effectually i'll nearly all
of the cities of the United States.
Some action by the Council is desira-
bic urging upon the School Board the
necessity for this simple preventive
measure.
The fact that smallpox is always in
San Francisco amongst the Chinese,
and the additional one that communi
cation is SO easy and frequent between
the two cities renders Olympia liable
to exposure from the contagion ut any
time.
BURIALS.
Attention is called to a violation of
the law, usually through ignorance,
which forbids the privilege of a public
funeral where the death has been due
to contagious or infectious disease.
AS result many persons are needless
ly exposed to direct contagion.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
But little good can be said of the
school buildings from sanitary point
of view. They are old, with little VEN
tilation, except the very primitive way,
by the doors and windows. The sewer
age of the school buildings has been
much improved during the past year.
NUIsANCEs.
During the year there has been
eleven complaints made 10 this Office.
In each case the Health Officer made
personal investigation. In two cases
the nuisance complained of was from
city sewers and beyond the power or
authority of this board. The remain
ing nine were examined and in every
case the nuisance was abated. There
has been general cleaning up" of
the city and the Health Officer points
with pardonable pride to the present
sanitary condition. For lack of a
trained and efficient force OF inspec
tors, such as is usual in large cities, a
different system was adopted, report
from some interested person that a
nuisance existed, specifying character
and place, a personal inspection by
the Health Officer, and an order
from him to City Marshal to have said
nuisance abated, with the Marshals
report on the back of the order, is in
brief our system.
NEAT INSPECTOR.
A short time ago the meat Inspec-
tor of Seattle, condemned 8 1000 pounds
of improperly cured pork as uUfit for
use. Large quantities of fish have
also been condemned there. A SINH
lar condition of affairs is frequently
reported from other cities, and this
lead to suggestion, whether in the
opinion of your honorable body there
exists any necessity for such an Of
ficer here. 1t would OF course be ne
cessary to pass an ordinance specify
ing the duties, etc, of such an official.
STATISTICS.
AS bureau of Statistics the de-
partment has taken some steps. Death
certificates are required from attend
ing physicians or the coroner, before a
burial permit is issued. Such certifi-
Gates must show the age, birthplace,
duration of illness, cause of death and
other items necessary in the making
of mOrtuary tables. All nuisance
complaints are registered, together
with the action taken thereupon by
the proper officer.
A careful report is preserved of all
cases treated at the quarantine hos
pital. Contagious diseases in the mat
ter of their appearance, the recovery
or death of those afflicted, and the
date of house disinfection are re-
corded.
Your attention is called to the re-
markably low death rate. The total
number of deaths as returned in this
city for the past twelve months was
thirty-One, of this number seven were
brought here from other places for
treatment, were not bona fde residents
and materially swell the total Esti-
mating the population at 1000, this
gives us death rate of 7.75 per l 900 ::
making it the lowest death rate of any
incorporated city in the world. These
deaths are classified as follows
Adults males Is. Minor males 5. Total males 20
Adult females I, Minor females Total females IL
Grand Total ............ 81