The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-24
YET FEW PEOPLE ARE Ill.
The Sanitary Condition Of Seattle
il Very Bad.
Necessity OF seweFs-Dumptnx Gar
bsgs-BeBe6cfai Eject Of
Rain.

No epidemic prevails In Seattle, ana the
b. alih oil tue city Is good. Meeting with
City Health Officer Grant. yesterday. he
vas asked shons the eity's present and
probable health conditions He said:
AYES. the general health of she city 10
fairly good We have no epidemics- There
has not been enough of typhoid and ras-
Iarial lever TO be ca led epidemic, aud the
typhoid IL now aba.ing. The rnaiarfai Is
not; bur that is less serious In a short
time the cool weather VIII tsnd 10 cheek
IN At aiss.'
.sDo complaints come before yaH Off
eially concerning local flnisances-
"A great many such eoInplsints are made
20 na. about bad sewess Har.iy q day
passes by but receive three or four such
complaints"
THE SANITARY CONDITION.
.What measures are being takea to meet
the eify's sanitary requirements"
well, TO be frank about il, there are so
many snch pessilentiai places that am at
loss 10 know how 10 dispose OF them l
want the city couccil 10 have the commit
tee on sewers lake measures 70 attend 10
| the mat err"
lis the sanitary police officer In ans man.
/ ner under your direction
Il don't believe there is any ordinance
i that gives me control of the sanitary Off
Ger. AT the same time. what ! suggest 10
| him Is generally carried oat. In my cpin-
| ion. the committee on sewers should take
q more active part. II the sewers were
sufficient. the niIisazees could be sbsted.
1 The city needs more sewers. There Is a so
need OF city wagon 10 Clean up the offea-
siye and accommodating refuse. II has none
al present.
NEW DUMP SUGGESTED.
Where could the refuse of the city be
dumped and not int rfere with the harbc,
| feeilities7''
sit might be deposited anywhere along
| the upper or southern bend of the bay
That would be outside of the residence
part of the city"
Gould not small and cheap railroad
trsek be extended Ia thst quarter, upon
! which dump-cafs might be ran out, TO de
posit the fiith?"
| fhe very first consideration with city
as we'll rs an Individual. is health. Such
/! = plan might be expensive, but it would
cover an important difficulty. Sewers
however, are of the first importance. | re-
ceEtiy visited places on Spring street where
1 the inhabitants dig hollis, I'LL them with
oifa', cover them over aud then dig otheFs
aud ill them in The same manner. Their,
is much work for the committee on
| sewers"
THE RAIN Is HEALTHY.
Meeting with DR.. Horace NJ. Hall he was
asked about the health conditions of the
city. He said
..The present health Of the city Is good
Typhoid fever Is ahating. Bowel and sum
mer complaints among childres are also
on the decline, or the number of patients
is decreasing
DO these fine showers of rain improve
the health eonditionsg"
''Yes; 1t purities the atmosphere and
makes the water more wholesome"
SLOW does IL affect the drinking Water
THE rain dilues the water ia the
ground. Typhoid fever prevails IN dry
| seasons. There Is more typhoid fever
when the water supply Is impreeuated
with fever germs. They always increase
when water is scarce in the wells and tanks
Additional water diiutes the fever germs.
Most of the fever eases are traced TO the
use OF well wat where such germs accu-
muiate. The rains render such water in-
noxious Without rains IL would be Lire
boiling down kettle of salt water, leaving
o. ly the sals
THE CITY IN GOOD HEALTH.
rs the present health of the cits con.
sidered goods"
1T is certainly changing for the better
II will continue TO improve as The rains
fall, and more water mains are estab-
| lished."