The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-21
TO KEEP OUT DISEASE.
THE CITIZENS SANITARY AsSO-
CITATION AT WORK.

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Council-CoL screven's Report-In-
spector Desvergers' Report Upon
the City Market and the Inspections
of Food Producs-What the Asso-
citation Is Doing.
The executive council of the Citizens'
Sanitary Association met last night. There
were present the following members of TIE
council: DIR. J. B. Read, president, and
Col. John Screven, Capt. John FlannerY,
Mr.. s. Guckenheimer, Col. George A.
Mercer, Col. J. i. Warren and Drs. j. c.
LeIiardy, r. J. Num- ard George H.
Stone, and members of the association
Capt. Henry Blum aud Mr.. j. G. Duggan,
and M. j. Desvergers.
DR.. Fallgant, secretary Of the associa-
ton, being absent with the minute book,
Mr. NJ. j. Desvergers acted as secretary.
DR. J. G. LeHardy, chairman of tie com
mittee on public health, reported a few
days ago, that he went over the lands east,
| west and south of the city, and tina
be found the low lands in
very unsanitary condition, particularly
the excavations by the railroad companies,
| and the old water works basins purchased
! by the Ocean Steamship Company. TIL
| y
was instructed to address a communication
to the presidents or managers OF the rail
roads entering Savannah, calling attention
| to the places where nulsances exist upon
their lands.
| DIR. FALLIGANT RESIGNS.
The resignation Of Dr. L. A. Falligant,
secretary Of the association, was rendered
and accepted, and c. N. West, Esq, was
| elected to fill the vacancy.
Mr. n 4 TO-.
| advocating the establishment of public
| baths
| Col. Screven, chairman of the committee
| on streets, lanes and public roads, submit
| ted and read report on street paving of
extraordinary ability and interest, which
| was, on motion, recelved and, in view of It's
valuable suggestive features to the city
authorities, the president was requested to
| ask its publication.
The following gentlemen were elected
| members of the ASSOCIATION, to wit: Hon.
w. d. Harden, John II. O'Byrne, Benja-
min f. Sneftall, A. F. Flint.
DR.. George H. Stone. chairman of the
committee on cattle and domestic animals
and stables, reported that after an examina-
Uion of the subject the committee recon-
mended that the association sug geSt TO the
city authorities the advisabity OF remov-
ing cattle marts outside the ity limits
The report was on motion referred 70 the
committee on conference with public au-
thorities.
Capt Henry BUNS bond as treasurer of
the association was approved.
INSPECTOR DEsvERGERs' REPORT.
The inspector submitted a report of his
inspections since the last meeting of the
executive council. The reporJ stated that
since the society had adopted its syst EN- of
daily inspections of food produce
in the market and directed the ct
tention of its inspector to food produce
brought into the city and exposed for sale,
there had been great i'm rovemeut in the
quality and condition of food produce Of all
kinds offered for sale in Savannah, in the
green groceries throughout the city as well
as IN the city market. More attention is
now paid t. the condition of the stalls on
the upper floor of the market building, and
also to the condition in which poultry is
cooped and exposed for sale in and around
the market.
Tire more disgusting features of the
butchers meat vault under the market have
disappeared, and the place is now of in
as clearly a condition as it Is possible to
keep a place with old wooden cased meat
boxes, set upon pavement of porous
bricks, which have been subjected to the
saturation of impure fluid for wears, and
which are still kept saturated by constant
leakage from the meat boxes
THE MARKET BASEMENT.
The cookshops and restaurants in the vaults
show but little sanitary irnprovement-the
fact is they are not in a condition which
will admit of Improvement in sanitary re-
spectS until change he made in the levels
and material OF the basement floor. The
24-inch sewer now being constructed
from the market building to the
rive will render the keeping of the market
in sanitary condition an easy matter,
provided it is followed with sufficient re-
pairs and addition to the plumbing appoint
mentS Of the building, and to the level and
material of the pavement Of the vault and
areas around the market. The market
place, however, will not present those
Inviting features which should
mark the place at which the
inhabitants Of the city procure their food
supply until the cobhlestone pavement
now on three sides of it be substituted with
! a pavement Of material more adapted to
such place.
The report referred to the continued I'M
sanitary condition Of the lowlands east and
west Of the city, and the excava-
tions and side bitches along the
various railway lines IL tie viciu-
lty OF the city, and closed with these
remarks: From the manner in which the
present city authorities treat the matter, it
would seem that these nlalarial sinks upon
| the suburbs of the city are there
to stay. 1t seeius that the
itself confronted with a series of nuisances
which were created whilst the late board
were in authority, and which took no steps
to provide against the excavations within
and contiguous TO the city limits"