The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-03
Health Officer spsriing's Report to the
Hoard of Hcaltb

Health Oficer spari,ng's Report to the
Board OF Health.
The board of health held their regu ar monthly
meeting yesterday afternoon st the city hall
Health Oficer sparling's report for the month
OF Nov, moer was read and approved. the re-
port was follows:
"Gentlemen: In acc I'd with the city charter.
beg irsve 10 submit my tirst monthly report OF
the STARS OF this once:
"vitai sratistics-Trese are not so complies a.
they should be for the reason that the physi-
cians have oniy been suppl with the proper
blanks for one-nalf the month. Conseq uentiy,
many reports h,ve been overlooked. The birth
repo is are very incomplete, and / think some
measure should be taken to assure CON-
pee birth returns In this montn's returns tse
dea'hs ouinumber the births. which is very
bad showing to come from our city.
Tho deaths for the molta number fifty,
against sixty-three for the preceding mouta.
The following is report in detail for the month
Causes of Burns. 1; enteritis, l; cancer
1: collie. /; Shithisis pu mouaiis. 4: convnls ons
2: cirrhosis OF liv r, l: apoplexy, ?; bronchitis
/: diabetes milliius, /: meningitis. eerebro-
spinal, 1; neart disease. 5: Bright's disease. q;
marssmus. l. still born. 4; mai-nutrition, il;
periu>sis, /: coneussioa OF brain. 2; iyphoii
fever IL: accident, s; murder. I; drowned, /;
suicide. !: asphyxia. /; hyper 9mia of lungs, ].
Males, SO: femses, Il: under year. II; between
aud 5 years. 1; between 5 and 20 ye-rs, 5; be-
tween 20 and 50 years, &c: between so and 40
years. 9: between 40 ana 90 years, IL; between 80
and so years. 2.
s.Ihe birth report is by no means accurate
The number reported was ma es and - fe-
ma es 1t 10 needless 10 mention the fact tbs
one case of smsllpox was reported on Novem-
Der at the Hull b ock. The patient was taken
TO the pest-house on November and lschsrged
therefrom on Nov m Der e. The bills are not
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case 70 IN .city will be about $500 Four cases
of scarlet fever and two of diphtaeria have been
reported These were sll reported from the
vicinity of Albert street, Lake Union. The
deaths from typhoid lever for the month
number ten agains. nineteen for the previous
month, thus indicating marked decrease IN
the amour; of typhoid fever. I e tota number
of nuisancss reported during the month were
seventy-two. eiassif IS follows:
defective cesspools. Ia: garbage thrown in
alleys and streets. 10; broken sewers. 10; ma
nure ia alleys, 7; obnoxious factories in city
limits, ): dead animals. 9; no sewer connec-
ton, 4; flthy privy vau Is, 2: unhealthy cellars
/; q ltny caicken coops. 2
Until the proper health ordinances are paused
by the city coun il q crest deal of Trouble viii
be exuerienced in abating these nu!sances Tn.
garbage scos is now emp;ied off Milton Head
which allows all the dead animals to float
back into the city again. This. I think. &C.
counts for so many dead animals being found
on tire beach. would recommend thai
the garbage scow Re toved across the Sound oe.
fore being empti-d, and then only emptied
while the tide 10 running OUT.
tine total number OF cases admitted to the
hospitals during The month was sixteen. and
TIE number OF cases remaining over from,
las, month was nineteen. Total in the hosni.
tails during the month. thirty five. The cost tn
the city for taking care of these patients ia
ssi6 think something should be done 20 Gu,
down this INN nse expense 10 the city. Re-
speclfu IL submitted, etc, ."
In the discussion OF hospital expenses Dr.
Noble said that great care oughs TO be taken tn
see that persons coming from DINER towns do
not go into The hospitals at the eity's expense
Bills amounting to ST.. 10 were presented and
approved
A. J. D. Leroy was appointed sanitary police.
man.
A proposed ordinance quiring plumbers to
be licensed. and defining the conditions under
which plumbing work can be done was sinh.
mi,ied by the plumbing inspector and lad on
the tabls.
The board took a recess until Saturday. De.
cember 5, a. r. n