The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-08-29
DIR. COOPER TALKS.
He Gives an Account OF His Efforts to
Cleanse tho City. and the Action
of the Council.

BIC STONE GAP, VA, August rs, 30.
Editor Big Stone Post
SIR: Yours of the 10th to hand. In re-
ply will give full report Of the proceed
rgs of the Bourd of Health up to the
present time.
On July 18th, 1890, qualified as health
officer Of the city. The same day We had
Il meeting, and | was requested by the
board to inspect the city, make report
to the council and suggest some means
for its cleansing. did SO, and made the
following reports:
After II careful investigation of tho
city, with the aid of the city sergcants, |
find it to be in very dirty and unhealthy
condition, and make tho following sug-
gestions:
"lst. That every propcrtyholdcr or ten
ant he required to keep his or her prem
ises in clean and healthful condition.
I'D That throwing anything calculated
to cause stencil in yards, streets or al
lcys, be positively prohibited.
I'D. All privies exposed to view shall
be removed and placed over vaults, said
vaults to be not less than four feet deep,
walled and ceiled; and that once week
said vaults shall be purified by the free
use of coppcras, chloride of lime or other
valuable disintectant.
18th. That no hogs or other animal cal
culated to produce filth be allowed to run
at large in the streets.
9TH. That no slaughtcr-pens be allowed
in the limits of said corporation, unless
all blood, oflal, etc, be at once burned By
the owner. Any one failing to comply
with this ordinance shall be fined not less
than S. for each offcnse.
9th. That each propertyholdcr or ten
ant he required to keep a barrel or box.
located ut some convenient or acceptable
point, in which to put all refuse matter
accommodating.
9TH. That the council employ n wagon
to visit each box or barrel every morning
during the warm weather, and during the
Winter at least every week (f necessary
oftcner), and remove all matter so accumu-
lating TO some point outside of the town
limits and dump the same into the river"
The council took up the resolutions sep
aratelv. and rejected Nos. and ,, as they
were already embodied in the ordinances.
No. 3 WAS revised, SO as to read: "All
privies new in use, and all privies here
after to be built, shall be put over vaults at
least four feet deep, thoroughly ceiled, SO
MS to be waterproof; and that once u week
they shall be disnfcctcd with chloride Of
lime, copperas, or other reliable disinfect-
ant. Any person failing to comply with
this ordinance shall be fined not less than
IS for each such day of failure after the
lst day of August next. That due notice
OF this ordinance he posted by the chair
man Of tho board Of health at once
No. was rejected as whole.
No. ) was passed as reported.
No. was rejected; also No I.
had printed lot of posters of the by
laws or resolutions rs adopted, and had
them posted over the city. On August
I'd again inspected the city, and on the
night of the Sd, at called meeting of our
board, made the following report:
After careful inspection Of the city,
find the same condition as in my last
report, and that no action has been taken
by the citizens at all"
On motion of Col. Adams, seconded by
DR.. Kunkel, the following was adopted
THAT the chairman make said report to
the City Council and request that the
mayor have all parties who have failed to
comply with the ordinances AS laid down
summoned before him and fined for fail
ure Of compliance.
Said report was made and adopted by
the council.
We adjourned to make further reports
AT the regular weekly meetings Of council
Respectfully submitted,
W. f. CoorER,
Chairman Board Of Health.