The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-27
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
TIE CITYs HEALrHFULNEss.
The Sanitary Authorities Alert and
Doing Their Duty.

The Sanitary Authorities Alert and
Doing Their Duty.
Health Officer Drummer says the health of
the city is not only good, but the summer
bids fair to be more healthful than the
spring, the grip having been prevalent here
then as IL was In other cities throughout
the country.
Those charged with the sanitation of the
city say it is In excellent sanitary condition.
The vaults have been well attended TO since
May /, the usual increase OF force during
this season having been put to work in all
the sanitary departments. The work of
disinfection and deodorizing has been
thoroughly carried on, and daily inspections
are made and any unsanitary premises are
promptly reported, and as promptly given
attention.
Under the supervision Of the health and
cemetery committee, of which DR.. r. B.
Harris is chairman, with the auxiliary
work Of Health Officer Drummer, every part
OF the city has been receiving sanitary at
tention, and they express the opinion that
1t was never in more clearly condition
than at this time.
1t is unnecessary to repeat the very full
report of City Engineer VIM as to the
ture in the outskirts. For the fourth
time this year the bitches are being cleaned
out, and the waters OF Bilbo canal are
regularly disinfected with copperas, and
twice day the tidal flow carries out the
sewage.
Extensive additions to the sewers In
Habersham, Montgomery, Anderson, Aber-
corn and President streets. under the super
vision or Alderman Harmon, chairman of
the street and lane committee, have been
made this year, and in many low places
where the storm water accumulated in
former years it is now carried off. There
has been large number of sewer connec-
tons made, which has greatly diminished
the number Of vaults, repairs to the sewer
at the Central wharves have been made,
and all these improvements have tended to
put the city In the best sanitary condition
1t has ever enjoyed.
The county drainage, under the auspices
OF the county commissioners last year and
thus far this year, has also had bene-
fetal effect not only on the suburban lands
through which the county canals run, but
on the city as well, aud this is seen by the
general heelthfulness Of the people.
The enumerator who took the census for
the greater part of the southwestern
part of the city, which in past years
has shown somewhat greater per cent
or sickness, said to a MORNING NEWS
reporter that he had not found to exceed a
half dozen cases of illness in his district,
and none of these we're of a serious charac-
ter. This may be taken as a fair average of
the city. and shows that the sanitary work
In and around the city had the effect of
maintaining its general healthfulness last
summer, and increasing it this summer
The tendency to complaints among chill
dren during such warm weather as that Of
the past ten days has not been reported, as
the showers have flushed the sewers and
carried off all minute organic matter
which has escaped the city scavenger carts,
and there has been no day when there have
not been cool breezes to temper the heat
The strict quarantine which began May 1
has not been relaxed moment, and Savan-
nah has no fears that fever will originate
here, and her sanitary authorities are too
alert to permit its Importation. They pre-
vented it two years ago, when an epidemic
was as near as jacksonville, and advices from
| there are reassuring that no fears need be
entertained In that diraorion