The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-19
THE CITY'S HEALTH.
Inspector Desvergers' Report Upon
Various Matters

Various Matters.
Inspector Desvergers, in his report to the
Citizens Sanitary Association, upon the
drainage around the city, says that the con-
tinuance of vegetable growth in the bitches
and canals through the winter will necessi-
tate early and extraordinary attention on
the part of the dry culture committee in
order to maintain the efficiency of drainage
Of the low lands.
The bitches recently dug by the county
commissioners south of the city with
the convict gang are being seri-
ously damaged by the running at large of
droVes of hogs in the pastures south of the
Baynard dairy farm. Hogs are also al
lowed to run In the butcher pen south
east of the city, and wallow in
the branch with which other bitches
opened by the county commissioners
connect, aud thence with the Minis swamp
canal upon with the convict force is now
at work.
The Minis canal. itself, the inspec-
tor says, will suffer from the hogs which
are now pastuIed in several enclosures i'm
mediately south Of the city by butchers.
He says that although he has called the at
tention of the ,ity authorities to the keep
ing and butchG'ing Of hogs within a few
hundred yards Of the extended limits -of
the city, and the exceedingly filthy
condition of tle pens on the city's land. and
the earnest complaints of persons in the
southern partof the city, of the offensive
ness of the effuvia arising from them, these
nuisances arepermitted to exist and be-
come more and more Odious, and that in
the face of an ordinance passed in May,
1872, interdicdng such places within one
mile of the Corporate limits there has been
no movemenion the part of the city to
abate these instances.
The inspector reports that complaints
have not ceaied in reference to the deten-
tions aud expenses imposed at quarantine
upon vessels from healthy South American
ports. A mTchant CT Savannah some time
ago informed him that the health authorities
of Brunswick had announced that
vessels fromthe Argentine Republic were
allowed to go directly up to the wharves
in the city without being subjected to
quarantine detention, and Immediately
upon receipiof the information Secretary
Murphy of Inc Citizens Sanitary Associa-
ton addressed an inquiry to the health
officer at brunswick in reference to the
matter, to which Dr. DunwoodV, the Bruins
wick officerreplied as follows:
1t is true tl,t vessels from Montevideo. Buenos
Ayres and prts south of these are allowed to
come up To the city after inspection (pro-
vided all hve been well from the time
or deparUue) without further detention.
This order oIy remains in effect during our
winter. Thiicourse has been adopted for sew
eral years. During our spring and summer
months they're required to discharge their
baas, and bifumigated at the quarantine sta
ton
1t will be seen that Brunswick has for
several yeas allowed vessels from the
Argentine Republic, and ports south of
there to go p to her wharves during the
winter mouhs without subjecting them to
quarantine etentions'
The inspector says that among the COM
plants whib have come to him upon the
subject wasone, yesterday, from the cap
tain of the british brig AlphreJa, a vessel
of 299 tons who states that, besides the
delays and ayment of S22 for fumigation
of which he has already complained, he
paid SlC3 9Sfor pilotage, and one Of the
items for exta pilotage was as follows: ITO
drop from Quarantine to city, IS; to move
from Tybee quarantine, $40, making SIS
extra pilotageagainst the vessel.h