Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-08-05
HEALTH OF THE CITY.
CHINATOWN Is A NUISANCE AND A
DETRIMENT.
Condition of Sacramento's Dairies-Is
Malt a Proper Food for Mich
Cows?-Etc.

Cows?-Etc.
The City Board of Health held its reg
ular monthly meeting last evening at the
Office of the Secretary, DR.. H. L. Nichols.
There were present Drs. Snider, Nichols,
Bruno, Glow and Fowler.
When the minutes of the recent special
meeting-at which action was taken re-
garding Dodge's Tannery-were read, a
| discussion arose from the fact that Secre-
| tary Nichols did not read his name as hay
| ing voted the tannery nuisance. The
other members were under the impression
| that it had been a unanimous vote, but
| DR.. Nichols was positive that he had not
voted with the majority. He said he had
passed the tannery frequently and had
never detected any bad odors and he did
not think it was detrimental to the health
of the neighborhood.
A long debate ensued, in which the other
| doctors gave their opinions against DR..
| Nichols. They agreed that the institution
could be put in a good sanitary condition,
but that in its present state it was mi
sance.
The minutes were finally approved as
read.
Reports from the Health Officer, Sec
Rotary, Inspector and Plumbing Inspector
| were received and placed on file.
The bond of Plumbing Inspector NJ II.
Sheehan was accepted.
Drs. Bruno and Nichols, who were ap-
nOinfpd q m too RI inenpaf tho
of Sacramento at the last meeting, made
the following report:
To the Honorable City Board Of Healh-GEN-
TLEMEN: Your committee, according to instruc-
tons, has made thorough examination of all
diaries situated within the limits OF the city,
Our investigation was principally directed to-
ward the healthy condition of the milk COWS,
and toward the methods of feeding and water
| ing them. We visited during the month the
| following places: Union Dairy, Eighth and n
streets; Excelsior Dairy, Sixteenth and streets:
| Brighton Dairy, Twenty-second and streets;
| Behring's Dairy, Twenty second street, between
S and T; Pleasant Hill Dairy, Twenty second
and streets; Sacramento Dairy. Seventeenth
and F streets. In all the named diaries we
| found the milk cows without any exception in a
| good and healthy condition. We found that in
| all places visited either city or well wafer was
| used for watering purposes, and in no instance
were cows allowed to drink from stagnant pools.
For feeding. in nearly all places. besides hay a
| mixture of bran with brewers mash was used.
4 V IL N
streets, the cows were kept exclusively on green
| feed. The stables were invariably kept clean
and dry, which undoubtedly had also much to
| do with the excellent condition of the animals.
Very respectfully, A. L. BRUNE,
| II. l.. NICHOLS,
Committee.
| Upon the conclusion of the reading OF
| the report, DIR. Snider said he was of the
| opinion that malt or brewers mash" was
not proper food for mich cows. 1t had a
bad effect upon the milk. 1t was con-
demned all through the East and dairy
men were prohibited from feeding it TO
their cows.
DR.. Bruno did not see why malt should
not be healthy unless it was in a decom-
posed state. The local dairymen, be said,
mixed it with bran, and the cows he in.
spected were certainly in the best of con.
dition, evidently suffering little from their
diet.
After considerable discussion on the sub.
ject the report was adopted as read.
Drs. Fowler and Glow, who were APP
pointed recently as q committee to inspect
the sanitary condition of Chinatown, made
partial report. At future meeting they
will report further progress and give more
details. The report submitted was as fol.
lows
To the Honorable Board of Health Of The City O.
Sacramento: Your committee, appointed to in.
| vestigate the sanitary condition of the Chinese
quarter OF this city, beg leave to report as fol
lows: We find, with the exception of the places
noted, that the sanitary condition of that part
of the city is fairly good, when we take into con
sideration the difficulties TO be overcome in
dealing with that class OF people, and the i'm
possibility of maintaining constant supervis
ion over them. We note many Improvement.
in the way of better drainage and sewerage
and the care taken in the removal of garbage
etc.
The general dingy aspect of many OF the
houses, we find is due TO the use OF open CRATES
in cooking, and the smoke not finding ready
outlets through pipes makes its way through
| the apartments. and in doing so acts as disn
fectant, thus proving itself TO be beneficial
rather than otherwise.
ON the southwest corner of Fifth and I, the
property of Mr.. Meir we found bad state of af
fairs. A large open well receives all the drain
age from the water pipes connected with the
building, as well as the sipage from vault neal
by This well is overlooking its contents into
the adjacent soil and is connected with els
tern by an open drain, which adds to the already
saturated ground. This well should be filed uI
at once and proper drainage effected.
The property lying adjacent to the above anC
owned by Judge Mesick. has in the rear large
brick vault, with an overflow pipe into the
sewer, into which is discharged the contents o
dozen or more open closets. This vault Il
cleaned once a year and is fruitful source o
contamination to the surrounding atmosphere
! There is ALEC place in the back yard used as
drain stopped up, hence the soil is saturated
with the confined fifth
on the premises owned by Mr.. Mcguire theri
| is large vault similar to the one mentioned
which is also in bad condition.
The premises on the northwest corner OF th'
alley, Third street. between and }, owned o.
Daniel Mason, is fully as bad as any we saw
| Here q large open drain, some forty feet long
has saturated the soil for many yards in all di
rections, causing the sanitary conditions TO b,
anything but what they should be. The fac
that fowls are kept in this place does not add u
its cleanliness. The premises lying to the cas-
of the above were also in q bad condition from
broken pipes aud poor drains Both of thes'
3 places need immediate attention ON the part o
the owners. We also find that many OF thu
patent closents are in use in various parts of th
Chinese quarter, and while there is consider
able complaint dbout the carelessness of thi
Chinese in keeping them Clean yet we are O
the opinion they are much superior TO the opel
ones, and that owners of properties should b
\ compelled TO introduce them wherever there
a sewer adjacent We also urge that the cit
2 ordinance covering this matter be enforced a
far as practicable. Respectfully submitted.
e. B. Glow
c. + FOWLER
, Committee.
! In addition to the report DIR. Glow offere,
a resolution condemning all open vaults
as public nuisances and detrimental TO III
public health, and calling upon the Sanitar
Inspector to rigidly enforce the ordinanc
: relative 10 the building OF such vault:
The resolution was adopted unanimously
after which the Board adjourned.
Keepers Fees Allowed.
r Judge Armstrong has allowed $50 O
fees for the keepers" services during th
| settlement of the insolvency Of Fred Ms