The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-06
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Thu City's Health,

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Officer is thoughtful. carefully pre-
+ pared and highly interesting document.
1t should BIO read as thoughtfully by
everybody who desires Tor himself, his
I family and his city the most favorable
sanitary condition. {s
The Health Officers exhibit is not
tlattering, but this is the fault of the
1 people, who permit the situation to be
rs it is. The report is an indictment Of
the whole community. This the facts
warrant, and the Health Officer deserves
] the thanks Of the people for his courage.
The sanitary condition OF city is sub.
Eject OF the utmost Importance, not to be
ignored by those whom the people have
placed in charge Of their public affairs.
The city Of Wheeling, favored by nat
sural conditions as few other cities are,
l is, unfortunately, in the matter OF sani-
tation behind cities OF less population
and commercial Importance. We are
mot abreast Of the best thought aud effort
of the day, and so We do not achieve the
best results. The people are rs much
,cntitled to protection from disease and
death as from fire and crime. The IN
STELLloEScER therefore urges on Council
Immediate attention to this vital sub
ject. A plan should be matured at an
early day for broader and more syste-
matte sanitary work, profting by the
example OF cities Of our own and even
less size. A q;
We should have Department or
.Boald OF Health with such duties as are
usually conferred on such bodies. This
department should DO authorized to pro
vide for the inspection Of building,
plumbing, milk aud meat, matters in
which every citizen is deeply interested.
Births should be required to be regis
tered, and the registration Of deaths bet
ter systematized. The civilization Of
the day has need Of accurate informa-
ltion on these subjects. Such statistics
are OF high practical value in sanitation
and legislation for the'public welfare.
8 Meanwhile our sanitary condition can
DO greatly and promptly improved With
out any change in our system, and mere
ly BY adding to facilities which expert
ence has approved as the best and at the
same time shown to fall short Of our
needs. 4, q Z " H:
a We need another crematory and We
need it at once, It is well known that
the one We now have 5was built as an ex-
pertinent and in the face Of q good deal
,itihad been generally
believed that this method Of ,iisposing
Of offensive matter, would be as success
iul asit Inns proved TO be in spite Of many
obstacles, the first crematory would not
have been placed where It is 50 difficult
and therefore 50 costly to reach. IA IA
We need a second crematory, first be-
cause the one now in existence on the
hill top can not do all the5work required
Of It Secondly, because 81 is %a heavy,
and unjust charge on the people Of the
.entral and lower parts Of the city TO
torce them to pay for hauling 50 great
distances.
u OF the night soilremoyed this season.,
eas than one.third could be Eaccommo-
dated at tho crematory. Many: thousand
barrels more should have been removed
md there should have been ,ctematory
recommendations to \ dispose Of sit I all E
promptly. The garbage question would
,e nearer i solution il We had another
for &with two crematories !
,asys to. reach aud together capable j,
4 5,lisposing 81 4 i'll /: that \ might !
q 4, offered ITO then, the Il garbage
would have mo excuse q
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