The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-25
THE HEALTH OF THE CITY.
Inspector Desvergers' Report Upon
Food Produce and Drainage.

inspector DeSVerRerS REPORT upon
Food Produce and Drainage.
Inspector Desvergers of the Citizens Sani-
tary Association closes his report Of in
spections of food produce in the Savannah
market for the week ending last night as
follows:
The average quality of dressed meats of
all kinds good, also that of poultry dressed
and alive, picked beef, pigs feet and tripe,
smoked sausages and meat puddings. also
that OF CLAIMS, shrimp and crabs; fish aver
aged inferior and scarce; green vegetables
good and plentiful; dried vegetables in
ferior and scarce.
The inspector reported on other sanitary
matters that Supervisor Davis of the dry
culture department has just finished clean
ing out the drains southeast Of the city,
and has resumed the work of cleaning those
of lands east of the city; that the low lands,
in places west of the city, on the Ocean
Steamship Company's property, are now
retaining water, owing to trunk of one of
the principal drains getting out of order
the company, however, is now constructing
trunk in another locality, which will
superssde it and be more efficient
The Ogeechee canal is now bare above
Gays lock, and considerable of its bed,
together with those of the old Hines
timber ponds, are now exposed, and there
being no outlet for water below the canal
level for them, stagnant nd water rotting
vegetation in them create conditions which
seriously menace the health of persons re-
siding in the neighborhood, particularly of
the inmates of number of tenement dwell
ings erected on the Louisville road just
north of the ponds. and on the brickyard
lands adjacent Their proximity to the city
also renders them a source OF danger to the
inhabitants of the western portion of the
city.
There is also a considerable collec-
ton of water in the sinks excavated by the
brick manufacturers on the Springfield
plantation lands, the excavations in many
places being deepsr than the lowest level of
the Ogeechee caaal bed. These excavations
are daily increasing and being deepened,
and created on the high land of the Spring
field plantation more than Offset the beauti-
full results of the dry culture committees
work in the drainage Of the low lands OF the
plantation.
The inspector also reported that he had
made an examination of the city's lands on
Hutchinson's island. He found the grounds
which were in cultivation generally dry,
owing doubtless to the long absence of
heavy rainfall and freshet floods, but that
all of the canals and bitches are SO re-
dundant with rank vegetable growth
as to preclude special reference to
any, and unless effective work be
at once done upon them they will
soon relapse into primitive condition. The
bitches on that portion Of the island owned
by the towboat company are also in an ex-
cesdingly foul condition. In one trip Of in
spection upon the island, Notwithstanding
the fact that its extensive territory aud the
many canals and drains reticulating it pre-
sented a scope too extensive to be traversed
in day, the inspector saw enough to war
rant the assertion that the drainage of the
island is being seriously neglected.
The inspector reported in reference to
county. drainage that he has visited the
convict camp southwest of the Springfield
plantation, which is under the supervision
of Capt. Allen, and found everything in
good condition. The drainage being done by
Supervisor Allen under direction of the
county commissioners in the western branch
of the Minis swamp, is effecting most
important benefits to the surrounding lands,
which are naturally very rich and only re-
quired drainage to render them valuable
sources of profit to the owners and of in
creased taxable resources TO the county and
commonwealth. The condition of the
Casey canal is such as to require early at
tention, owing to aredundance of vegetable
growth in IT,