The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-07-18
IMPURE MILK.
IT Is Furnished the County Hos
pital Patients.
a Mess If cousumptivs Microbes and Water
for the Suffering Sick-Dr. W. P.
Simpsons appointment.

The monthly meeting of the Board of
Health was held last night with Mayor
Pond in the Chair. Drs. LIE Tourneux,
McQuesten, Fiske and Davidson, and Health
Officer Keeney and Secretary Hoesch were
also present.
The main business transacted was the ac-
ceptabce of DR.. W. F. Finnie's resignation
from the position of Resident Physician at
the City and County Hospital and the APP
pOintment on the motion OF DR.. DAVIDSON
of DR.. w. 2. Simpson, the change being
made with unctuous cslerty and without
any hitch in double.quIck time.
DR.. McOuesten somewhat shook up the
proceedings by stating that he had sam
Med the milk furnished by the contractor
to the City and County Hospital and had
found it fully one-third water and literally
swarming with consumptiye microbes. lie
thought the contract should be taken from
the contractor 1t was shame TO poison
the unfortunate patients with such vile
stuff. DR.. Healy, Superintendent OF the
City and County Hospital, said the mix
was furnished by a contractor named Col
Inns, who had contracted with the Super
visors to supply only the best and purest
milk.
A MILK EXPERT.
Mayor Pond thought that DR.. Healy
should refuse to accept poor milk Dr. Nc
Ouesten said it was very easy to detect I'M
pure milk. He moved that the board en-
ploy an expert, AT n salary OF not to exceed
$50 month, to inspect the milk supply of
The city, the diaries, the CONNECTION manu-
facturers, in which much poisonous aniline
dives were used, and other adulterated arti-
cles of food. He stated that only quite re-
Gently thirty hogs that died IN Butehertown
of hog cholera had been brought into the
citv and cut I'D for food in well-known
butcher-shOp.
DR.. McQuesten's motion was unanimous
w carried, and the selection of an expert
was left to the author Of the motion.
The Secretary was Instructed TO write TO
the Coroner and inquire why lie does not
comply with the law directing him TO call
on the City or Assistant City Physician at
all autopsies made at the Morgue or under
the COr0ner's directions.
Superintendent Weaver Of the Aims
house was authorized TO change his con-
tract to 10000 pounds Of beef from 5000
and to 5000 pounds of mutton from 10000
pounds, thus effecting saving OF $50
month, mutton having advanced considera-
bly, in price of late.
On DR.. LIE Tourneux's motion the Super
visOrs were requested TO increase the salary
of Matron Carr at the City Receiving Hos
pitaI TO $50 month.
RECEIVING HOSPITAL.
City Physician Yeamans presented the
regular stereOtyped report complaining OF
the City Receiving Hospital lack OF accom-
modatiOns, etc. 1t was ordered filed.
DR.. LIE T0urneux reported having visited
the City Receiving Hospital with DR.. Nc
Questen and finding ii IN good order. 1t
inf "
ever, and general repairs. They also went
through Chinatown, which had greatly I'M
proved since the house to house inspection
by the health officers. There was much
room for improvement, however, and he
SAID if the prOperly-owners were kept stirred
up they would ameliOEate the sanitary ar
Tangements. he moved that the Health
Officer be instructed to at once commence
another house to house inspection.
After considerable debate the matter was
left in the hands of Health Officer keeney.
DIR. lie TourneuX also reported having dis
charged the night Waterman at the City
Receiving Hospital, the discharge to date
from last night, and having appointed an
other man to the position.
The Secretary was instructed to inform
the Supervisors about the bad milk a the
City aud County Hospital and DIR. Healy
was instructed to accept no milk at the hos
pital that was not strictly pure and Tree
from water.
The communication from DR.. Healy con-
corning the rotatiye changes OF the lnternes
at the City and County Hospital was read.
The board decided not to interfere IN the
matter, and Instructed him to carry out all
rules as laid down in print regardless OF
what might be the wishes or plans OF visit
ing ply sicianS or others.
The resignation of J. b. Morton. engineer
at the City and County Hospital was &C
cepted.
The board condemned the property at 60
West Mission street for not being in sanl-
taTy condition.
The petitions of Clerk h. c. Costello and
Night Waterman Campbell, both OF the
Aims House, for an increase of salary, were
laid on the table.
The board decided to raise the salary OF
Nurse OCOnnor OF the City and County
Hospital to SO a month, he to have charge
OF all the surgical instruments and keep
them III proper order.
-~@saprs OF OFFICERS.
Under the head of reports the following
were received and adopted as read:
Health Omcer Keeney's report for the
fiscal year showed 637S deaths, against 572s
for the preceding year. The principal
causesOf death were: Alcoholism 45, apo
pexy 133, Bright disease 1856 bronchiti:
275, cholera infantum 45, Group II, con-
sumption 1912, cancer 206, diphtheria 105
heart disease SOP, old age 118, paralysis 121
perltOnl1s 10I, pneumonia 6T3, typhoid
feyers 149. Violent deaths: Casualties 1872.
suicides 90, hOmicides %, legal execution l.
In june the deaths we're 544, against 1896
for the same month last year. Principal
causes of death: Cholera infantum 90, diph-
liberia II, typhoid fever z; phthisis %, apo
plexy 10. Brights disease II, pneumonia As.
Quarantine Officer Lawlor reported thai
during the month of June rs vessels were
examined and all were found in good san.
itary condition. The fees received for the
month were S427 So
DR.. J. Il. Healy of the City and County
Hospital presented his June report, show.
ing that 654 patients were treated, of which
93 were discharged cured and 50 have died
During the month there were II births al
the hospital.
G. W. LundbOrg, Resident Physician OF
the AlmshOuse, reported total number OF
patients under treatment 33S, died since
last report Z. P. l.. Weaver, Supeiinten-
dent of the AlmshOuse reported 768 inmates
at the house ND to ,Iune 30th