Los Angeles herald., 1891-01-23
THE HEALTH COMMISSIONERS,
Health officer MacGowan and His AS
siStanta Re-E !ected.

HeaAtH OmCer MaCGoWan ana t7iS AS
siStanta Reflected.
The board Of health commissioner
met in regular session last night in the
mayor's ofHce, Hen. H. T.h Hazard in
the chair, apd Drs. Davisson and Kurt
and Mr. r. 4. Wright, present,
A communication was received from
the city clerk, transmitting the petition
Of DR.. J. H. Lille, referring to the prac,
tice Of placing outside closets and cess.
pools on the dividing lines Of lots
Health Officer MacGowan said there
were frequent complaints Of such mat.
ters, and that an ordinance ought to be
passed regulating them, whereupon he
was instructed to draw up and present
such an ordinance.
The application Of G, Perkins, for the
position Of sanitary inspector, was fled.
The matter OF ventiIating the sewers
was then called up BY DR.. Kurtz, and
the health officer stated that since the
last meeting OF the board, experiments
had been made with flush tanks. and
that he found that the Miller patent
was very much more efficacious than
the "Warring," three Of which tanks
had been tried with two of the Others.
August Maie of Pasadena, one of the
consulting engineers for the sewer sye-
tenn, addressed the board at some length,
and suggested that safety valve be
placed Oil the Arroyo dc los Feyes
sewer above -ivs. rus conhecrion with ,the
seventh street sewer, and that flush
tank be n!aced there to keep it free
from obstruction. The only way to
keep the sewers free from gas was to
husii the sewers and ventilate them
thoroughly.
Mr.. Cottier addressed the board en-
behalf Of his proposed system of venti-
lating the sewers,
Health Officer MacGowan stated that
it he had a house to ventilate he would
undoubtedly iuse Cottier's invention,
but he doubted it's efficacy very much
with sewers.
On motion Of DR.. Kurtz the action OF
the board recommending the Cottier
system to the council was reconsidered,
and the matter of freeing the sewers OF
sewer gas was referred to a committee
consisting Of all the members present,
with the health officer, for further in
vestigation and report.
Inc DOard then proceeded to the elec-
ton of the officers in its department,
DR.. D. Granville MACEDONIAN, the only
nominee for health officer, being re-
elected unanimously, the mayor re-
marking that he had served the city
well, and that he deserved credit for the
manner in which the department had
been managed under his administration.
DR.. MacGowan after thanking the
board for the honor conferred upon him,
recommended the reappointment of l..
McEvoy and r. Carter, the two sanitary
inspectors now in his Office ;and suggested
man named Smith as his third deputy.
On motion Of Dr.. Davisson both McEvoy
and Carter were reappointed, the third
appointment being left open until the
next meeting.
DR.. N. H. Morrison was uriAnimously
reelected to the position of police SUR
Rennl: sas rsa also John * 6yess41{a keep.
er OF the city pest house, who at the
suggestion of Mayor Hazard, was di-
rected to act as a sanitary inspector in
addition to his other dnties, when not
needed ct the hospital. ~
After an informal discussion of mat
ters relating to the department, the
board adjourned.