The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-06
FOOD AND GOOD HEALTH.

The Markets Supplies-The Drainage
In and Around the City.
Inspector Desvergers OF the Citizens San
itary Association, in his report of inspec-
tons for the week ending last night, reports
food produce of all kinds abundant in the
market, and OF good average quality.
The inspector reports in reference to other
sanitary matters that one of the most serious
menaces to the health of the city ia the fact
that many private sewers have been laid in
the city without any regard TO grade. A
private sewer on st. julian street, which
connects the premises Is Abercorn street
with the Drayton street sewer, was recently
found perfectly INSTRUCTED owing to the
absence OF grade. Many cases of this kind
are being discovered from time to time and
such facts, the Inspector believes, demon
strate the necessity for a competent city
inspector of all plumbing work done In the
CITY.
The inspector reports in reference to
drainage around the city that Supt. Carmi-
chael OF the drainage department is bestow
ing timely attention upon the Bilbo canal
In Clearing 1t Of accumulated mud and in
repairing its .runk gates and the bridges
across 1t. The superintendent is also doing
much toward the promotion of sanitation
oy the removal Of sand, which has been for
years accommodating in the Screven sewer,
and the Improvement of the sand trap in it,
so as to render the removal of sand, as it
accumulates from time to time in 1t, less
ollncut and expensive.
Inc inspector reports that the efficient
drainage effected by the deepening and box
ing Oh one Of the drains through the Lovers
zane settlement has induced the agent Of
tne Hull estate TO agree to furnish
tne lumber for the construction of another
CLOSED sewer in the same locality.
ne Inspector makes condennatory re-
port as to the sanitary conditions on and
s aoout the property and lands in
.uo vicinity Of the city Of
the Central Railroad Company.
ne says the depot grounds Of the company
III the rear of Ernst's wood yard are in an
sSAtFetnely unsanitary condition. The
Irains through the company's lands are in
pao condition, and the erection OF privies
over the drains is Converting them into
perhlcious nuisances. The employees Of the
SSoIipany throw waste cotton into the
uLain, where it becomes saturated and mixed
WIN sand and adhesive mud and forms
al unsanltary accumulation and obstruction
drainage. The inspector says similar
~ were obviated by the authorities
u the Savannah, Florida and Western
Railway Company by the construction of
.u .N OF houses at an elevation which per-
Sa.. .eu 1he adoption of commode system
.1F ice removal of the accommodations. He
~ atso reports the borrow pits along the line
u eae Central railroad above the Augusta
IoaI crossing as in O much pernicious
Ion, although it would in
tSoIve but little expense to grade
o,Ieh 50 as TO run the water of into ada
ie ueorains and swamps. There are popu-
f ous settlements, composed mostly OF the
.1uines or men who work daily in the city,
mat suffer great affection from the effects
VI 1 malaria engendered in these pits.
me inspector reports that the Ozeechee
lanai ioo and ahe timber ponds just above Gay'i
iock are getting in dangerously low state
owing to the break in tne sluice dam of the
c canaI at eould,s pond which deprives the
canal OF a supply of water above Gav's lock
r ne reports as to the county drains In tbs
moss ~ ,h ~ Ine CITY, that owing to the mild
ress 2. .ne weather SO far during the season
Vegetation has kept up its growth and con,
sequentiy these drains have become fou
win vegetable accumulation.