The record-union., 1891-11-10

CASIea-
OF the house, and recommend that you take
immediate steps toward removing the present
system OF plumbing and put in new one in
accoTuance with the rules and regulations of
the Board of Health and city ordinances,
thereby putting the building in such a sani-
tary condition that it will be safe for those
fully, L. w MAHoTFy
Plumbing Inspector.
TALKING 1T OVER.
DR.. Bruno moved that the reports be
approved and given to the newspapers.
Dr. Gardner said he did not like to see
the matter pushed too far. Four Of the
lady trustees of the asylum had called on
him IN the afternoon and had acknowl-
edged that the statement as published
was untrue. They had been deceived in
the facts by the matron Of the institution
They wanted TO apologize, and he thought
1t would look as though the board was
Vlndictive If the matter was pushed too
far. Besides this. said DIR. Gardner. a
contract had been let to have the plumb
ing rectified according to the Health Off
GERS plans, but the contract had not been
properly carried out. Referring to the
Plumbing Inspectors report, DR.. Gard
ner said he thought it should have been
made sooner.
DR.. Nichols said the Plumbing In
spector reported on the matter when the
subject was first brought up. The truS-
tees had been notified time and again to
attend to the work, and they did not do
, 1t. They then made public, he said, a
statement that was untrue and was re-
| Election upon the Health officer that he
/ had made a false report. The trustees
! had been to him and wanted to apollo
! glZe. He was perfectly willing, and he
| only asked them to publicly retract the
statement that they had acknowledged
was untrue. They promised that they
would, but had failed to keep their
promise.
SHOULD BE RESENTED.
DIR. Tyrrell said the published state
ment was too severe and caustic in it's
| denunciation of the Board OF Health
! he considered it directed at the Board of
! Health as much as at DIR. Nichols-to be
! passed by unnOticed, particularly as it
had been acknowledged in private that
/ the statement was uncalIed for.
! DR.. Nichols said that there was one fact
that he had not included in his report,
| and that was that the Board of Health
! cid not IN the first place seek out the
asylum as place to condemn. On the
contrary. the lady managers were the
ones who first directed the attention of
| the health authorities to the condition of
the institution, and it was at their re-
quest that it was SO severely condemned.
| The reason for this was obviouS-and, he
added, good reason, too. He had given
| up much OF his time preparing plans and
giving advice as to how the place should
! be repaired.
Dr. Gardner was still inclined to be
merciful. From what he had learned the
| matrOn Of the institution was grossly
! incompetent person, and this was not the
! first time the trustees had been deceived
! by her.
DR.. Tyrrell persisted that the Board of
1 RIEa1al h h.,rl l,>, 1 i
sion had been given out that the board
was unnecessarily officious. He would
admit, he said, that all reformers should
| expect to be kicked and cuffed and have
calumny heaped upon them This was a
matter OF history, since the day of Jesus
Christ down. But in this case the attack
and accusations were entirely uncalled
| for.
After some further discussion a vote
was taken. and DR.. Nichols was sustained
by unanimous vote.
OTHER MATTERS.
Before adjourning the board decided to
wait another week before taking any ac-
ton regarding the refusal of the City
| Trustees to pass the ordinance prohibit
ing the burning of brush and rubbish af-
ter 10 A. NJ.
DR.. Gardner said that a case had been
brought to his notice that needed atten-
ton. a case of scarlet fever, he said,
had developed in a suburban residence,
and certain physician was called in to
attend 1t. lie had neglected to report the
case to the health authorities, and as re-
suit the residence was not placarded,
warning people that contagious disease
was there. The family next door con-
tracted the disease, and five of them were
taken down with it, one Of them dying.
DIR. Gardner said that this was an oppor-
tunIty for the board to carry out its
recently made threat to prosecute negli-
gent doctors.
After brief discussion, in which the
members declared themselves as being
in favor of stopping the dangerous prac-
Ptice, it was decided to put the matter in
the hands of DR.. Nichols for investiga-
! ton, and if the facts were found to be as
reported, to have the accused physician
prosecuted.