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IN the matter, so that he would be assured
that he was acting under the boards

in the matter, so that he would be assured
Inat he was acting under the boards
orders.
TROUBLE AHEAD.
DIR. Bruno said that they could not act
100 quickly in the matter, so he moved
that set of resolutions be drawn up con-
demning the practice, and warning
physicians that neglect in reporting cases
OF contagious disease would lay them
llaDle 10 prosecution. The resolutions as
drawn up were as follows:
WHEREAS, II having come TO the knowl-
euge OF the Board of Health that the orGi-
nance requiring that all cases of contagious
diseases be reported TO the Health officer is
ignored by many OF the physicians of Sacra-
mento, be it
Resotued. That notice be sent to all physi-
clans ana also published in the daily papers
that the ordinance relating thereto be strictly
| ENFORCED, ana should it come to the knowl-
| eo2e OF the Health Officer that there is case
OF suspected contagious disease which has not
oeen reported existing in any locality it shall
De the duty of the Health Officer to make
personal investigation of the case and he
silal nave authority to visit the patient and
ascertain the truth or fllsity of the report In
case IL Is found to be contagious disease and
mas not Deen so reported by the attending
physician, 1t shall be the duty of the Health
oTIlcer TO prosecute by law the said attending
physician
The resolutions were adopted unani-
mously.
The board had gotten its hand In pretty
Wen now, and was ready to ''tackle''
! most anything, from an Act of Congress
TO case of measles.
Their proceedings had not gone much
1urther along until another opportunity
presented itself. DR.. Nichols happened
TO remember that many months ago
great hue and cry went up from all parts
OF the city over the unhealthy condition
OTnhan tr,l
10 be dIsease-breeding place, and when
u was inspected by the health authori-
Ties the report was virtually verified.
Ihe managers of the institution said the
doctor, declared that they would lose no
illne IN placing the institution ina
THOROUGHLY HEALTHY
Condition, and called upon him for suc-
gestions as to the plumbing. ventilatinT.
etc. Elaborate plans were drawn up. but
up to date nothing has been done. and
the asylum-at least that portion of it
known as the ''old building''-was in the
same foul condition it was in before, Cases
OF scarlet fever and diphtheria had been
discovered there recently, and there was
danger of an epidemic. In his opinion
the managers of the Institution should be
notlhed once more, and if they did not do
something then the place should he con-
demned and closed. The mauaoers
I
law. The place as it is now, he said, is
not only menace TO the lives OF the un-
fortunate occupants, but it was also a
menace to the entire neighborhood sur
rounding it.
don't see why the trustees Of this
institution should not be dealt with the
same as anybody else who violates the
law" said DR.. Gardner.
Nor either." rejoined DIR. Bruno.
Or. Tyfrell suggested that another
Tesoiutlon would be in order, giving the
ueaIth Offlcer instructions to condemn
the asylum: The following was formu-
lated and adopted unanimously:
:, WHEkE4s, The recommendation OF the
board o. Health in regard to correcting the
unsanitary condition of the so-calIed .sold
blliding on tie grounds of the Protestant
orphan Asylum having been entirely ignored,
Rcsolred, That the Health Officer be. and he
hereby is ordered. to enforce the reconmen da-
Ilons OF the said Beard of Health, and if they
be not Immediately complied with that he lei
instructed to prohibit the further use OF the
building as an asylum for children and arrest
the trustees OF the said Orphan Asylum for
Nlols1Illlg the sanitary ordinances OF toe city.
MINOR MATTERS.
The board attended to the usual routine
business, and received several reports.
The report of the City Physician tor
october showed: New patients at CITY
Dispensary. ninety three; County jail
patients. twenty-nine; Receiving Hos
pital patients, four; visits outside of dis
pensary, twcnty-one; prescriptions re-
peated, ll9; total, 266.
Plumbing Inspector Mahoney's report
for the past month was as follows: Now
plans and specifications received. ten.
plumbing jobs on hand November lst.
eighteen; plumbing nuisances abated,
fifteen.
Sanitary Inspector Starr reported that
during the month he made 23l inspec-
tlons, five arrests for violating sanitary
ordinances -four convictions, netting $50
III ilhes resultlng), and les visits made to
work ordered done.
An adjournment was then taken until
next month.