The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-06
HEALTH OF THE CITY.
Report Of City Physician Sparkling for
September.

heaisn onicer George II. 7. Sparkling completed
ms report for the month of September yesterday.
Below are given the details OF the report:
me death rate for the month was 3 per 200,
or los per 100 for the year.
The ratio Of deaths OF children under wears
OF age 70 the total mortality was AZ per cent
cnolera infantum furnishing 6 Of these Deaths
against ii the same month ia 1890 There were
only deaths from typhoid fever against 1e in
ioU The total number Of deaths for the month
was 40, divided AZ To causes follows: As
isntum. D; caacer.2 commissions, L; drowning,
!; measles l; diarrh9a, chronic, /; entero coli
US, Il gHstro-euter1tis, 3; heart disease, .; NOR
Prime POI coming, /; meningitis a. urernia. L;
ph1hlsis. q; pneumonia, 4; nephritIs, l. stab, 1;
dropsy, 4; typhoid fever, 3
nc deatn by wards shows that the Seventh
tots.i deaths. When the sewer system of that
ward is completed we may expect great reduc-
ton ia the death rate. The deaths by wards
rs follows: First, TO- second, o. Third, /:
Eighth, .
The birth record shows q total of &C, of
winch 81 were males and "a females.
Inc following interIuent permits were issued
tavairy cemetery, 8; Lake View, IS; Mt Pleas
ant, IL; Odd Fellows, ?; Greenwood, 2; County
larin, 2: Jewish, 2. Removal permits, 4.
The nusances Investigated during the month
were: Bad drainage. Is; broken sewers, g. no
sewer connection. SO, overlooking cesspooIs. 3;
-; vaults, 26 OF these IS were abated, % are In
the course of abatement. During the month IS
re-inspEctions were necessary.
In regard TO alleys, eighteen have been found
IN state OF nuisance during the month A few
are paved. Houses are built and occupied
waste and garbage are the result of occu-
pancy. The garbage is not placed in proper re-
ceptacles, but thrown broadcast Ashes old
boots, rags and the dirt from the stables are all
thrown in heap in the alley. The sanitary in
spector visits the alleys ana is astonished at the
unWhoiesome condition of affairs. He leaves
notices at all the houses, but a rule the reply
that comes from the lady of the house is to the
enect That she cannot afford to purchase proper
receptacles Tor the garbage and that her ncichtor
across the way throws all the garbage in the al
icy. The alley should be as much a matter of
prloe 10 citizen his front ward or
the 'front.' street An ordinance should be passed
requiring citizens 10 put III use garbage ard
refuse receptacles approyed by the department
oI heaitn Plumbing must be approved by the
Dohrd, why not garbage receptacles, over which
TINS board has control? Until this is done the
aiIeys VIII not be clean. The proper method of
dlsposing OF refuse matter is by fire. This Is
Sonceueu Dy every health officer in America
about. W "A4n5 AZ
he plumbing department has done much
WORK ana is gratifed to find SO much Confidence
among those who are building homes in the in
spectors and the regulations OF the office The
table below gives the summary of the work nc
compilsned: Numbers of buildings inspected
%; plumbing certificates issued IS; plumbing
WORK accepted, 40; work rejected, 3.
The report concludes with an expression of
thanks to the board for their endorsement: of the
omclat actions Of the health officer