Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-16
FEARS OF ooNrAcIoN.

The Committee on Ordinances Asked |
 to Make Connection With Sewers
 CompuIsory-A Large Delegation
 From the Local Medical Association
 Present-The Weekly Payment Orr
 dinance Recommended.
 A large delegation from the New Haven Medical association, composed of Drs. O. A. l Lindsley, Health Officer Wright. DeForest, Dean Smith of the Yale medical school, M. A. Cremin, Carmalt, Swain and Dsggett, was present at the meeting of the commit tee on ordinances last evening when the recommendation of Mayor Sargent for amendment to the ordinance regarding making connection with sewers compul- sory was considered.
 There is at present on the statutes of the city an ordinance which forbids the erec- ton of any privy or cesspool on any sew cred street of the city. unless the same are 1 connected with the sewer running through ! the street. This ordinance does not, how ever, compel owners of property on which l there are oesspools to connect them with the sewer, and in consequence an amend
 ment is asked for to remedy this.
 It was brought out during the hearing
 that there were 5000 cesspools in the city on several streets which are not connected
 with the sewer, and that between 1000
 and 2,000 of these are located in the First l ward. It was also stated that these cess
 pools are menace to the public health
 and to very large extent responsible fer
 the spread and propagation of contagious
 diseases in the city.
 Health Officer Wright reported that
 there was more contagious diseases in Fair
 Haven than in any section of the city, and
 that was especially true of that portion
 bounded by James street and Blstchley ! avenue and Grand avenue and Chape
 street. He said further that in this portion of the city there were number of cesspooli
 not connected with sewers, and that fol
 the past four years the first cases o typhoid fever reported had been from thil ; district. He strongly favored the adop
 tion of the proposed amendment to the or !, dinance.
 Dr. Daggett cited as an instance of th : evil from cesspools the case of Plymouth Pa, a town of 1 ,000 inhabitants, in whicl ; during the year 1886 there had been 1 10 | cases of typhoid fever. all of which wer directly attributable to the overfowing o | @ cesspool which had been used by singl patient suffering from typhoid fever. H also strongly favored the proposed ordi 7 nance.
 : All the other physicians present spok , | in favor of the proposed ordinance an . strongly expressed themselves as hopin B that the proposed ordinance would beoom !, 8 law at once, as the danger to the genert !, health of the city was considerably ir l. creased simply because there was no sue D law in the city.
 ,- The committee finally decided to take n ]. action on the matter last evening, but wi }, meet again next Tuesday evening, when a !, ordinance favoring the amendment to tt .- existing ordinance asked for will be form, k lated and adopted. 5
 ,. The committee voted to recommend l. the court of common council the propose ], ordinance providing for the weekly pa, n ment of city employees.
 |. Mayor Sargent Signs the Bill. n Mayor Sargent yesterday attached h signature to the bill passed by the court @ common council giving the State stree } Whitney avenue and Winchester avenI