The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-04
HEALTH OF THE CITY.
Result of Inspection of Schools
by the Health Officer.
SUGGESTION FOR ORDINANCES.
Crichton Resigns as Market Inspector
No Contagious Diseases in the
City During April.

At a regular monthly meeting last even
ing of the board of health the resignation
of Market Inspector Crichton was &C.
cepted and steps were taken to have the
duties of his office thrown on the police.
The board passed resolution requesting
the city council to create an ordinance
making it the duty of every police officer
to report all cases which affect the health
of the community to the health officer
Mr.. Crichton gave as his reason for resign
ing that he had property interests in the
Okanogan mining district which demand
his attention. After short discussion
the'board also requested the health officer
to draw up an ordinance providing for the
inspection and condemnation of meats
and other food s.uffs and have the same
ready for inspection at the next regular
meeting of the board This ordinance will
eventually be presented to the council
with the recommendation that it be passed.
The following bills were referred: Sc
attic Tug and Barge Company, towing
garbage scow, $l4S; Bonney & Stewart,
burying paupers, SIS; Grace hospital. care
of the city's sick, $3.50; w. r. Bentley,
drugs, $1005; Lowman & Hanford, sta
tionery and printing, $1025; James Boyce,
removing dead animals, SIG; Koch & Oak
ley. printing, $l325.
The report of Health Officer Sparkling for
April was adopted. The report is ex-
haustive, and shows that during April
there were thirty-seven deaths, decrease
of twenty-nine under the same month last
year. There were fifty-two interments
during the month as follows: Lake View
cemetery, 20; Odd Fellows. 4 Greenwood,
2; Jewish. 1; Mount Pleasant, 8; DIVA
mish, 3; Calvary, .. Three removal per-
mits were issued. There were forty-fve
births during the month. of whom twenty
were males and twenty-five females. There
were no contagious diseases in the city
during April, and only one case oftyphoid
fever was reported.
The report shows that fifty-seven build
ings were examined by the plumbing in
spector and that twenty-three plumbers
certificates were issued. Regarding the
nuisances reported and abated during the
month the officer reports as follows:
Dead animals, ID; filthy vaults. Is; filthy al
leys, 21: bad drainage, IL; overiowing cesspools,
IL; filthy premises, "a; stagnant pools, 1: no
sewer connection, %; written notices served on
property-owners, 81; verbal notices, g.; nui-
sances abated, 81: nuisances in course OF abate-
ment, 80; no cause for complaint, 4; sewer per-
mits issued, 20.
The report shows that the following
food was found unhealthy and con-
demned:
Beef, 160 pounds; mutton, II pounds; bob
veal, 135 pounds; laiab, Is pounds; pork, 279
pounds; bananas, 800 pounds; chickens, II
pounds; milk, 352 gallons; tomatoes, A crates;
pears, crates: onions, 200 pounds.
ton of the public shoots is interesting, and
reads as follows:
have made a sanitary examination of our
public schools, and hereby include a summary
of my Investigations:
Average number of cubic feet of space in each
room of the seventy eight examined, 1891
average number of pupils in each room, a:
average number of cubic feet OF space for each
pupil. 295: average temperature of all
OF the rooms, 6sla. The best au-
thorities agree that from 200 to
24o cubic feet is sufficient space for each pupil,
and the average space in our own schools Is
shown by the figures at hand to be 295 cubic feet
Tor each pupil; thus it is plain the schools are
not crowded. regret to say that have not the
proper means Of ascertaining the volume Of
fresh air supplied the number of times per
hour the air is changed and the amount of car
bonic oxide in the air; but from the inyestigs-
tons have made have no hesitaEey in saying
that, with one exception, each pupil is supplied
with ! $50 cubic feet OF air per hour, which 10
changed at least three times each hour The
amount OF carbonlc oxide is about eight parts in
10000.
With the exception of the South school
and the school at Fremont. which have
defective water closets and heating appa-
ratus, the report shows that all of the
schools of the city are in good sanitary
condition