St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-18
TO FIGHT CHOLERA.
Every Precaution is Taken by the
Health Department.

Health Department.
DR.. Hewitt. of Red Wing, secretary
of the state board of health, was in the
city yesterday and held conference
with the local health board. A thorough
inspection of the depots was made by
DIR. Hewitt, together with Drs. Norton
and Leanord. The result of The inSpec-
ton was satisfactory in every way, for
it was shown that the local health au-
thorites are doing all in their power
to prevent the dread cholera from en-
tering the gates Of the city. DR.. Hewitt
suggested that hereafter every cess pool
and prlvy vault be abolished, and tenn
porary vaults constructed so that the
accumulations can be taken away every
day or so by the scavengers. Every
thing will then be carefully disinfected
and thereby all danger from diseased
germs being bred avoided. The city is
still obliged to have all the garbage
and refuse dumped into the river
owing to the fact that James
Mcmillan, who has been awarded the
contract for dispOSing of it. has not
completed the necessary arrangements.
He is at present engaged in building the
dumps, and by the LIST of October he
hopes to be able to begin the work of
removing the garbage into the country
and destroying all dangerous elements
by the use of lime or copperas. In the
meantime, however. it is possible the
state board of health may put stop to
the polluting of the water of the Missis-
sippi by the enforced dumping of gar
bage at the lower levee. 1t was init
mated yesterday by DR.. Hewitt that the
courts might be appealed to for an in
junction preventing anything being
dumped into the river. 1t was a danger
Gus practice, he said, especially during
times of epidemics. Were it not for the
fact that the poor people in Hamburg
wafer the cholera Scourge would not
have attained its present magnitude in
| the German empire.
If the city is enioined from dumping
| garbage into the river the health depart
ment will be up the stump as it were.
| for until Mcmillan is ready to do the
work called for in his contract there is
| no way to dispose of the stuff. The
| local health department is doing all in
| its power to keep the city in thor
| ougbly sanitary condition. A system of
| tabIShed between the city and the
various quarantine ports of the country,
and the health authorities will be nOti-
fed of the departure of every person
| from the Eastern ports who has been
under the quarantine laws. In this
manner it will be comparatively easy
for the various cities to keep track of
strangers, and be on the lookout for
people who have in any way come in
contact with the cholera. AS soon as an
IMMIGRANT OF party OF immi mini
take up their residence here,
it is the especial duty of one of the dep
uty health commissioners to keep close
watch over them. DR.. Norton has
charge of East Minneapolis, DR.. Leon
ard looks after South Minneapolis, and
DR.. McCollom is responsible for North
Minneapolis. There are number of
families who arrived in the city since
the quarantine was established i'll New
York, but their whereabouts are known
to the health department. Health in
SpectorS have been watching them,
ready to report at once if anything SuS-
picious should occur.
DR.. W. II. Brazie, chairman of the
committee on health and hospitals, who
went East about week ago with Health
Commissioner Kelly to inspect the
quarantine systems of The large coast
cities, arrived home Friday afternoon.
The doctor was called home Oh account
of the illness of his wife, and conse-
quently had to leave the East before he
had an opportunity to make any inves-
tigation. Dr. Kelly will remain, and
when he returns an official report will
be submitted to the council.
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