Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-08
A FOOD INSPECTOR.
COUNCIL ASKED TO CREATE TIE OFFICE Al
TIE NEXT MEETING.
Milk and Meat the Main Matters to b Looked
Ahsr-The Annual Estimates Of the Pc
lice and Health Committees
Made Last Evening.

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mittee on Health an ordinance regu-
IatIng the sale Of articles Of food within
the city Of Wheeling, and providing for
the appointment Of an Inspector OF
Food, aud defining his duties, was rec
commended to Council for adoption, and
il will come up in that body next Tues
day evening.
The ordinance provides that the Com
mittee on Health shall recommend to
Council the names Of three competent
persons. one OF which shall be chosen
by Council as an Inspector Of Food.
His term Of office is fixed at two years.
Section two makes il unlawful to ex-
nose for sale any butter, eggs, milk,
whether skinned or not, cream, beef,
mutton, pork, "or the flesh Of any AMI
nal whether of a domestic or Wild
nature. OF any fowl Of any kind, or the
flesh thereof, or any fish Of any kind,
or the flesh thereof, or any vegetable or
any other article, thing or merchandise
used for food, which by reason Of any
injury, defect, disease, faint or adulter-
alton is unfit or unwholesome for food
or dangerous TO health" The exposure
OF the same for sale shall be primd fdcic
evidence of q violation Of the provisions
OF the ordinance.
Section three provides penalties, the
blanks for which were not hlied oy
Council.
Section four gives the Inspector the
power 70 arrest aud authority to enter
upon any premises for the purpose OF
making his EXAMINATIONS and inspec-
tions, and inficts a penalty upon any
one who shall deny him such admission,
or who may interfere with him IN the
discharge OF his duty. IL Is further
provided as TO milk that "it such
skinned milk contains less than six
per cent. Of cream by volume, or less
than 2.5 per cent. OF fat by weight ana
II the specific gravity at sixty degrees
Is not between 1.032 and 1857 u shaH
be deemed adulterated."
At the same session OF the Commit.
tee, Health Officer Mccoy and Supt. OF
the CrematOry Dunn being present,
large amount OF business was transact
ed. As a preliminary the Committee
audited and recommended for payment
bills aggregating $3.50. The report
Of Supt. Dunn for the month OF March
showed So loads Of garbage aud IA
barrels and boxes OF garbage. dogs,
horses, goats aud 63 barrels OF night
soil consumed.
A communication was read from
number Of undertakes, who claimed
that they were agrieved by charge OF
one dollar made by the Health Officer
for burial permits OF persons dying
outside OF the city. They also asked
that some arrangement be made where
by burial permits aud transit permits
could be obtained after office hours and
on Sunday. The office is closed at 4 p.
m. on Saturday and not opened until
o'clock Monday morning, making an In
teryal OF fOrty-twO hours when the OF
fee was closed. They objected TO going
te the home Of the Health Officer, when
the Office was closed or on Sunday, In
cases Of urgency.
Health Ohicer Mccoy said he had
always taken blank permits home, and
his Clerk also had some at his home on
the Island, and he thought the under
takers, who all had boys and teams,
cOQlQ call on nun ~ us AoAAp JNoN -
easily as he could get up at night and
travel up town 70 his Office. As 70 the
charge OF dollar, DR.. Mccoy said he
was permitted by ordinance TO charge
fee, and he thought it was right and
proper that he should do so, In
cases where blanks were necessary for
out-of-town deaths. The work was
done for outside parties, and ii was
only right and fair that there should be
a small charge for IT, The Health on
Ger said he had met with objection
from one man, and ne had threatened
10 get up q remonStrance If the charge
was persisted In. He presumed the
petition was the result OF that
threat. He was willing TO do all
work pertaining to the city or citizens
OF Wheeling, but when 10 came to doing
work for people In New York or st.
Louis, IL was a different matter, and he
didn't believe the Committee would
want him TO do otherwise than as he had.
The Committee laid the matter aside,
and ordered the petitioners summoned.
The Committee then took up the
question OF making the annual estimate,
and the following was the result;