The morning call., 1893-03-03
ALL UPSIDE DOWN.
Health. Officials Worried
!. Considerably:
NO MORE -PARTlsANsfifP.
The Proposition Is to Take the Pat
rouage Out o: the Hands of tie !:
{. Ring at Sacramento. +.

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There was quite brisk. commotion at
the Board Of Health oflice yesterday aud in
a less hegFee at the Receiving Hospital. the
City and County Hospital and the. Aims.
bouse. ;..:~
z! TIE cause OF this cornmatIen WAS the bill.
brought up for the first featflng at Sacra-.
mehlo the essential feature OF whicb. is a
clanse transferring the appointment ard
control of the Board of Health from the
Governor TO the Board of Supervisors.
twill be seen at once that such meas
ure mlghtmeAn an addition OF about SIS. 600
a month to! the patronage which the city
and county bosses are striving to control,
and a speedy and sweeping change in thu
staff OF the institutions named AbQnt I59
d1iieiais would be Immediately affected,
Dr. D.. W. Keeney. Medical Officer of
HEALTH, said "Ihe bill virtually proposes
70 give the Beard of Supervisors the power
70 anpoint the Board of Health. The hitter
Is at present appuinteG by the Governor
and the thenibers are therefore Republicans.
while the. board of Supervisors is largely
! Denocraties 9s.-i . r. - # ::
If the Dill passes. the latter will Of course
make such appointments as they think fit,
| and the changes that would result might
asfeet all The officials and employees In the
following jnstlturtens: The City and:
1
antine: Office, the market Inspectors, the
health Inspectors and the City Receiving
H0spi!al, .:t
In the Receiving Hospital there is one
police surgeon and three assistanisi There
are also the dag and night stew ards and
stewardes SEES. e: !s -: FL. ..z 20 s
The City and County Hospital has one
physician al $500 menta, and sixty-twe
eInpiPFses en- ,FisI mall who would be affected by
u'rhe Poo I'd ~ IIoaItt, j, - -. H.; -
at 500 menth, secretary at Si75 an
assistant secretary at Slp0.. and six health
inspectors at Sloa each Then there is Il
mhfket inspector al $ S125, three assistants at
Sl9, dne plumbing iuspector at $I25 and
one assislant at SloQ. There are tW0 tfisin-:
ternlen ttnspeetQrs at SI00 month and one
manager At s7j.", 80 = =: -. &.a.
+. Wien. asked what he thought Of the
measure, DR.. Aeeney said, very briefly tH
yen are going to put The Health Depart
lhtnt into ineai politics, or into politics to
any. greater extent than it is now, you
might IS we'll give up the department aiio-
gethPr, aud the sooner tile better"
Evidently the Health officials are pro-
iounlly uneasy ah9ut the BILL although no.
one processes 10 believe that the measure.
viii pass the Governor, sseiHg tina he VIII
be signing power Gut OF MS own hands.
Jake Sieppaeher, the secretary of the
Board of Health, was up at Sacramento ali
DAY Yesterday watching the progress Of
/ F.. e. e. Is .
The foiIu@tng opinions were ELECTED by a
GAIL reporters. g. .+...5 -. :; j.
Supervisor Depmane-The patronage we
dent waslt; bltthe control OF the BGarIl of
iHeafh management we ought to haze, be-
eauBa We ply for it. When took that bill
gp to Sacrament TO the object was TO haye a
y oHtii artisan Board OF Health. the Mayor
to make the nominations, anu SO take the
entire machine out of palIties. 4 II that the
board OF Supervisors. seek 70 control is tile
general management and the finances.
JllStee OF tue Peace Gray said that IS a
Democrat heappteFed Of the bill as tend
ing fe take lhs Health Department ont OF
poALtes. lie was ii favor OF having IL made
4 \ an Partisan board, -'Apd, said he, II
think the judiciary officers ought TO be out
OF politics also. p. :..: X. 49,
Adglph .Satrp was around the new City
HAL yesterday, aud when asked for an
oPBlsn about the proposed measure said
he .thqpgilt II q gaNd thing. The Health
department should be taken out of politics.
IL sheAld be run by the city and county and
on 3 n0n-hoIitieaI basis atlhat ItwpuTd.
be good thing to have the Health C6inlnis-
| SION spp9ihted by the Mayor outside OF
polIsies. Ii we have gaod Mayor; we
shsl have coed Commissioners" le sal ia. r..
Treasurer Hidber said. that mn general
PRINCIPLES tte city and county opght 10 he
able To- manage It's own affairs. ;"Uertainlyn
sald lie, ,:@t t1s more cOmpeteRt for the city
to GtJ. 81! than for the (iovernnr. The thing
SllotJ+ 90 tdAsG oHb EE EQtttIcS. iGe iANn3-
clpal ELECTION skoaid be distinct from ftle
State election, 1t 3pas so yeals age, bat
poiitcs intervensd,. and tlIus il IS at the
present time, The eity's Interests .have
peea bargainsd away oyef and over again
10 give an. opportunity for trading city for
State cilices. The bill, II passed, VIII lessen
tI8dng of ufltees considerably - =. .i',:
Dr-G. Is. Somefs, .poILee sliIgeons, ex-
pressed the opinion that If the bill became
q law It whtild lead to general changes in
the STAFF Mt tbs Receiving Hospital, and In
tact in all. tbe:appolntmehts now controlled
by ihe Board Of Health. :s &:...... =: ~.
In a general. Way he said, ~ am in
fEyor OF giving the Board of Health the
control of supplies und finAnciat matters
which al Present this body does at pos
sess. As thibgs are nowihe State controls
tie patronage and the Board Of Supervisors
the supplies, and there is constant trtGtien.
! think that the Board OF Realth is tue
proper body to have control of sanitary
ins titHtlens, :alAslflasos, hospitals, etc, and
that there should be prober representa-
tton U4 medical men on it as distinct from
LAWYERS. :g<:. ...s.-. ~ r. -. -
81 think the Health Department should
be kept free .frOm,bolttcs as much as POS
Sibie: 3fhe present method of appointing
the B9grdof Health keeps the public sihsti-:
tHloDs free from local politics 10 great
measure, IL not entirelys Qdly one change
was made In the staff at Tie Recti4iagH1s-
Iltal as.the resuft-of the last eiectiou, and.
tbat not"ln thr MEDICAL stafe, &. 80. rs. f..