The herald., 1893-05-11
CLEARING THINGS UP.
THE WORK OF THE INSPECTORS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
The Proceedings of the Health Commits
sion Yesterday-That Telephone.
Chinatown and Its Nuisances.
Eoutine Matters.

The board of health met at p. m
yesterday. Present, the mayor, Drs
MACEDONIAN and Hitchcock and Health
Officer Powers. The minutes of the pre-
ceding meeting were read and approved.
HEALTH OFFICERS REPORT.
DR.. L. M. Powers, the health officer,
filed his report, in the course of which
ne says: During the time which has
elapsed since the 1st day of March, when
an inspection from house to house was
inaugurated, our three inspectors have
visited over 1900 buildings and premises
and have served over 1400 notices to
abate nuisances. The greater amount oil
this work has been done in the Second,
Sixth and Seventh ward, and the rest OF
the work has been done IN the Third
and Eighth wards.
Hence, we judge from this that there
is much additional work to what has
been done, and that with our present
force of inspectors it will be impossible
to complete the intended work of cleans
ing before hot weather sets in, unless
the force of inspectors is increased.
The report was received and placed on
file.
THAT TELEPHONE REMOVAL.
A communication was read stating
that the telephone in the health office
had been removed to the residence OF
the chief engineer.
DR.. MACEDONIAN said that he had had a
telephone in his house all the time that
he was health officer and had to pay for
it out of his own pocket. He was con-
tent that the city should pay for tele-
phone in each public Office, but he
thought that if one city officer were
compelled to pay for his telephone all
should be on an even footing.
DIR. Hitchcock said that one object of
telephone service was secresy. If there
were case of smallpox or cholera and
the alarm were turned into the fire Of
fee instead of the health Office, it might
result in a panic and stampede.
The clerk WAS ordered to notify the
council that the board desired the tele-
phone restored to its place.
CHINATOWN AND ITS NUrsANcEs.
DIR. Powers then lay before the board
his diagram of the Chinese portion of
the city, an elaborate tracing of which
shows the unhealthy and unsafe build
ings in that quarter. 1t shows a great
deal of hard work on the health officers
part and he deserves great credit for
getting it up in such graphic shape.
Owing to delay upon the part of the
CITY attorney he was unable to proceed
further, owing to the legal difficulties in
the way.
On motion Of DR.. MacGowan the health
officer was given further time to perfect
his plan.
A RECEIVING HOSPITAL.
DIR. Hitchcock moved that, in the
event of the sale of the old city Jail and
the construction of new one, there be
a receiving hospital erected IN the new
building, and adequate room devoted to
the reception of such patients as might
be brought there. Adopted.
INSPECTION OF THE CITY.
DIR. MACEDONIAN moved that the health
officer be granted five additional inspec-
tors, one for each ward, for the period of
go days. He believed that many hands
made light work, and thu city could be
got into good sanitary condition by the
middle of July. 1t cost no more to hire
nine inspectors for two months than to
employ two inspectors for nine months.
The motion was adopted and the board
then adjourned.