The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-18
YER OWN BUSINESS
Dreadful Snub Given One of the Patri-
otto Ladies of the Sanitary Society.
She Made No More lnspections-The Charges
Against DR.. Rudy-MOfit Succeeds Fer
guson-Health Boards Meeting.

The called meeting of the Board OF
Health. last night, was attended by all of
the members of the board. President Morri-
son presiding. There were also present
Mrs. James Ryan and Mrs. John A. Holman.
of the Woman's Sanitary Association, in
pursuance of the request sent by the board
TO the association, asking q conference
with some emit er of IL. Mrs. Holman
acted as spokeswoman and outlined to the
board what the idea of. the asso-
citation was In regard to keep
ing the city In q sanitary condition.
She said that q lady had been appointed to
act as a chairman in each ward. under her
to be several ladies who will act as o board
of visitors. and make inspections of prem
Ises In q territory allotted to them. In
case one of the visitors should find a nuis-
ance existing at any place she Is to com.
municate with her chairman, the chairman
to the secretary Of the association. and she
to the Board OF Health, calling It's atten-
ton to IL. Mrs. Holman was asked
whether the members intended to make a
house-to-house inspection. and she replied
that such was not the Intentions;
also saying that the association
did not desire to ~antagonIZe
any one, rather hoping to win them over
to cleanliness by gentle means. She said
that one of the members had tried to in
spect o house and had been compelled to
beat an inglorious retreat at being told TO
mind her own business, coupled with the
assertion that the person addressing could
attend to hers.
After some conversation the ladies were
instructed to prepare a form of blank for
sending in their reports. and the board will
furnish them for the association.
The resignation of DR.. q. h. Ferguson as
superintendent of the City Dispen-
In effect. was an acceptance of
the position TO which he has
recently been elected. that of s~uperintend-
ent of the City Hospital. aud was 80 re-
garded by the board.
The next question taken up by the board
was of the suspension of DIR. +. L.. Rudy
from the City Dispensary. The board was
In receipt of the Doctors resignation. but
he was not present to answer the charges
against him. The question that then arose
with the board was whether or not he
should be given an honorable discharge.
DIR. Fergug0n being present. he was asked
TO detail in just what manner DIR. Rudy
had dis0beyed the institutions rules.
He SAID, in brief. that DIR. Rudy had
maintained q private office, which was
against one of the strictest rules of the dis
pensary; that when asked to close 1t he had
refused to do so; that his conduct at the
dispensary has been of q churlish and in
sulting nature; that he had neglected his
work to do private work, and that he had
converted the drugs at the disDensary TO
his wi private use. After O careful con-
sideration of the case. the board decided to
accept the resignation. but will not issue q
diploma, as Is customary. DIR. Rudy has
been acting as an inferno for the City Dis
pensary for the North Side.
The board then took action on the
vacancy at the dispensary by the r%esigna-
ton Of DR.. Ferguson. The unanimous
choice of the board was De. Z. ID. Motfit,
and he was elected to ill the unexpired
time of the position, which is two years
from last January. Dr.. Mofit is at present
q practicing ply sioisn In the city. and is a
graduate of the Central College of
Physicians. his appointments was made at
the earnest suggestion of DR.. Maxwell.
who said that he believed that q man
should be taken from that college as the
Indiana had gotten nearly all Of the other
positions of con
Health Officer Burns was then called be-
fore the board to answer the charges for
which he has been suspended. He was
reinstated by the board on the condition
that be is TO tender his resignation If, at
any time, he violates q promise made TO
the board that he Will let all Intoxicating
lIouors alone.