The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-02
AFTER THE MEASLES.
Board q Health Wants It Put
On the Blacklist
SCOTT ASKED ron ~ OPINION.


~ . meeting e tha board q health
yosserday aftsrncon u - decided 70 tAks
- further Stsps II ths copsrovorsY -
tussn ~ boards a. Asalth and education
oveT the dry elonss sys1em II ID sanitary
aspsct until Coeposation Counssl SCOTS
opinion wss reeslvs1 Health O0acss
Psimsf I'D sAas aftsr locking mp TIE
legal paxs q The qusstioa b vss under
Ne bsaisf thae ~ dry sIosst SUSTAIN could
b 1oscsd ont and The expsnss mads lien
against the school property. Esvssths-
Issa hs thought & propsr 70 ct an
opinson from The corporation eoa1sel b.
fore action was commenced
President Holmss unmarked that he did
not want the board Of health pat IN the
position u haying si0ply trisd 70 scArs
tbs board Of sducafion into changing sys-
toms snA then Sivsa mp oonfssssdty
hsa&an.
d.. Miller spoke 70 The eject that the
expense of such changes - wsfs involved
By the demand Of ~ boapd of health
should - considered, end, In the present
stats of a1aira. IL might b advisable to
ieavs the dry closets, 4 they wsFs giving
setisfsetion, for The pssssnt q lsast.
President Holmes replied that the board
ought - look q the mattsr from sani-
tary point and be, foe one. wss opposed
% the 6msad dry eloeet systsn because u
did not do wha4 q was intandsd 70 do.
IL doat favor the emsed system either. "
rsplisd d.. Miller.
d.. Asksm sugssstsd that the matter 60
over until the corporation eounssl's opin-
Ion was rscsivsd, and the other members
Of the board consented.
Health 0mcss Palmer rad the follow.
Ing report. which Wa adopted:
During April there were thirty three
deaths, divided a. 70 causes and number
from each cause - follows: Typhoid f.
yer. 1: diarrhna. 1: Group, 1: tuberculosis.
5; tuberculosis mentngisis. /: cancer, 4;
enia, 1; tuherculosis Of bowels, 1; pro-
longed labor. 1: marasmus. 1; cerebral
hemorrhaes, /: heart disease. Z; pnsumo-
mia. !: 0dema Of giottis. /: pulmonary
congestion. 1: atrophy Of liver, L: periton-
itis, 1; ovarian tuner, 4; suicide, 2
CONTAGIOUS dissasss-Scarist fever 4;
typhoid fsver. 3: measles. l.
HEtss-naies. 2; tsmalsa. -; total. -
MARKET inspsctor's rsport-Nilk in
spectsd, 5000 gallons: condemned, q
scrates Of cabbage. Is oAuli6ovsf, asrara-
gus, . boxes pears. 50 oranges, 81 lemons.
10 sacks potatoes, q onions, caTrota @
parsntps, turnips. Is potatoes, : CARCASS %
veal - dressed fowls. smoked salmon.
Sanitary rspoet-Numbsr Of premises In
spsc4sd, %: Fs-inspsosions, a.; nuisaucss
sbatod, 50; In course Of abatomenk 10:
complaints without cause, I.
Plumbing and sewer inspsctor's report
Plumbing plans died. II; tiFst Inspections,
70; anal inspsctions, ~: sewer permits 10
sued. 4: houses connected With sewer, q;
sewers inspected, Ia
Tbs health otlicsr was Instructed 10 ask
the council for an ordinance requiring the
reporting 10 the health ONCE Of oil cases OF
measles. One Of the special objects Of this
ordnance Il 70 keep children Who have
bssn exposed ont Of school
The following bills we're allowed: Rent
for April, 326; drugs, SIS: vital statistics,
-: towing garbage scow, @97. 80: kilograms,
about smallpox, zoe; total. $l422o.
The bills we're sent to the sudiMng com.
mittse.