The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-03
'HE CITYSH HEALTH In 1898.
continued from Eighth Page.


t 0o ,,1rnose of caring for sick per-
VIC II is neither comfortable nor is it
sSOOij+orv building. From the attending
saalllaS;oisn,s statement, its capacity is 40
Pug When YOU consider the fact
there are two white hospitals in the
&c each of which can accommodate
tIr{}ce that number of patients, 1t is no
sord matter to understand why patents
srs often refused admission,
MORE FACILITIES NEEDED.
,.r-bis hospital should be enlarged, prop
-! n1I,inned. and while it is to be re-
scSt+a5 that the negroes do not contribute
s+bav should towards the support of
a.; ~ iTnstitution, if they could be aroused
W +ba necessity of supporting, say ten or
sftoan beds. making it matter of rivalry
- the different churches, it would result
a. a Great benefit. There are half dozen
large negro congregations, each one of
Sbich could support two beds annually.
7. &c a widely known fact that the negroes
riiI not 20 to hospital II they can posi-
NJ, ovoid il. but if the method suggested
ahoTa we're carried out it would do away,
o. graat extent, with this fear, and at
tIo came time an additional income for
tbe support of the hospital would result.
~6r Weichselbaum attending physician
A. the hospital, says that out of the 466
natients admitted during 1898, 100 died.
Ee added that fifteen of those who died
were moribund when admitted, and IL Is
evident from this enormous death rate
mat many others were practically in ex-
tremis when brought to the hospital"
THE PAUPER DEATH RATE.
Or. Drummer says that Savannah should
nrotect herself against the sick paupers
of other communities.
Il is almost a daily occurrence, he says,
n
with request to be sent to hospital.
FTilv 95 per cent of these re-
cnests come from non-residents, from
6her cities in this state and
from South Carolina and Florida. Dr.
Duncan. superintendent of the Savannah
hospital, says that Of 4l7 persons admit
ted to the free wards of the hospital dur
ing 1898, seventy-three claimed to be nom
residents of the city and county.
Five applications for free admission to
hospitals were made to the health officer
in one day. OF this number, two claimed
TO be from Atlanta, one from Brunswick,
one from Port Royal, S. c., and one
claimed nowhere" as a place of resi-
dence. All of these persons were strangers
and had not been in the city twenty-four
hours.
MANY of these persons" says DR.,
Brunner, ARE sent from the different
It cheaper to buy pauper a railroad
ticket than to care for him two or three
weeks. 1t is time to stop this business.
for it would be an inside figure to say
that 200 sick strangers are cared for here
every year when they should be looked
after by the authorities of the places to
which they belong. Just as long as Sa-
vannah will stand it the other cities will
send their sick and tncurables here"
ANEW sCAvENGER SYSTEM NEEDED.
Dr. Drummer attacks the present sys-
tenn of collecting garbage in open wagons.
There are a half dozen different garbage
wagons on the market, he says, and there
is no excuse for the city to continue using
the ordinary open wagons. 1t would be
better to collect the garbage at night, he
says, and thus save the of1ense to the nos
trils Of the citizens caused by the passing
Of the open wagons on the street.
new crematory is needed, he says, as
the present crematory is unable to con
sumo all Of the city's garbage. The sani-
tary conduct of the crematory, he says,
is not what it should be, and the grounds
could be kept in a much better sanitary
condition than they are at present. He
urges That this work should be done by
the city, itself, and not by contract, as at
present.
Or. Drummer renews his recommended
tion that Laurel Grove cemetery should
be abandoned as place of interment, and
anew site selected for public cemetery.
Laurel Grove, he says, is now a menace
10 the health of the city, which is build
ing up around It, He urges that a new
SITE should be secured at once on high
ground outside the city limits, while it
may De obtained at a reasonable price.
CREMATION OF THE DEAD.
On the subject of cremation, which was
recently discussed adversely by Rabbi
Mendes from the pulpit, DR.. Drummer has
he following to say:
=. Still distant is the day when crema-
tion Will be accepted as the proper sani-
tary disposition of dead bodies. and while
us progress will be slow, it is certain to
eolle. Ihere are over twenty cremation
socleIles IN the United States, and there
were nearly 1000 bodies cremated in this
eUuIVfy during the year 1898. A distin-
Sulsned Jewish divine has promulgated
ron IRON the pulpit that cremation of human
W OSules Is against the teachings
nor+ Ine Bible, but fails to
m nn0 where that book mentions
coz coz w .'l S cremation is wrong. Uuless it
S an Ue SHOWN that the Bible says either
uirectly or Indirectly that cremation is
~ %iong, ms argument against it falls fiat.
=, CCulu hardly be expected that the
pLLhltlVe people who lived in the days
"uen Ihe Bible was written should have
Tosauced Ideas. There is no doubt that
PoUple OF Jerusalem at that time would
r nane o0lected TO an elevated railway run
nors u9"n one of the principal streets;
nUl, Is mere any doubt of their refusing
iLltny OF the scientific improvements of
S 80 centuries. Jenner nearly suffered
so oSSn Tor Introducing vaccination, now
o1epteu as an immunity against small
S a. cremation will be accepted as the
tL.9posluon Of all waste material before
m ClUSe OF the next century"
,ov ne health officer calls attention to the
Inv. yGnUlon paid by physicians to the re-
Star9 VI WAL statistics, especially births.
sSpS VIII be taken to secure more full
tofore. 40 Ollls year Unan nere-
The QUARANTINE SYSTEM.
svoa I. .b7runner comments adversely to the
sij CTpSlon IN the Harris quarantine bill
ga,, ."tug The continuance of the passen-
;.IdIc from Havana to southern ports
con5iss vne Quarantine season on certain
this o,oL:.. IL is plain that he attributes
svstore ePGlon to the influence of the Plant
insnoHntI' his comments upon the medical
SnRo?cIor at Havana for allowing the
yaialaauI steamship Martas to bring a con-
10 T2 arIi small poX patient from Havana
Savar,,ILid}, who Immediately came on to
evjiarttalin last February, are severe, but
In justified by the circumstances.
beaiPtIIn Inc Inc subject of the state board of
ture At NJ ~ IN reduced in the last legisla-