The record-union., 1894-05-04
RECORDING OF BIRTHS And DEATHS.
The Law in Regard Thereto Practi-
cally Dead Letter.
Efforts of the Board of Health to Have
1t Enforced-Food Inspection to
be Put Into Practice.

A special meeting of the City Board o.
Health was held last evening to hear the
report of the committee appointed to re-
port set of rules regulating the regis
tration Of marriages. births and deaths
In the absence of President Wizard, DR.
t. w. Huntington was chosen to preside
Subsequently DIR. Wizard came in.
! DR.. G.. B. Glow, on behalf of the com.
mittee, read report embracing the law
on the subject. which is very strict in
| that regard, but which is generally
| ignored by persons whose duty it is tc
attend to the registration of such statistics.
| The committee, in its report. state that
the County Recorder is unable to keep
the required record. for the reason that
the data is not furnished his Office. The
penalty for neglect of the duty imposed
on physicians and others charged with
the duty of registering births, deaths. etc.,
is $50.
Secretary Fowler said he had one re-
quest from abroad to ascertain the date OF
a birth occurring back in 1858, but it
could not be found. The proof OF such
birth may have been very important
matter to some person.
The only records now in existence, DR..
Fowler said, are lot of postal cards and
blanks stuck away in pigeon-holes, and
these should be recorded.
DIR. Glow moved that the Secretary be
required to provide each person required
by law to report births, deaths, etc., with
a copy of the law explaining their duties
and responsibilities in the matter, and il
was so ordered.
Drf Huntington, in response to a re-
quest for information on the subject,
stated that IL seemed to him the City
Board of Trustees were not disposed to
allow 81, 900 for reports from sanitary en-
gineers on plans for a sewerage system.
DR., Ward said that at the recent Sani-
tary Convention at San Jose DR.. Stallard
of San Francisco read very comprehen-
| sive paper on city sewerage, and he
| (Wiard) had requested him to come to
this city and repeat his address before the
Trustees and Board of Health. DIR. Stall
lard replied that he would come here il
his bare expenses were paid. 1t is SUBJ
! ject, DR.. Ward said, to which Dir. Stall
| lard had given great deal of study.
| DR.. Glow stated that owing to complica-
tions between the city authorities and the
company that now runs the drainage
pump at Sixth and Y streets, the Super
| intendent reported that the pump would
probably be shut down, leaving the city
without any outlet for its sewage.
! DIR. Fowler spoke OF the condition OF
things at Snowflake Park, where one OF
the Industrial Armies is located, and
stated that if the men remained there
many days longer the matter will become
serious from a sanitary point of view.
Orders had been given the men there tc
use every precaution against allowing the
nuisance TO become intolerable. The con-
dition has been somewhat improved.
Sanitary Inspector Herr reported that
the condition at Suffers Fort was fully
as bad as at the other camp. There are
but two small vaults there and they were
! becoming very foul.
Drs. Wagner and Glow recommended
the appointment Of com mittees for special
duties, such as food inspection, milk sup.
plies, vegetables, etc.
The matter was discussed at some
length, all the doctors agreeing thai
something in that direction should be
done, and that it had been too long ne.
elected in this city.
Finally, on motion of DR.. Glow, it was
decided to appoint a committee of three
to segregate the work of the Board O
Health and to report at the next meeting
OF the board so that it may be assigned tC
the proper committees.
The Chair appointed as such committet
] Drs. Glow, Wagner and Gardner, and tn,
/ board then adjourned.