The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-09-29
THE BOARD
OF HEALTH
Proceedings at the Semi-MOnthly
Meeting Last Night.
TOWN FREE OF DISEASE
Only One Case Of TyphOid-COntraSt
With the Statistics Of a Year Ago.
Good Sanitary Work.
TOWN FREE OF DISEASE

The Board of Health held a regular
semi-monthly meeting in the Borough
Council chamber last evening to hear the
reports Of committees and the Health Off
Ger. Their was very little business for the
Board to transact and the adjournment
was an early one. The members present
were Messrs. Spalding, Miles, McHale and
Broughall.
Secretary Scanlan made report show.
ing that but one case of typhoid fever
exists in town and that there are no cases
of contagious disease.
Upon hearing the report President
Spaldng stated that it was a very graft
fying one especially so when compared
with the statistics of last year. At the
| same period in 1898 there were q large
number of typhoid fever cases in the
| town.
Health Officer Miles stated that the
| Girard Estate officials could not set apart
| a piece of land to be used as a dumping
| ground for privy otfal.
Mr.. Miles, member of the board, put
| several interrogations to Borough Sollcl-
| tor pomeroy as to the law of nuisances
| and the latter gentleman stated that the
| duty of the board was simply to order
the abatement of nuisances and see that
| the orders are carried out.
The deaths reported to the health de
partment during the past two weeks
mum bered twenty one, big decrease from
the number reported for the previous two
! weeks.
Health Officer Miles presented the
following report Privy wells full on
Oak street, between Gilbert and Gather
inc streets; owner will sink new wells
| Well on South Pear alley cleaned and a
well on Jardin street, between Centre and
Oak streets, will be connected with a
sewer. Well on Coal street, between
/ l. ,gN., D. nkw ola nnI MF
Bell notified to clean well on West Goa
street. Complaint made against q vel
on North West street owner notified Il
disiniect it. Same order issued as tC
wells on West Coal street. Owner of q
well on South Main street notified tc
clean it out. New well sunk ON the
Snedden property on West Lloyd street
and ashes taken from the yard. Nuisance
on the Simmons property, South West
street, abated. Notified owners of the
O'Hara property on North White street
to abate nuisance, and same order issued
street. Hog pen on North Limerick
street cleaned. Ash bin corner of
, Main and Coal streets cleaned. Prop
erty of Mrs Davis, on East Centre street,
cleaned. Ash bin corner of Main and
| Cherry streets cleaned. Yard of prop
| erty on East Centre street in poor cOndi-
| tiOn. Notified the owner, Mr. Bradigan,
to put in a drain, which will be done.
Blocked drain at the rear of the Sunday
News office opened. O,uer Of property
at the corner of Coal and Catherine streets
is cementing cellar to abate nu .sance.
Gutter of property on May yberry
alley cleaned and the owner prom.
ises to keep it in good condition.
2 John Robbins is abating a nuisance at
the corner of limerick street and Straw.
berry alley by making connections with a
sewer. Owner of Stanton property on
South Gilbert street promised to disin-
feet the privy we'll. A blocked drain on
West street, between Poplar and Cherry
Streets will be attended to. Hog pen
nuisance on North Chestnut street at
tended to. Nuisance of paper in rear of
yard at HERALD office removed. Ashes
and garbage removed on Juneberry alley,
between Chestnut and Gilbert streets.
Nuisance on property of John Robbins,
East Line street, abated by sewerage.
The High Constable removed several
dead animals. Water in cellar on East
Apple alley removed by drainage. At
tentlon was called to the filthy condition
of house on West Apple alley. The oc-
cupants were notified and they cleaned
the place Turkey Run is in good CON
| dition. There has not been a case of
contagious disease in that neighborhOod
since the Board of Health has been in
| existence