Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-06-01
After a Somewhat Spirited Session Of the Body.
John Davis Elected, at Salary Of $50
Nunth-Rsport from the Health Officer.

tentiOn TO some shortcomings IN the
! sanitary regulations, particularly as re-
CARDS the cleaning OF vaults. During
! the three months just past nine hundred
! and seventy-three orders 10 clean up had
! been given and over nine hundred
vaults ordered cleaned. About eighty
| per cent of these orders had been
| obeYed. During the three months the
| crematory had disposed of AGA loads OF
! garbage and 1861 barrels of nj bit soil, as
against 4S7 loads Of garbage and l,946
| barrels OF night soil in the same months
of 1893 He said great deal more
night soil had been taken TO the cOun-
try this spring than last, and detailed
some benefits resulting. He reviewed
| the indictments against the night soil
men, and the dismissal OF the cases.
As TO the health of the city during
the quarter, he said it was good, and
gave some statistics comparing the stu
alton with last year. As to diphtheria and
scarletina, he said there mad been some,
but there should be none, for both were
| preventable, and should not exist and
would not if proper sanitary care was
| exercised. The Health Officer also re-
ferred to the case Of Comes, the colored
! man who came here q week or two ago,
and said be understood some Of the news
papers had commented upon him rather
stringently for allowing the man to go.
1t would have cost the city $500 or $500
to have cared for the man here, and he
had thought 1t best to send him out Of
the city. He said there had been no
public anxiety about scarletina and
diphtheria, although there mad been
thirty-eight deaths from diphtheria in
the city last fall. II there had been two
deaths from smallpox, the city would
have been up 10 arms, get both scarletina
and diphtheria were very much worse.
There ought to be an inspector on duty
all the time, ia the effort TO prevent the
two diseases he had named. Some ply
sicans reported the cases Of diseases,
like diphtneria aud ScarIetin0, but some
did not, aud death had been reported
yesterday OF which be had not previ-
ously heard He hoped the Committee
would authorize the employment Of an
inspector right along during the sum
mer months.
At the conclusion OF the Doctors re-
marks, the question of an Inspector was
discussed, and Mr.. Delters moved that
such an appointment be made by the
Committee.
Then DR.. Mccoy raised the point that
the Health Officer had always appointed
the inspector himself, and in the opiu-
ion Of the speaker that was the proper
way 10 do it. The Health Officer, he
said, could make the appointment bet
ter, and the result would be better.
Chairman Clddle thea required ID the
previous remark OF the Health Officer,
THAI some of.the ward inSpectors-Rho
had been appointed by the members Of
the Committee-had been Incompetent
and inSubordiuate. The Chair asked
for the names Of such, 50 that all should
not be uader suspicion.
In reply 10 this, the Health Officer
made long explanation OF his inStrUc-
| tions to the inspectors, aud said be had
particularly cautioned them against
making deals with cXcavat0rs, bat
some had done that very thing. He
gave no names, however
Resuming his point for authority to
name the Inspector, the Health Officer
! very frankly said he wanted 10 name
| his son for the place, and said he had
! been four years 10 medical college,
and would do good service.
Mr.. DeterS thought there were just
as good men as DR.. McCoy's son, and
men who needed the work more.
DR.. Mccoy and Mr.. Deiters debated
this point awhile, and were interrupted
| by Mr.. Israel, who said DR.. McCoy'S
son had been the inspector in the Third
ward, last year, ana the speaker had
! been raked about it ever since.
The discussion took a somewhat per-
soual turn, but was stopped By Mr..
| Deiters demanding the question on his
motion.
Mr.. Farrell raised the point that the
| Committee had no authority, without
the consent Of Council.
! This was talked over for a time, and
the talk gradually brancbed out again
! over rather a wide range, DR.. Mccoy
again saying the disposition OF the
! Committee TO name an inspector over
! the head of the Health Officer was en-
tirely new, contrary to precedent and
not the best way to do IL There ought
TO be an inspector during the four sum
mer months
MI i dLl Gil Wbu 10 q lux 10
endemic or epidemic disease in the
city after we get this inspector on.
They'll all stop on the other side Of the
river.
This moved DR.. Mccoy to dip into
history, and be drew a series OF hor-
rible pictures Of the mortality in Euro
pean and Asialic cities, in past times,
because of the want OF sanitation.
Nowadays, those great epidemics
were not heard Of, because Of the ad-
vance in sanitary science.
| Finally the Committee decided TO put
on an inspector, st the rate OF $50 per
month.
Mr.. Deiters then nominated John
Davis, of the First ward, for the place.
Mr.. Farrell named Edward Weichell.
Then the Health Officer again took
! the floor, and said he had more trouble
| with Mr.. Weichell than all the others.
He had no qualifications for the place,
| and would not obey orders. Nr. Davis,
on the contrary, was a good man. Be-
| fore he took his seat, he suggested his
son, as a competent person, and gave
some examples Of incompetency coming
under his observation.
A vote resulted, Davis 3, Mccoy 2,
| Weichel l.
The second ballot stood: Davis 4, Nc.
Gov l, and Weichell l. The two minor
/ ity votes went to Davis, and he stood
unanimously elected.
The Health officer was instructed TO
prepare rules and regulations governing
the inspector, 10 be reported to the
Committee, and meanwhile be is TO
obey the Health Officer.