The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-06
KELLY CHOSEN CHAIRMAN
Reorganization Of the Scranton Board
Of Health Yesterday.
10 CHANGE IN OTHER OFFICES
Members Discuss Nuisance Question.
Health Officer Thomas Report ON
Quality of MIX for Sale -RcsOlu.
tions Introduced by Col. Ripple.

All the members. looking bright and
cheerful after the Fourth of July. were
present at yesterday afternoons reg
ular monthly meeting of the board of
health.
When the unfinished business was
transacted the board adjourned sine
die. and prepared for reorganization.
DR.. w. X. Bentley. who has served two
years as president of the board.
thanked his colleagues cordially for the
courtsey shown him and retired from
the chair. He positively refused to ac-
cept another term.
NJ. j. Kelly was chosen chairman pro.
tenn, and on motion of Mr. Ziegler he
was made permanent chairman. Mr..
Kelly accepted the honor with a brief
expression OF thanks. 1t was next de-
cided that the salaries Of the paid OFF,
GERS shall be the same as last year.
Secretary Walter Briggs was reelected
at salary Of 5000 per annum. Mr..
Ziegler cast the vote of the members.
DR.. w. +. Allen was also reelected at
the salary OF $500 a year. DIR. Bentley
casting the vote OF the board. 1t was
Connell to re-appoint Mr.. Burke sani-
tary officer.
West Side Nuisance.
They took up the question OF nuis-
ances and discussed the subject In all
Its phases and bearings. There Is a
eyesore as well as a blot to the hygienic
map at 100 Van Buren, avenue, on the
West Side. Sanitary Officer Burke was
empowered to fumigate the premises.
DIR. Paine reported Roberts court, be.
tween Swetland and Pettibone streets,
on the West Side, as an unmitigated
nuisance. The properties facing on
sumner avenue have drain pipes empty
ing into this court. Another spot that
does not lend to the health OF its sur
roundings is the skating pond near the
Johnson's Lake grounds, on North
Washington avenue.
NO action was taken on either of
these complaints, it being the belief Of
the members that this is something
for the councils to take up and remedy
by grading.
The report OF Food Inspector Rich.
ard Thomas showed that he made 537
official visits during June, besides hav-
ing taken several peeps into the wagons
or farmers coming to town with pro-
duce The general condition Of the
markets and shops was found to be
good, In fact never before during his
official career did ne run across such a
satisfactory state Of things. The milk
has been singularly free from foreign
substances. such as calcareous matter
or spring water.
Arrest Of Jacob Surayitz.
He made one arrest, that Of Jacob
Suravitz. butcher Of Penn avenue.
who kept his shop in very unsanitary
condition. Mr.. Thomas qualified his re-
port with statement concerning the
trouble he has experienced in forcing
milk dealers to render tht pure article.
He went into an ice cream parlor not
long ago and found a chunk Of ice in
the milk can.
whats that for?" said he to the
pretty waitress; "Oh, she responded
with a piquant smile, "that's to keep
the milk cold" Mr.. Thomas suggested
that such was too enterprising a way
to prevent the milk from getting sour,
and advised her to keep the ice on the
outside of the milk tank.
He also said that one man who runs
milk dairy at milwaukee, across the
hills, dilutes his lacteal fluid with
water and serves the mixture in large
quantities in this city. But this dealer
has promised to give the hydrant the
go-by when he Is making up his load
of milk in the future.
Colonel Ripple introduced the follow
Ing resolution to cover such cases in
future:
ut shall be the duty of the milk in
spector, when he shall find any person
or persons, bringing impure or adult
Grated milk to the markets of this city,
to warn them against repetition of
the offense to confiscate the
milk and notify all dealers
in the city that the milk furnished by
such person or persons is impure or
adulterated."
Work Done nt Cremntory.
At the crematory, according to Su-
perintendent II. w. LOTUS report,
there were 2,272 barrels of garbage con-
sumed; ten dogs; and one dead feline.
Thirty tons of coal were burned, and
two gallons of kerosene
Secretary Walter Briggs report of
vital statistics for the month past
showed that the month of June had a
lower death rate than any other month
of the present year; the total deaths
so far in the city during 1895 from all
causes has been 74S. The births for
the month were 1870. Twenty-three cases
of contagious diseases We're reported.
Mr.. Briggs read q long communica-
ton from Nathan Strause, a wealthy
New Yorker, on the merits of sterilized
milk. 1t was placed on file.
The secretary was ordered to write
to Health officer Jenkins, of the port
of New York, and let him know that
the board will pay for kilograms in
cases where immigrants who come to
the land of the free and the home Of
the brave on infected ships are bound
for Scranton. In the case Of the seven
Hungarians that created such a scare
at Olyphant recently, Secretary Briggs
received a letter about three days after
they arrived in Scranton and they could
have spread contaglon In that time all