The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-09-08
MILK SUPPLY
RESULT OF CLOSE INSPECTION BY
sANITARIAN WYNN.
Dairy Owners Wiling to Make I'm
provements and Follow I%nstruc-
-tions-HeaIth Matters.

The Board or Health held a. meeting
yesterday and listened to the report Of
City Sanitarian Wynn, in which was en-
bodied the reports of the City Hospital
and dispensary. DIR. Wynn's reports is Of
interest to the public. for it shows the
result OF sanitary work as applied by
him to the diaries of the city. During July
the sanitary officers inspected the diaries
which furnish milk to the city. In the re-
port made yesterday for the month OF
August 1t is shown that those dairies found
during July to be in an improper condi-
ton had improved wonderfully by the sug-
gestions of DIR. Wynn Dairy keepers have
made changes in the manner Of feeding
the cows and caring for the milk and
many unhealthy COWS have been disposed
Of.
During August 1s5 dairies. comprising 2.751
cows, were inspected. The present board
is to be credited with the investigation
Of the city's milk supply and in DR.. Wynn
the members found a man who was in
terested in sanitary matters and desirious
Of COW inspections l,SO6 were found to be
in a good condition, 500 in a fair condition
and az in a bad condition. The owners of
the unhealthy COWS were instructed 10 take
steps to better the sanitary conditions. OF
the COWS inspected 81 are being fed starch
or malt feed, 1,52s are getting green corn,
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green corn. OF the dairies inspected 50 are
reported in a good condition. 60 In a fair
condition and 10 in a bad condition.
been Quick to see the suggestions made for
better sanitary conditions and, as a result,
the milk sold in the city is of a more
previous months. The COWS referred to as
being in a bad condition are old and lean,
only a few of them being sick Those found
to be suffering from disease numbered but
fen and thew Uaro ordered removed from
the diaries.
The sanitarian's reports show the health
OF the city for August to be extraord,narily
cases of typhoid fever. The latter disease
was responsible for. nineteen deaths. Con-
t sbSmetlo ona rs eS s1xen as ane naI for nj nin e"g DUR
ing the month thirty-eight cases OF typhoid
fever were reported, twenty-six cases Of
two cases Of measles. The large number
OF diphtheria cases is attributed to care
lessness of parents in not taking the prop
or precautions to prevent ine > c 17s honss In
spections and 500 miscellaneous inspections.
Nuisances to the number Of All were
abated. The City Hospital Tsceiyed III pa
treated 1,16 cases, made 2S visits and
thirty ambulance runs.
tie ne and in eandemne zero FOUR: inspected ed $50
hogs and condemned eleven; inspected H.
Sz sheep and condemned five. He also con-
demned 545 pounds of meat offered for sale
in the city.
The board appeared before the Board OF
Works after the meeting and urged an
appropriation for a clinical amphitheater
at the City Hospital. The Board of Health
passed resolutions asking an appropriation
Of $14, 600 for a new building urging, as a
reason, that the present amphitheater is
dangerous. The present building has been
condemned by the building inspector as
well as the chief fire engineer. TIE Board
of Works realizes the need for a new build
ing, but the old, old question of nances
has first to be settled.