The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-15

ire collection OF garbage Throughout ths
city.
When the meeting was called 20 ore.
yesterday afternoon President Miller sal1
a sugrif ot hostility seemed 70 prevail in
tire house of delegates against pifo1e
health The members certainly entertain
e9 views favorable 20 tire Spread O scaE-
ies fever ard insisted On refusing 70 E,fe
the 6epz-tment an Additional sanitary III
sIsectoa ,,.,
DR.. Holmes said Re thoaght DR.. a'iisf >
remarks were TO the point
rsvassa@n. Miller asked the health off,
Ger ~ tags had been removed from HOUSES
when the quarantine was on
ryr Palmer said the flags we're ordeTed
removed after physicians certifcAtes
were received. He rad bren so unss 81
spectfnx new cases that he had no Ithe
Of late TO visit cid ones As faF A. hs Va
abg4 he Srers track of the cases MANY peo-
- ea,s ~ TIE ofsce ard said the hags
taa he4r, yer. M six or seven weeks ~nen
an examination % the records tHoNSu
,tey had been up only about four weeks:
~, Tf,Irnez said he realized that ire
house Of Delegates Rad put the board o.
health in A very peculiar position ana re
only thing The health osfscer eosia 3o ."
70 get along as well Is he eoula
n rusxeu asde4 tha, the public ought
- k-ou a. was due 20 the action OF the
house Of delegates that the oepar,
was har4pered ia its work IN the in''Ht VI
a scarlet fever epidemic
President Miller said that IL the aepa.t-
ment was given proper ass's'asice. @
long quarantine OF taniiHeS S"-
terialiy lesgened-
" ss.aakf-y Of the power OF the board
60 a,rotrt a sanitary officer 10 assist tne
health officer. DR.. Holmes remarked thas
re eornoratfon counsel thought IL wouid
he uuvise 20 appoint without the concur
renee Of the council. as u would DE doaot-
s,I shos1t the officer getting his salary.
ua.t.h osg,rer Palmer in his statement
~ ,te scarlet fever situation said that the
total number Of cases reported was A'f'
4 deaths: "a cases this month, y OF theHi
Yesterday. The report for the last iouF
davs was az follows:
Annie Hart, 10 years. Ill CEDAR street
Olga sipil, years. - West street. a.
Brown. t. years, 2i7 Clay street. Iaiiai'
swetiand. 30 years, near james -. so
~ II r Rayiiss. years. 9ll2 Third street
y Ap,as 7 wears Brooklyn; Bessie Hoes-
t,.h wears e5 South Eleventh street
Nfsrgery Newman. years. ipI itsle,
avenue: Mary and James Emmet' !, anu
rosenh Tirnmons, ages varying from :"
Z x West street.
Health Officer Palmer placed before the
meeting q litter ne received from Aiue
roan elise asking for Information ABOUT
.lde-rnan AfNler's claim that garage
VS. being dumped on the tide hats sout
NJ me city. instead of being taken 70 tlis
=, rs,aae scow. Palmer stated that ne hdd
hen unass.e 10 discover that people were
roai<tng practice OF making the une
nats receptaclc for garbage, but that az
Insnaction OF the fats under the comfiis-
ston houses on West street showed INA :
refuge matter had been thrown ooMi'
.h-.,,..h hoie~ and when the tide went out
vas held 10y drif.wood. Market Inspeotoi
Travner had arranged 20 take Mr.. ollss
49, the ground when the tide was out
,rne, the health officer spoke of the garn-
aee COW and said that from ms iiiFes =,
s1,t,on he was satisfied that only sinaI
sSsre Of the garbage of the city was oelns
,sk.r 70 The scow. as compared Win si'lle :
-. because the hog ranches SCUM %
re ritv bought up great deal OF II. re
ia mat the regulations respecting ti
coilaction OF garbage were very siack s anu
tbat ss warm weather was eppfoae a,i :
,bs matter should he looked after. SON
,aIk WAS had about the different syst s'
,,sss in cities. bu' no other decided ac,io,'
80 .aken than TO instruct the heaitli
e,,c.r 20 call the attention or me ponce ,
- che accumulation Of garbage III ai1eFS
during hor weather.