The herald., 1895-08-08
SOUR MEATS AND SOUR MILK
Inspector BIackington Reports
to the Board of Health
VEAL FROM UP THE COAST
Chickens Which Are Not All They
Should Be
f1iIk Which Is Run Through Q Sepa-
rator Before It Is Sodium
satisfactory Street Sweeping

: Health Ofcer Steddom reported to the
board of health yesterday that be had
official information that Calvary ceme-
terry on Buena Vista street would soon be,
as Catholic burying ground, perma-
nently abandoned.
The petition of V. V. Coebrand to be
allowed to maintain horse and mule
corral in the block bounded by Second,
San Pedro, First and Wilmington streets
was denied by the board. The petitioner
will. it is stated, appeal to the courts in
the effort to override the ult:matum of
the board.
The health officer was instructed not to
furnish hereafter any burial permit until
the proper certificate of death has been
filed with him.
A new ordinance was presented for an
increase of salaries OF the employees of
the health department increasing the
pay of all of them to aggregate $50 a
month. The pay under the new law is
increased from $50 to SIS month each,
and places the two extra inspectors now
employed upon the regular pay rolls OF
the city. The new ordinance was recon-
mended to the council for passage.
Meat Inspector Blackington made re.
port of his work for the months of May.
June, and July, which was filed. The
document states that most of the city
markets are kept in good condition, the
meats being wholesome and healthy. In
many places. however. "wlnkly" and
spoiled veal was found. The former Is
supplied by dairymen and calf butchers
and the latter comes here from points
along the coast. princi pally from San
Luis Obispo. and brought down by
steamer. Thirteen veals were condemned
in May as being too young and nine
northern veals were condemned as
spoiled and shipment of twenty OF the
latter being stopped in transit by tele-
graph. During June three small veals
were found. but none that were spoiled.
Snip and ''big head" poultry became
common in that month and a NUMBER
were condemned. Some few sick chick
ems were turned up and confscnted..
milk at the various milk depots in the
city showed that most of the milk on
hand had been run through separator
before it was offered to the public for sale
and some of it was watered.
All of the sanitary inspectors were
granted a ten days vacation upon
schedule to be arranged by the health
officer.
DR.. Moore brought up the nuisance of
mud puddles and cesspCols in the front
of private residences, caused by the use
of COOS necks for street sprinkling. Some
of the finest residences in the city. the
doctor said are being distigured in this
manner. 1t was moved and carried that
the council be requested to abate the
nuisance complained OF wherever may
be found
Dr. Kurtz called up the m after of in
discriminate street sweeping which covers
the furniture in parlors where windows
may be open. The evil implanted of IS
the result, DR.. kurtz claims. of sweeping
the streets without their being first prop
erly wetted.
DR.. Moore was granted 30-day leave OF
absence for the purpose of attending the
triennial conclave at Boston.
Before adjournment the board passed
the following resolution:
Resolved, That it is the sense of this
hoard that the present method OF sweep
ing the streets is menace to the health
of this community, and respectfully sug-
gest that the city council take i'm n ediate
action in regard to the same.
Resolved. That it is the sense OF this
board that in :he present method OF
sweeping the dust created carries germs
of infection of all the contagious diseases;
and is very dangerous to the public
health.
Contractor Martin Marsh came in at
this point and was iokingly called before
the board to explain about the crematory.
Marsh entered into a lengthy scientific
discussion of the subject. taking the mat
ter seriously. the truth was finally un-
folded to him and then it cost him 81
for ci : ars for all hands.
The health officer reported that Ed.
wards oil refinery. on East First street
is being numerously complained of as a
nuisance. The owner was instructed not
to expend anv more money upon the en-
terprise, at his own Iisk. He has over
S25 600 already invested.