The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-23
ACTIVE CRUSADE BEGUN AGAINST
THE CITY'S GARBAGE
SYSTEM.
CREMAT0RY DEMANDED.
OTHER IMPORTANT CHANGES ALSO
RECoMMENDED BY THE BOARD
OF HEALTH.

The Board of Health began the agitation
OF the garbage question yesterday. The
present system is for open carts to call
from house to house, haul the refuse
through the streets and dump it on the
Mission Bay flats where it poisons the air.
The board proposes to do away with this
antlquated system if possible and get the
latest and best that modern science has in
dorsed. 1t wants a garbage crematory.
The agitation was begun by Health In
spector Lovelace filing a report on the con-
dltlon OF the City's garbage system. After
describing the slovenly and unhealthy sys-
TEN in vogue the Health Officer concluded:
There is no longer any doubt as to the rem
edy, or rather the prevention OF nuisances of
this KIND, the dumping and filling methods of
dlspos1ng OF Garbage. 1t is cremation; it has
everything to commend it. 1t is economical,
prompt, efficient. inoffensive, and completely
sweeps out of existence offensive nuisances
that harass communities that employ the old
plans. The crematory process could not be
introduced without the expenditure of some
money, and the Health Department of San
ter of appropriations. Every other department
OF the City government has had increased ap-
propriations within the past few years, while
the Health Department has remained the
same, notwithstanding its urgent and increas-
ing needs. call the attention of the Board OF
the Board of Health to the urgent necessity of
garbage CIemalOry, lneL lney may place
themselves on record as being in favor OF it
whenever the necessary funds may be secured.
A copy OF this report was ordered sent
to each one of the Supervisors with a rec
ommendation that immediate action be
taken in the premises.
On recommendation of Health Inspector
A. B. Kline, the butchers in Butchertown
were notified that the nuisance of feeding
hogs under the slaughter-houses must be
abated within thirty DAYS,
On Inspector Kinnes recommendation,
the fertilizing works and dead-horse estab-
lisnments near Butchertown were ordered
condemned and removed at once.
Quarantine Officer Chalmers was ordered
to furnish a complete list of vessels arriv-
ing in port and inspected by him.
The superintendent of the Almshouse,
City and County Hospital, the city physi-
| clan and the physician in charge of the Re-
ceiving Hospital were ordered to send in
daily reports to the office of the Board of
| Health.
| A resolution was passed that On and
| after November all milk must come up
to the standard established by the Board
| of Health, and all milk not coming up to
| the standard will be considered impure
! and the milk inspector is ordered to con-
| denim and destroy it. The Milkmen's As
| ISOLATION has been notified of this order.
The port physician of Honolulu sent a
communication asking that fumigated
| mail from that port be admitted here with
out further fumigation. The Board of
Health sent back word that vessels, car
goes, mails and baggage arriving from in
fected ports would be fumigated as usual
till the ban was taken off.