The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-13
HEALTH BOARD ORGANIZE
PRESIDENT ELECTED AND COMMIT
 TEES 1PPOLNTED.


 Is Dumping Snow on the' Green a Nuisance {?
 Health Officers to Investigate-ThatH II os-
 pital for Contagious Diseases-Town
 Fathers Brief Session.
 Mayor Hendrick and ex-Mayor Sar- gent differ materially in their interpret ation of the charter of New Haven, or at least portion of it relating to the presidency of the board of health, EX- Mayor Sargent held that by the provis- ions of the charter the mayor of the city was president of the board of heaIth and consequentlyd during his term in the mayoralty he oficiated as president of that body. Mayor Hendrick, however, takes different view of the matter and holds that the mayor is only ex-oficio president of the board.
 Acting under this interpretation, the members of the board of health met yes- terday and organized for the ensuing year by electing pr. Fleischner presi- dent of that body and Commissioners Blake and McNeil members of the aud iting committee. It was the first meet ing of the new board for the year and
 
 Professor Gustave Schwab and z. B. Phelps. representing Yale university appeared before the board in relation to the dumping of snow on the upper end of the green. Professor Schwab said that he repGesented the faculty, while MT Phelps, student, appeared in the interests of the students. The latter claimed that the practice of dumping the snow on the upper end of the green was menace to the health of the students, and that nearly every case of sore throat fever diphtheria and, in fact, the majority of all the sick ness at the university was directly at tributed to this practice. He said fur ther that this was the opinion held by Drs. Bacon and Foster.
 The members of the board explained that the board had no jurisdiction in the matter unless it should be proved that the dumping of the snow was public nuisance, and in this case the board would take immediate action. The representatives from the college withdrew and the members of the board informally discussed the subject and the physicians present expressed the opin- ion that there was no more sickness comparatively at the upper end of the green than there was at the lower end where there was no snow dumped. After, a brief discussion the board de- l cided to instruct Health Officer Wright | to look into the matter and report at l the next meeting of the board as to | whether or not the placing of snow on i the green was a nuisance. Commissioner Manning stated that | there were no rules in the board regu- | lating the salaries to be paid to the l clerk, health officer and plumbing in- | spector, and moved that a committee of | three be appointed to secure the passage | of an ordinance fixing the salaries of | each of the officers named at a figure | not less than $1,200 each. The motion prevailed unanimously, but the commit tee vas not appointed.
 Dr. Fleischner inquired whether in view of the fact of the introduction of anti .toxine and other recent discoveries in medical science hospital for conta- gious diseases was needed at the pres ent time. The members of the board discussed the question at length, and finally decided that there was just as much need of such an institution now as at any time. In view of these cir cumstances Commissioners Fleischner, Townsend and Manning were appoint ed committee to formulate plans, etc., for the securing of such an institution and report to a future meeting of the board.
 z SELECTMEN'S SHORT SESSION.
 The weekly meeting of the board of selectmen last evening was unusually brief, owing to the fact that the ma- jority of the members were anxious to get away to the banquet of the Young