Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-09-30
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Report of the Regul ar Monthly Meeting
Held on Friday Evening.

Held on Friday Evening.
The monthly meeting of the Freeland
board of health was held on Friday even
ing, Messrs. Mccarthy and Malloy, the
committee appointed to wait upon the
council to request assistance by passing
ordinances to prevent the keeping OF
piggeries and slaughter houses inside
the borough limits, and to compel sewer
connections to be made under the super
vision of the health officer, reported hav-
ing done so, and that council instructed
them to prepare and present ordinances
to cover these questions at the next
meeting of the council.
Health Officer Wards monthly report
showed that with few exceptions the
people who had been served with notices
after the last meeting had taken steps
to have the nuisances existing on their
properties abated The exceptions
named were Mrs. William Sncddon, who
has defective plumbing on her property
on Centre street. above Main, and John
Yannes, who tolerates an overfowing
water closet and an unclcan alley at
Front and Washington streets.
Three cases of diphtheria had been re-
ported to him during the month by the
president, DR.. Schilcher, and the neces-
sary precautions had been taken in each
instance. The open gutter on Centre
street, between Luzerne and Carbon
was reported as nuisance, due to the
fact that waste water and stale beer
from the property OF John Stahl run
into it. Complaint was also made about
the open gutter along the west side of
the Public park, into which empties
several private sewers and drainage
pipes. The health officer recommended
the filing up of the gutter with earth
and cementiug the outlets of the sewers
which cause the nuisance
After discussing the health officers
report the committee on ordinances was
instructed to transmit Mr.. Wards re-
Communications to council. The health
officer was ordered to notify all property
of to connect with the borough sewers;
also to have the nuisance abated in
front of Mr.. Stahl's property, to abate
any similar ones that may come under
his notice and to confer Immediately
with Borough Solicitor Carr in regard to
commencing legal proceedings against
Mrs. Sneddon and Mr.. Yannes.
The request of John Brennan, who
asked permission to drain the surplus
water Of cesspool to ditch in the
alley in the rear of his property at Car
bon and Centre streets, was refused
The board thought it would be bad
precedent to grant this privilege, and
the nuisance was ordered abated without
delay.
A motion was made and agreed to,
that in view of the present condition of
town and the presence of contagious
diseases, that section 43 of the borough
health ordinances, relating to cleaning
and whitewashing cellars during May
and October, be enforced; that the
people be notified by publishing notices
in the local papers and by handbills.
Three weeks after the notices have been
given the to public the board will make
a house-to-house inspection in order to
see how well the law had been obeyod.
Monday, October 2l, was appointed as
examination day. The president APP
pointed himself and Messrs. Mccarthy
and Malloy to inspect the cellars north
of Main street, and Health Officer Ward
and Secretary Morton will view the eel
lars south of Main street. The board
proposes to continue its work until the
town is placed beyond all danger of
disease that might arise from uncleanli-
ness.