The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-06
CHECK THE DISEASE
The Sncw Storm Is Welcomed by the
Health Department.
MUCH SICKNESS IN JANUARY
Or. Whitford. Sanitary lne pector
jerks and Superin tendent Nc
Donald OF the Cemetery NJ axe
Their Regular Reports.

The snow storm OF yesterday was an
doubtelIy welcome 10 those who have
the general health and sanitary condi-
ton OF the city Oh their minds, Tor the
warm weather has not been 5000 Iot
the City's health \ cold winter with
the ground covered with snow, is much
better from the standpoint OF the board
o. health
The uortuary report, already pub
liSurl in the standard, showed an un-
usually large number oI deaths Tor
january, and physicians generally re-
port large amount OF sickness.
Dr q. B Whittorl. III. city health
officer completed his monthly report
yesterday. and says.
The sanitary condition Of the city
is not very good. There have been quite
number Of cases ~ uipGthcvia and
several of typhoid fever reported at
the health office. The South Butte
schools We're suspended Tor TWO weeks
owing TO diphtheria.'
J. ID. jerks. sanitary policeman.
speaks OF the same matter In this Ian
guage:
THE city is not I'm n very good sani-
tary condition. owing to the fact that
the alleys and outhOuscs do not thaw
enough TO permit the removal Of the
accommodations Of filth. The stable
manure is being removed rapidly and II
I
the alleys In fair condition In a short
time. ] have Inspected the slaughter
houses and have found that the stock
/ for this market is ia good condition. |
| have also inspected the dairies and
have found the barns kept I'm good con
/ dition, clean, and the cows arc also in
/ fair condition. The milk tests have not
! been quite So high as in December. but
. there has been mo- milk that has been
/ less than per cent
The diphthoria once more seems "a
/ be disappearing. No new cases have
! been reported and the cases in the
/ quarantined houses are all recovering
Ii is not known Just how much ty-
phOid fever there IS I'm town as the
: cases are not reported % the health Of
/ flee. Ii is known that there are many
/ cases. The health office intends sealing
/ up a well in South Butte which, II Is
I believed Is responsible" for a good dea
/ OF the typhoid fever I'm that locality
| There have been five cases Of typhoid
| fever adjacent u the well the past
| year. and ono person died there about q
| week ago There are two cases Of ty-
uhoii close 10 the well now.
Another thing which the health Of.
! fee win put a stop 10 at once is the
| dumping of garbage at the base Of the
! big butte. During the past few years
| a number Of loads of refuse have beer
! dumped there. including rotten vegeta.
/ Ilcs dead chickens, etc. There arr
houses not far from this new DUMPING
| ground and the pile Of decaying rub
! Ii~n viii surely Doe a menace 10 health
/ I'm the spring The health officer vii
| have this stopped at once. and Will ar
rest any parties dumping garhaE
/ there.
The report Of J. H. Mcdonald, super
! intcndent Of the crematory, shows ]
/ horses, 3 cows. , calves, 3 hogs and
! dogs burned there during January.
The report Of the building inspecto
| shows that much work In building wa
done during January, although onl,
small work was done. Seventeen build
ing permits were issued and the tota
value of the building operations wa
1858 Among the building operation
was work done by l.. Dowd, \. NJ
Marsden, Mrs. Alice Roach. s. l.. Tebo
John Powers, Owsley, Cowan q Co, a
Nadeau, George 5. Lewis. !. w. Shack
elton, II. w. Whitman, John Kane
Samuel Miles, ii. Osgood, |. Pincus
Con Hayes and DIR. Hue Pock.