The San Francisco call., 1896-06-11
Would Add Twenty Eight New
Names to Its Patronage
and Salary List.
DOES NOT CARE FOR EXPENSE.
An Unexampled Exhibition of Nerve
to Cap the Climax of Its
Prodigality.

In the general loot OF the treasury that
distinguishes the present administration
in the City and County the Health De-
partment has made itself conspicuous.
Already it has overdrawn it's appropriation
for expenses, for jails and prisons and for
quarantine $1116, with three weeks to run
in the fiscal year.
There was appropriated for the expenses
of the Health Department proper this year
$29, 900 This was almost $4,000 more than
was appropriated for the same purpose for
the fiscal year OF 1S95-96. And yet with
1868 60-alI the money gone and three
weeks of the year yet to run.
With the same ratio of expenditure
maintained for this month that has OBJ
tanned before, and as large part of the
monthly expenditure is for salaries, it will
necessarily be so this fund will be short
some $4,000.
The appropriation for quarantine is
overdrawn $427 49 and by the application
of the same rule it will be $1,000 over the
limit at the end of the month, which is
the end of the fiscal year. The jaiis and
prisons, now overdrawn $50, will be de-
ficient to the sum OF $3.50. With the funds
in these three appropriations increased to
begin with by about $4,000 over the
amounts allowed in 1889 4 the expendi-
lures will have still exceeded the sum al
lowed by over $4,000.
There is in the smallpox fund, also in
charge of the Health Department, $1839 65
still remaining. This is the only fund
directly chargeable to the Health Depart
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however, expended $2560 35 of that fund.
The appropriation was $4400, which was a
considerable increase over that of 1893-94.
The salary list for the Health Office for the
year 1S93-94 was $20,941 67. The salary list
alone for the same office for 1866 was, or
will be, $29, 400. 1t Is as follows, the fig
ures being per month:
Health Officer, $3.50; Secretary Board Of
Health, S175; Assistant Secretary Board of
Health, 500; Messenger, $75; City Physician,
$780, Bacteriologist $3.50; Medical Attend
ant, 800; Police Surgeon, 800; Milk In
teries, $75; six Health Inspectors, 5000; Chief
Market Inspector, 500; three Assistant Mar
ket InsPectors, at SO, 1928; Plumbing In
$1OO; Janitor, $50. Total for month, $2450
This sum repeated for twelve months
amounts to $29, 400.
In view of these figures the estimate OF
the requirements of the Health Office for
the incoming fiscal year is more than
merely interesting.
All the expenses of the Health Office. in
Guiding salaries for the year 1893.94
amounted to $25, ,107 81. The salary list
alone according to the demands of the
present board foots up $50, 200.
The expenses of the Office, apart from
salaries, for the years 1893-94 was $4166 30.
The demands for next year for expenses
other than salaries amount to $77U0,
making total of $62, 900 as against $685.
107 81 of year ago, and the $50, 900 of this
year, counting the entire expenditure.
This big sum is exclusive too, of the $500
which is called for permanent establish
laboratories. Following is the requisitlon
in detail as filed:
Health Officer, $3.50; secretary, $175; first
rioogist, $50; veterinary surgeon, $50;
chemist and analyst $3.50; public vaccinator,
! 500; clerk of vital statistics, $75; messenger,
$75; typewriter $50; assistant chemist $75
eight assistant milk and food inspectors
ior open public fSod food inspection sta
food and goods inspectors, $75 each, 1925
| chief market inspector, 800; assistant mar
ket inspectors, 1925; disinterment inspec-
tors lat $1O0), 5000; L chief plumbing inspec-
tor 1928; l assistant plumb bing inspector,
800; health inspectors, $500; 8 additional
sanitary inspectors, $500; 3 sewer inspectors,
| 1925; 2 bakery inspectors, $3.50; laundry
and bath inspectors, $3.50; janitor, $40. Total,
| $55, 200
EXPENSES OF HEALTH OFFICE.
Horse hire and transportation. .......... 5000
Books and printing. Observation-Disclosures. 1,500
Stationery and stamps s...................... 900
Vaccine and fumigating material. 1,20O
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