The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-26
BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING
OFFICER WRIGHT SOCRATES HIS RE
 PORT-MINY SUGGESTIONS.

4 Contagious Disease Hospital the City's
 Necessity-EternaI Vigilance EDioined
 Upon the Members of the Board- Closer
 Inspection of Garbage Needed.
 Health Officer Wright in his annual report to the board of health last even ing says:
 "The amount of work your board has done during the past year has been un" usually large and the benefit that must accrue will be felt, but not fully appre- ciated for many years to come. You and your employees should be congrat- ulated upon the harmony that has per vaded all of your deliberations during the entire year.
 "The same feeling has existed among those of our citizens who have had mat ters to be considered by you. Many who receive orders from your board feel aggrieved, but the willingness with which your instructions as a rule have been compiled with during the past year demonstrates the growing appre- citation with which the public regard the work of this department.
 During the summer the court ot common council transferred to our sun dry account a part of an uneXpended balance from the garbage account, thereby giving us the means to deal with nuisances that demanded immedi- ate attention and those nuisances of long standing which we were not able to do away with by the usual methods.
 Tn many instances we have sent men direct from the office to abate the nuis ances at once and report the same. In this way many of the old subjects of discussion have been removed.
 AS far as being placed in position to do better work by having modern apparatus and methods to assist, this beard has made no progress, the city councils refusing by inaction your re- quests.
 ''The hospital for contagious diseases apparently is as far from materializing as ever, yet nearly every day is the need of such an institution pressed up-
 
 the matter The city of New Haven, with population of one hundred thou sand, has no place in which scarlet fe. yer and diphtheria can be cared for and the public protected. Your health off cer earnestly recommends that you draft memorial to the court of com mon council praying for action upon their part, and that you again appoint a committee to forward In every legit- innate way the passage of such meas ures as are necessary to secure this hospital. The ordinance recently pass ed by the common council forbidding the maintenance of private hospital seems to demand that the city should provide a public one"
 On the subject of garbage the officer concludes his remarks with these words:
 T also recommend that you appoint 8 standing committee whose duty it shall be to keep in touch with the modern methods of disposing of garbage and to whom all questions pertaining to the efficiency of the present system shall be referred.
 '"The number of deaths during the year 1895 considerably exceeded that of the previous year, there being 1899, against LIT In 1894
 "The death rate per 1000 for these years is 3S5 for 1894 and 3.9 for 1895. The increase was almost entirely among the causes classified as local. Contagious diseases during the past year have been less prevalent than for many years. That this is in a measure due to the work of this department is the opinion of your health officer. There have been two cases of varioloid. Both recovered.
 Scarlet fever was prevalent in Jan uary and again in December. Typhoid fever caused few more deaths in 1895 than in 1894. Whooping cough annually causes a considerable number of deaths. The number for last year was thirty four. This disease I regard as a very dangerous complaint for young children who have the best of care. The dan gerous character of this disease should be impressed upon our people.
 '"rhe work of the inspectors has been similar to that of former years. The clerk in his report will make detailed statement of what they have accom- plshed The legislature of 1895 amend ed the quarantine law so as to conform to the requirements which give the quarantine officer of this port power to enforce the rules and regulations pro- nulgated by the secretary of the treas ury several years ago.
 There entered this port in 1895 fifty two vessels subject to quarantine. These were all inspected and given clean bills of health. The countries from which these vessels came were as follows: Egypt two, West Indies nine, the British provinces thirty three, ond aie-tt cna stwiSe yecseIs