The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-20
BOARD OF HEALTH
Much Business Attended to at the Nest
Ing Of the Sanitary Censars.
uIPHTHEalA AND TUBERCULOSIS
The subjects Receiving Most Asten.
sion-Tho Board Asked 10 PHr.
chase asuppiy Of Antitoxine--The
Need OF Improving tho City MIX
supply Was clearly shown.

The Board of Health met; yesterday
afternoon with Doctors Newbilll chair
man; Mccormick, Chiles and Riddick
present, also the Health Oficer Regis
trar OF Vital Statistics and Sanitary
Inspectors.
communication from Chief Of Po-
lice Dornin, forwarded by Police dus-
tice Tomlin, acting Mayor, was re-
ceived, calling attention to the fact that
a diphtherla card had recently been
tackled on house at Sheldon avenue.
had died, the people in the neighbor-
hood having no previous knowledge
that contaEion existed in the house.
DR.. Riddick, a member OF the Board,
explained that he attended the child
and has never been satisfied that 1t
was case OF diphtherla, but posted It
as such to be on the safe side, and
posted 1t the morning after the first
deposit was discovered In the throat
OF the child. He believes that 1t was
case OF blood poisoning.
The Board was entirely satisfied with
DR.. Riddick's explanation OF the Gaze,
and directed the secretary 10 commu-
nicsta the facts to the Mayor.
Mr.. Bunting. of the Brambleton Lo-
cal Board, appeared In regard to the
disposition OF garbage in that ward.
The Local Board was authorized TO de-
post the garbage at the end of Maltby
avenue, provided It Is covered with
quick lime and sawdust. Mr.. Bunting
said that the Local Board would hold
an early meeting looking to the better
disposition of garbage. DR.. Riddick
suggested that 1t would be a good idea
for the Fifth and Sixth Wards to unite
to put an addition to the city crema-
tory for the burning Of the garbage for
those wards.
The Pure Milk Committee was con-
tinued until the return OF DR.. Field
from Washington.
nuisance at No 100 Queen street
was ordered abated.
a committee was appointed to ex-
anime the hide establishments on d.
vision street and Loyalls Lane. they
having been reported as emitting foul
odors.
A gutter running from the Queen
street Market was reported in bad con-
dition. The Street Inspector said he
didn't know what more could be ex-
| pected by the people who complain, as
the place is cleaned every day. The
Board ordered the gutter dlsinfected
twice week. and Mr.. BallenIine,
owner OF the market, was notified to
| place water plug and hose there for
the purpose of keeping the gutter clean.
The bad condition of Kelly avenue
near the Ice factory and OF the cutters
In the Fifth Ward was referred to the
Local Board OF Brambleton through
the Street Inspector with the request.
| that the cutters be disinfected
A number OF culverts were reported
| In bad condition. The Street Inspec-
tor said that the complaints were un-
founded, as the culverts are properly
1 cleaned
A nuisance on the property In the
rear OF Clay avenue, Brambleton.
was ordered abated.
| IN rroy
| against number OF persons who
have not complied with the orders of
| the Board to abate nuiaances
| DR.. Newbill and Sanitary Inspector
Bell reported having found the vicinity
or the crematory In a state OF nuisance
me Inspector reported. however. that
the nuisance has been abated
Dr. Newbill called Dr. RiddIck to the
chair and retired from the meeting, his
business calling him elsewhere.
DR.. Il. P. Niles, of the Agricultural
College at Blacksburg. Va. and Drs
FaVilie and Gilchrlst, OF Norfolk, mem.
bers of the Virginia Veterinary Medi.
cal Association. appeared before the
Board in the interest of the suppression
OF tuberculosis in cattle
| DR.. Niles. who is the State veteri.
marian. addressed the Board on the
| SUBJECT, giving much information tina
mas come to him from personal inquir,
| NSSt~ iie sdlu tHat MS eKpe
| rlence Is that in all herds OF cows from
~ 10 60 per cent of them have tuher.
cuiosis, and he thought that for the
safety OF city using milk from dairie;
an inspector should be appointed. He
had casually examined two herds nea1
Norfolk. and said he would be sur.
| prised II a thorough examina ton die
not prove that these herds are infected
IN fact, he found two Of the cows-on,
In each herd-that certainly had tuber
cu!osis, one of them badly, the latte,
being in herd of sixty cows.
DR.. Chiles said that tuberculosis hay
Ing been discovered in herds of COW,
from which Norfolk gets It's milk ,up
ply. there Is no time to lose. and N ,ve,
that the owners of the dairies in nj:
section be requested to co-ope-a.
with the Board in having the herds
tested. Carried
DR.. Faville and Dr. Gilchrist invite,
the Board to go with them and yisi
the heros or cows In this section, sayin,
curing ms remarks that DR.. Niles saw
the mix from the badly affected timer
cuious tow III this section pourned int
the can with the other milk. Fl,
thought that the Board would an[
the trip very interesting one. from
the standpoint OF n bad milk supply
Inc invitation was accepted
The Sanitary Inspectors reporf IN
the week showed 125 nuisances O
which % have been abated.
committee was appointed ~ FOR
mulate a plan for disnfecting infecte
houses.
DR.. Shepherd. the Health Officer enc
gested that the city should have
supply or .antitoxine for use and d,