The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-08
THE HEALTH BOARD.
Only One Case Of Varioloid Re
ported IN tie City.



o. concentrations yesterday afternoon
from the members a the board a. health:
Dr.. Palmer had been giving a outline 81
the condition Of A6Atra a. related %
nezx;aa. typhciA fever and vassolosd- In
the course Il hia femarhs he said tnet
thseU had not hasn . go eAse ef vArsoaoed
reported asncs ths laborss ~ taken OUT
Of the Clifton house. ard . 9uAraatine was
Instituted This was about two weeks ago.
and the inheritance Of ths statement I'M
medaazsly sfrsck the members az tie board
well well" sAid Dr. Holmes. Il must
aay that you should b Congratulated. Ar.
Health O0csr. This canditssa a Affairs m
view Of the Danger - such easss - az
treme1y Granfyfng.s
Or. Palmer deserves y - coapf.nent-
81" atdsd DIR. Horsoa. '-eos the manner
In which he handled this disease" Pres
i0s0t Russell remarked that Dr.. Palmer
had certainly dons his work well After
the bouquets had beea handed 70 the
health o6lcer Il took him tnirty seconds
10 recover bis comoosurs and proceed win
~ report.
During April there were forty-shrss
deaths reported. - compared with forty
IN the prsvious montA. The death rate for
Aeril was - per lee Sopglatioa-
oeyea GASES and tour deaths were re-
ported from typhoid fever. - compared
lnE the previous month.
ScsrfA,ina developed three cases. ~ COM
pared with ten In March. This disease"
added DR.. Palmer, seems to have lost i'll
hold 1ha more stringent quarantine
regulations have apparently had . bens-
aciai effect In suppressing the disease"
There we're thirty-two cases Of measieA
Dr.. Palmer stated that he origin Of shess
cases had been traced 20 . family that
came from Sultan City. enohomish coun-
~. and stayed at lodging house. zone
OF the children" continued Dr.. Palmer,
was said to have been In the erepsive
stage OF measles when the family left for
San Francisco Two weeks later ave eases
OF measles developed IN this lodging house.
and - one u these cases Vas . pupil In
the central school. number Of cases soon
APPEARED among the pupils a that school
The disease has been confined. practically,
to tho Fourth and Fifth wards. and with
one or two exceptions has been Of . mild
character. Probably . much larger num-
Der OF cases may Be expected to appear
this and the following montha
"A COOK from . lumber camp near
kansley. King county. arrived IN this
city and went to lodging house in the
First ward. II was discovered that he WAS
suffering from varsoloid, and he was ac-
cerdtngiy removed. April =, to the rmall-
pox hospital Ths House was Guaranteed
by special police officers and the inmatea
were vAccinated. The room that had
been occupied By the patient was disin.
fected By burning sulphur In q moist at.
mosphsrs and washing with warm to $40
soiauoo o. bichlorfde at mercury. The
carpets and mattresses we're destroyed By
burning. and the linen dislnfscted BY boii.
ing"
In speaking q ths inspections OF schools
~ to their sanitary condition, DR.. Palmer
said In the closets at the Academy Of the
Holy Names the rfaps lacked proper
vents. The Seattle kindergarten was
found 70 be In sanitary condition The
closets In the Central school were without
vents. ard the urtnals are In . foul con-
dition. There was an opening found IN
the basement door. and the opening had
a direct connection with the public sewer.
In the South school the closets were in
fairly good shape. except the urinalx In
the Day school At Fremont. which has
the condemned Smead systsm. foul odor
Vas noticed.
Deaths during April and number from
each cause were as follow: Puerperal
sepiicaemta !. enter.tis /. typhoid fever L
tuberculosis 6, cancer J. hamilton ., pre-
mature birth ]. hydrocephalus I. menin.
gifts I, cerebral hemorrhage 4. heart u.s.
case Z heart failure l. pneumonia ), cir.
rhosts a liver !. Brigst's disease Z cleo
trio car .. accidental shooting ]. railway
acc.dens = drowning !. suicide 4 unknown
l-n.
Deaths by wards--Ffrst :. secoud L
Third .. Fourth . Fifth z. sixth & Sew
enth .. Eighth 6. Ninth 80.
There were y births. q Of which Ysre
males.
Under the new requisitson system used
BY the board Of public works. which Is
the purchasing agen, Of the cav. the pres
ident or members Of the boar Of health
do not have to issue vouchers. An that il
necessary Is for the health officer 10 sign
. paper signify.ng the receipt Of goods
from the bosrd OF public workA
DR.. Holmes said he did not IKE to be
charged with extravaganza at the end OF
the year. when he knew nothing Of pur-
chases.
Thu charter relieves US Of responsible
fty." said DR.. Horton and d. Russell In
. chorus.
i should be only too well pleased" said
Health onicer Palmer. ITO bring al the
rsaufsiiions before the board, 60 that II
may be apprised Of what II gosne on"
Health Officer Palmer then presented
bills amounting to si5e. ell Of which were
satisfactory.
The bin OF SO for garbage towing"
said Dr. Palmer. marks the close OF the
contract with 7. b. Gay. In the future
"--- - NSHc " uAy i4opr.
40 has the say on the number OF
uines the scow goco out each week.
asked Mr.. Holmes
Board Of public vorks." said Or.
Palmer.
That Is good" said Holmes in 4 sar-
castle voice.
1T looks 70 me-" said Horton. "as n "a
were pretty near defunct"
J. r. Donihue. B. L. Van TasseI. Tncrn-
as 5 simpson and II. L Emery have Az
Piled for the position OF assistant santsary
inspector Ira r. Scott ana Mr.. Frasch
want to Be market inspector.
GOOD WORDS FOR sssKA6rr..