The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-11-14
OUR HEALTH AND CULTURE
COST OF E4CH SET FORTH BEFORE
THE FIN 4NCE BOARD.

President FleisOhner of the Board of
Health Explains Why More Money is
Requested This Year--City Should Own
Garbage Plant--The New Milk Ordinance
Another Inspector Wanted.
An adjourned meeting of the board
of finance was held last evening for the
purpose Of considering the estimates Of
the health department and the free
public library.
The president of the board of health,
Dr.. Henry Fleischner, explained to the
board that in consequence of the prev
alence of fever during the past year,
which could, in the opinion of the
health officer, be traced to impure milk,
it was thought advisable to have the
city ordinances amended so as to regu-
late the sale of milk. In order to do
this it will be necessary to appoint an
inspector whose duty it will be to see
that the milk sold in the city is not
adulterated, etc. For this purpose the
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salary account.
The $400 asked for in the bacteriolog-
ical department, DR.. Fieischner ex-
planned, was to make good to DR.. Arch
| ibald Mcneil the amount of money he
had laid out in fitting up the labora-
tory. The doctor did not charge any,
thing for his services,
| The item of $100 for the plumbing in
| spector was also explained by DR..
Fleischner. He said that the inspector
| furnished his own team, but it had been
in use for several years and it was pos
itively necessary that repairs should be
| made on the harness and wagon The
sundry account this year was $500 ad-
ditional, for the reason that the board
| had found itself cramped for funds to
| abate nuisances.
| Under the head of garbage funds the
board asks for $215,OOO This expendi-
ture contemplates the establishment of
garbage service controlled by the
city The garbage will be cremated or
disposed of in such a manner as not to
be injurious to health. DR.. Fleischner
said that the board could not control
the collection of garbage under the
present system. Another thing the
doctor called the attention of the board
| to was the practice of feeding swill to
pigs. Pork from such. fed pigs is not
wholesome,
The estimates for the year are as fol-
lows:
Salary of health officer, 81 200; salary
of clerk, $1,000; salary of plumbing in
spector, $1,000; sanitary inspectors, 49,
200, services and expenses of bacteri-
ologist, S400; printing, stationery and
postage, $500; expenses of plumbing in
spector's horse and wagon, $3.50; sun
dries. including travelling expenses
when ordered by the board, $780, tele-
phone, $4S; care Of contagious diseases,
5000 disinfecting houses, $3.50; remov-
ing garbage by city service, $3.50; OUT
fit for city service, $4,000. Total, $751;
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The claims of the Free Public library
4 were presented by A. Maxcy Hitler,
president of the directors; Councilman
/ Beers, Samuel r. Avis and j. Rice
| Winchell:
Books $4,000; periodicals and news-
papers, 5000; binding and rebinding,
81 1,2O0 lighting, $1,000; salaries, $500;
fuel 5000; printing and stationery, $3.50;
printed catalogues, $500; repairs and
furniture, $1,5O0; miscellaneous, $3.50;
total, $4,000.
The amount asked for last year was
$13,500.
President Hitler said that there was a
necessity of more windows in the lib
rary; also for more book cases for
the books now placed on tables. The
library now contains $4,000 volumes
/, 700 being added during the past year
More floor room was also necessary
Messrs. Beers, Avis and Winchell cor
roborated the statements of President
Hitler.