The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-09


DR.. j. W. Houser, of Taylor: DR.. ]. c.
Bateson. Of Elmhurst; b. w. Cooney.
of Dunmore, and II. l.. Thompson. of
Blakely. President Bentley presided
yesterday.
The most important business was the
adoption of a report of the legislative
committee which recommended legsla-
ton making health boards in their
finances and work independent of coun-
ellis and other laws restricting the in
reference of Christian Scientists with
sanitary laws and the legitimate prac-
tice of medicine.
1t was 80 o'clock, u half-hOur after
the prescribed time, when President
Bentley called the afternoon session to
order and In a happy, informal and
brief speech welcomed the delegates.
THOSE WHO ATTENDED,.
The enrolment of delegates was the
first business and showed the foll1w'ng
persons present: Thomas NJ. Gritliihs,
Jermyn; DR.. p. c. Manley, Maylield;
Patrick Coar Throop; John O'Iara.
c. =. Knapp, Wyoming; DR.. Nealis
Gibson, Wilkes Barre; DR.. L. H. Tay-
lor. Wilkes Barre; A. w. Gay, Wyom-
ing; John Sykes. Throop; Henry Jar
Wis. Throoo: o. j. Mitter Dunnore;
DR.. ]. c. Bateson, Elmhurst; Il. a.
Kelly. Carbondale; J. Copeland, Car
bondale; DR.. ]. K. Murphy, Dunmore;
DR.. /. s. Graves, Jermyn; DIR. ID. V.
Bailey, Carbondale; DR.. +. l.. Van
Sickle, Olyphant; DR. s. ID. Davis. Jcr-
myn; DR.. II. G. Wheeler. Carbonate;
II. L. Thompson, Blakely: DR.. w. II.
Heath. Scranton; S. Smith. Blakely;
Jefferson Warren, Blakely: DR.. w. f.
| Allen. Scranton: DIR. w. A. Paine,
Scranton; Walter Briggs, Scranton;
w. n. Sadler, Scranton; DR.. ]. $. Hile-
man. West Pittston; s. NJ. Geddis, IN
eter borough; DR.. f. F. Scanlon, Scran-
| ton.
Reports from local boards were call
| ed for
DR.. $. d. Davis Of the Jermyn board,
| in his report remarked upon the diff
Guilty experienced in keeping placards
posted on houses where contagious dis
| eases prevailed.
For the Carbondale board. the most
recent member of the associated boards,
DR.. n. l.. Bailey, reported steps toward
| a reorganization and the proposed dis
cardng of old rules. Carbondale citi-
zens were recognizing the necessity Of
the board and its prospects were bright
Il dcplorable condition in the borough
of Dalton was reported by ID. w.
Brown. The town is without sewers,
and cess pools are situated near wells
from which drinking water is obtained.
DIR. KNAPP'S INVITATION.
Dr. Charles r. Knapp. of Wyoming,
health officer of LuZerne county, invit-
| ed the Lackawanna Associated boards
to attend in WiikesB Barre on Jan. II
a Meeting for the purpose of organizing
| a Luzerne county association.
| DIR. Lewis Ii. Taylor, OF Wilkes
Barre, surprised some Of the gather
ing by the announcement that Wilkes
| Barre possessed no board of health.
The duties of such a body were per-
formed bv the sanitary committee of
the council, not. as satisfactorily nor
as effectively as could be desired, but
with more or less proficiency. 1t was
hoped to have a city board of health
in operation next year.
| The paper of Health Inspector
Knapp. Of Luzerne county. in it's treat
| ment of the relation of local boards of
health to town Improvement societies
| ELECTED considerable interest. He con-
tended that an Improvement society
| should not confine it's entire effort to
beautifying a village externally nor
should 1t wholly labor along specific
lines of health Improvement. 1t was
as much the purpose of such societies
to discourage health evils and wasted
labor and to work hand in hand with
boards OF health.
w. H. Sadler, of Scranton. q civil and
sanitary engineer, attached to the city
| engineers department.. read n paper on
house drainage ana sanitation. He dis
| I'D 10 Of
proved pluinbing and the necessity of
| gas vents in all drainage pipes.
DIR. TAYLOR'S PAPER.
The paper Of DR.. Taylor, Of Wilkes
Barre. on Typhoid Fever and It's lie.
lation to Water supply was calculated
to prove that the dread disease Is in
fectious rather than contagious ana
that II Is contracted most frequently
through infected water He urged the
careful supervision by health boards
over all water supplies and said in con-
clusion:
Here, Mr.. President, Is the secret-"un.
| der government control l hope that You
| and may live long enough to see in thi:
| great state of ours a state Inspector Of
| water supplies. and that the time will come
soon when no corporation will be allowed
I to furnish water to q community without
| first conforming to the most rigid rules
| and regulations securing its purity and
| wholesomeness. Until his day shall come
boards Of health. physicians and all who
| are interested In their fellowmen, must
be vigilant and careful. We must educate
the people of the Importance of the utmost
cleanliness In the presence of typhoid fe.
| ver ard the Importance of using boiled
water until all danger is passed.
In his paper on Heating and Venti-
lation," Calvin w. Parsons a mechani-
cal and consulting engineer of this
city. paid especial attention to the I'm