The evening times., 1896-07-14
SAFEGUARD l|!!l TO HEALTH
Law Regarding Sewer Con-
nectiOns to Be Enforced.
PHYSICIANS q TO THE POOR
DR. John A. Draw baugh tho Only
Member of the old Board to he Re
appointed-Appllca for Police
Surgeons Examined-Three New
Fir. Engines Ordered.

The health office in nspcctors are employ
ed, under direction of the head of the Of
flee and the Commissioners, in enforcing
the law enatted May 10, 1856, to require
The proper drainage of premises in the Dis
trict, as a measure for the better preser-
vat!on of the public health.
The law provides explicitly for proper
disposition and the immediate expulsion
OF all surface waste, excepting iecai
matter, through that medium, and says
that each original lot or subdivisional lot
situated on any street IN the District
where there is public sewer shall be
connected with such sewer in such man
ner that any and all OF the drama &c
therefrom, whether water or liquid re-
fuse of any description, shall be discharged
through that sewer
The law goes IL little farther, for it
provides that where II lot is situated on u
street which IS provided with public
sewer and water main the premises shall
be connected with both, anu any building
used or Intended to be used as Il dwelling,
or in which persons are employed in any
manufacture. trade or business, and every
stable, shed. pen, or place where cows,
horses. mules, or other animals are kept.
shall be connected with the sewer.
OWNERS BEING NOTIFIED.
There is provision in tie law for a
notification of the owner, nd also require
ment that the woIk shall the done in ac-
CUrdaDce with the law regulating plumb
ing and house drainage
Thirty days only are given between the
date of notification and the time Tor
making the REQUIRED connections. The no
tees, with these conditions, are now be-
ing issued. Several hundred have been
placed IN the possession of property own
ers within the past ten days, and each
80 IN lars nItlna.
viii lie vigorously exacted.
Failure 10 as required in the notcein any
case will subject the owner TO a severe
penalty. the maximum of which is So a
day for every day the work is neglected
The fine Will be not less tian 81 per day.
and this will be collected as fines are
usually, through the police court chanuel.
In i talk today with Health Officer Wood
ward, H. said one effect OF the law will
be to prevent slops from being thrownupon
, the sidewalks. especially i'll the alleys.
Where both main and sewer exist in q
neighborhood, all refuse, including fecal
matter and urinaGe. must be discharged
into tie sewer, and in this way neigh
borhood will be purified.
The health officer said the law will, in
his judgment, be highly beneficial, ana 70
this reason compliance with It will be
strictly required.
DIR. DRAWBAUGH REAPPOINTED.
DIT. John A. Drawbaugh was ,oda y reap
pointed to his present position az physi, iaI
TO the poor for a period of three years from
the date of the expiration OF his term OF
service.
Dr. Druwbaugh en- toys the distinction -,
| beng the only oneof the corps o physicians
in that service to be given another term
The Commissioners gave notice. near the
close OF the term of the first to go out, that
| it is supposed that all were efficient. the
| reappointments would not be made and the
! CONCLUSION is that there We're strong rea
! sons for breaking the rule.
The accompaniment OF DR.. Draughbaugh
WAS made upon the recommendation OF
DR.. Woodward, the health officer.
| Twenty-three applicants for appoint
mcnt as police surgeon to the two vacan-
! cies which Will occur in August and No
! veinber. respectively, were examined by a
/ SPECIAL medical commission today, begin
! ming at o'clock. The aspirants to this
! position, which is regarded by many as
/ very desirable, numbered forty-fivc and
em1ra ced some of the best known young
pra ctitioners in the city, and many others
| prominent IN the profession.
The examining board was composed o
nrs Kleinschnidt. Ober, Purvis. Cook md
| McI.aiu, who were lately constituted, by
suggestion of the medical fraternity tn.
| board fCr the examination OF applicants
| forIicense to practice. and who, by request
of the Commissioners, assdmed the task o
| today.
| As stated in The Times of Sunday, the
| questions nropuunded were largely prac
| tical and included the branches of materia