The San Francisco call., 1897-02-18
He Made This Request
Yesterday of the Board
Of Health.
This Resulted in Naming a Com.
mittee to Afford Him
Satisfaction.
Then Letters Concerning County
Hospital Patients Money Were
Sent to the Grant Jury.

BcuSIdl agent VI Iuo I1elNeIld MllE OOn-
densing Company, appeared before the
Board OF Health at meeting held yester-
day and made demand that some re-
dress should be offered for a wrong which
he said had been done to the company
with which he is identified. Mr.. Buck
appeared to be very angry. The grievance
of which he omplained consisted in the
publication of a certain analysis submit
ted to the board by w. I. Wentzell,
chemist, of Highland Evaporated Cream,
which is manufactured by Mr.. Buck 8
company.
The report was submitted by the chem
ist some days ago, and was published in
several daily pap ers. Mr.. Buck saw the
report, and visil ed the office of the Board
of Health, ana also called on the
chemist in his laboratory on the top floor
OF the City Hall. Somewhat heated in
terviews are reported 10 have taken place.
Mr.. Buck said something about suits at
law and went away.
According to Mr.. Bucks statement the
chemist insisted that his analysis was cor
rect. Mr.. Buck hotly disputed this. The
routine proceedings OF the board had
been com pleted yesterday, and the eXecu-
tive session was i'm De nding, when Mr..
Buck rose TO ask permission to say lew
words. In his hand he held the monthly
report OF the Board of Health for Janu-
ary.
This pamphlet contained report from
Chemist WenlZell, but the analysis OF the
Highland Evaporated Cream differed very
mate rally from the one originally re-
Ceived from the chemist and given pub
licity IN the papers.
MIR. Buck called attention to this. The
original report was that the Highland
EYaporated Cream con tanned 5. 70 per cent
of butter fat. The figures published in
the board monthly report were SIS per
cent. These latter figures Mr.. Buck was
not disposed to dispute very vigorously.
although he remarked that the Hie hldnd
Evaporated Cream really contains per
cent of butter fat
But be SAID injury had been done by the
publication on the An inst. of the s.
per cent rating. Prizes had been given al
over the world to the cream, gold medals
and so on. The report had been made
that the company extracts the butter fat,
but this, he said, WAS not the TACT. He
had reports and affidavits from noted
chemists, including Professor Hilgard.
the Trinung OF your report, said Mr..
Buck, mas done Us much harm. You
virtually say in your printed report that
the analysis previously made is untrue.
1t has, however, gone broaucast, and il is
a very serious matter. The report as ii
now stands is virtually all right, and YOU
OO lOl no say l4db NC SAlTdCL LIE
fat.'
DR.. Fitzgibbon at once moved that the
matter be referred 10 the Food Com mittee,
which consists Of DR.. Morse. Mr.. Buck
found out VINO tie committee was and de-
parted with the understanding that a reso-
luton will be prepared for adoption which
shall undo, as much as possible, the effect
OF the chemists first report, for publica-
lion.
In executive session another important
matter came up. This was the report OF
DR.. Hart and ". D. Griffin concerning the
City and County Hospital, which it was
voted 10 transmit to Mayor Phelan and to
the Grand Jury. This report dealt with
the administration by DR.. Stable OF the
affairs OF the City and County Hospital,
including the destination OF certain car.
pets purchased for the hospital, etc. This
was accompanied by a supplemental re-
port by DR.. William on, which it was
voted 10 forward to the Grand Jury along
with letters and correspondence relating
the hospital during the incum bency OF Dr.
Stable. This aIIusIon 10 the moneys of
patients is a new feature of the scandal
connected with the hospital.
DR.. Williamson reported that the fund
for hospital purposes is too small, and
that at the end OF the fiscal year it will be
greatly overdrawn.
County HOSPITAL, reported an INSULT Gle MT
supply OF cooking utensils, ward furniture
and bed clothing.
DIR. Fitzglbbons reported the unsanitary
condition of the premises at 686 Brannan
street, occupied by the San Francisco Con-
dlment Company.
DR.. Morse reported that surgical instru-
mentS are needed at once | the Receiving
Hospital. DR.. Morse reported also that
the Butchers Board OF Trade las been in
duced 20 withdraw all objections to the
measure 10 confer upon The Board OF
Health power TO pass ordinances. The
following ordinance, Tecomme nded by DR..
Morse Tor submission 10 the Board OF
Supervisors for adoption, was approved
The people of the City and County of San
Francisco do oTdain rs follows:
Section l. IT hall be unlawful for any Der.
son or persons owning or EN- ployed in any
laundry III thc City ana County OF San Fran.
cisco 10 spray The clothing OF anv person or
persons with wafer thai has first been placed
in the mouth of said owner or employe
Sec. Z. Any person violating any OF the pro.
visions OF this ordinance shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeauor, and shall be pun.
ished by a fine not exceeding 500 or by inn
prisonment IN the County JAN for not more
than one month, or by both such fine and i'm.
prisonment.
DR.. Williamson made a report concern.
ing proposed legislation at Sacramento to
abolish the position of quarantine.
which he has opposed. DIR. Loveace
made his monthly report OF vital stats.
tics for The month of January. There
were 6l3 eaths, and in the correspond n q
month OF last year there were only 493.
Tbs principal causes and the mum Der OF
deaths resulting therefrom were as fol-
lows: Apoplexy 81. general debility 81
bronchitis %. cancer 80, diphtheria 8,
typhoid fever 13 heart disease ~, con-
sumption 81 pneumonia 81.
DR.. Lovelace's recommendation, that
Health Inspector G. S. Millard should be
dismissed, was postponed, a communlca-
tion asking for DELAY having been received
from Mayor PheIan.
On motion of DR. Williamson it was de-
cided TO permit children who have been
affi cted with measles to return to school
alter the expiration of fifteen days from
the date OF their recovery. Heretofore
the limit has been thirty days.
The appoint nient by DR.. Spencer of An
dre Dessousslavy on the is h inst. as a
helper in the meteorological department.,
at salary OF $25 per month was ap-
proved.
Some resolutions adopted by the State
Labor Convention protesting against able
bodied inmates Of the Almshouse and
County Hospital being allowed to perform
Eechanical labor about those institutions
without the usual pay fixed by the labor
unions were read and referred to the Board
Of Supervisors.