The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-26
-uc cJrYs SANITARY STATUS.
nm OFFICER LIE HARDY PRE-
IL sFNTs HIS ANNUAL REPORT.

,-ocdcd; ScaFenSers SnVuW DC
= careful. streets should Be
sorinsIed; Public Inspection of All
.,clcs of Food and Drink, Es-
neciaIIy MIX, Required.
-,,l-h officer LeHardy submitted his
- renort to Mayor Meldrim. The re-
deals with a great variety of sub
- practically everything relating to
49, baaltb of the people of Savannah hav-
hal, brought under discussion. The
- shows that DR.. LeHardy has given
49, rsinsraking attention to every detail
- his department. and that the public
b4altn is his chief concern.
,r,ong the many matters dealt with by
NJ LeBardy in his report are quarantine,
,,,ri,,ne and inland food adulteration
en5 Inspection milk supply, street clean-
inc and street sprinkling, the work of the
sar,rger department and the crematory,
ebauiea! examination of foods and bever-
ares tie small tenement houses, sources
or naiaral disease and various other
meters
of maritime quarantine, the Doctor
says:
/ nothing of greater Importance to the pro-
/ gress and wealth of a seaport than free,
unrestricted rapid and cheap transporta-
zion. by sea as well as by land Any UNI
4 necessary restriction placed upon travel
A is detrimental to commerce. The once lu-
4 crarive summer importing business of Sa-
vannah has been completely destroyed by
4 the detention of our shipping to undergo
4 the quarantine regulations that were i'm
posed at this port, and we shall never re-
/ cover Il as long as the detention exceeds
that which is absolutely necessary for
pubic safety Much has been gained I'M
4 der your administration by the adoption
4 Of the new quarantine regulations, and If
sufficient wharf room, mooring posts and
means 10 rapidly disinfect vessels are CIV
en- there is no reason why any ship should
\ have to be detained longer than three
days
The need of floating disinfecting plant
and of improved conditions at quarantine
for discharging ballast, disinfecting YES
sells and OBTAINING passengers and crews
is dWelt upon
He recommends that clean rock ballast
Fl b allowed to be brought up to the
city when it has been properly disinfect-
n ed and when there is no suspicion of con-
Fl tagious disease at the point where the bal
last originated.
The change in the harbor lines at quar-
antine is noted as follows:
Under the direction of Capt. o. NJ Car
ter, Corps of Engineers, u. 8. A., harbor
II line was established, which cut off fully
n 40 feet of our quarantine tract. On this
portion of the tract stands our disinfec-
tant plant and office building, and here also
the ballast from ships had been dumped,
and accumulated sufficiently to give pro-
lection TO the property. All this ballast
81 was ordered removed. and the dumping
to be done beyond the new harbor line
Il runways for barrows, from 500 to 600 feet
long had to be built, involving great ex-
pense to maintain and operate; the extra
labor necessary and longer time required
to unload ships was so great a loss and
injury to our shipping interests, that
shortly after Capt. Gillette took charge,
called upon him for the purpose of obtain
ing removal of the new harbor line This
gentleman assured me of his desire to do
all he could to help US. He promised to cor
respond with the war department, with a
view TO having this line removed, and
A gave permission to dump the ballast as
formerly-on condition, of course, that,
should the government require it, the city
4 would remove it,
q The harbor lines, he states, has since
been changed by the Secretary of War,
and permission granted by the engineer in
charge, to erect new wharves and moor
4 ing posts
i Dr. LeHardy says the streets and lanes
are generally in better condition than he
mas ever seen them, but makes the fol-
owing structure upon the work of the scav-
enger department.
Most scavengers,' he says, rather
man lift into their wagons the boxes or
NaltelS containing garbage, empty these
uPon the ground and then with fork pick
Up ule more tangible stuff, leaving all the
b fIn@Ier particles to accumulate, decay,
TTgcoIhe offensive and injurious to health.
iIese accumulations, composed chiefly of
ashes' but mixed and saturated with filth,
i pie periodically removed. but instead of
Ing taken out of the city, as they should
De' they are deposited upon some of our
sIeets which need filling. This filthy ma
be so used.''
an, III the same connection he says AL
|ouEn your former health officer has re-
l."'euy called the attention of the chief
.lJeulNe TO the unsanitary and UNI
lily condition of scavenger wagons
t gb,Cout avail. it is my duty to refer to
we SUBJECT again, because the remedy for
lAls evil can be applied without materially
,l.'SaSlhg the work or the operating ex-
- OIL the scavenger department
toll IHe refuse are properly sorted and
ooheH up separately-all the ashes. cinders
c c"n olHer material Except from, which
Otilhot be burned should be carried awav
on an trimmings from trees, grass. weeds
~ rp Vlher bulky material should be taken
"'sons and burned in the open air. Old
1o1 ana junk should be collected separ-
~ ana sold every week, while all gar
So animal and vegetable refuse should
g'iIled to the crematory every after
sG III Water-tight covered wagons; none
19ld pe left over night to ferment.
=" inns manner all danger from foul
Tt% "il be avoided, and filth or ashes
,a n no longer be thrown In the lanes-a
~ desirable sanitary Improvement"
lew crematory is discussed at some
7," ana a recommendation made that
" etematory be erected in the eastern
Son OF the city. OF this DR.. LeHardy
nat 1t is impossible TO cremate ell the
yS'1S that are collected by our garbage
'7'iS Is very evident. Imagination can
NJ Eve an idea of the mass and confusion
erals that surround the crematory.
'"H IL are tens of thousands of cans,
I 7loyes and stovepipes, gratings, iron
odP5, etc, etc, granite blocks, curbing
er. ticks, sewer pipes, iron fencing scat
s-. over the premises, mixed with indie
p,.,. DE trash, and presenting a most dis
'Ns sight. Therefore, l recommend
ki am odorless and smo5eless crematory