The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-04-06
CITY BOARD OF HEALTH.
MARKET AND MILK INSPECTOR
ELECTED.
The Plum Falls to the Share of a
Physician, DR.. G. L.
MCGOWAN.

At the regular monthly meeting OF the
City Board of Health last night, the
Secretary, DR.. Nichols. reported that in
accordance with instructions given him,
he had called on Street Commissioner
Touhey with regard to flushing the gut
tiers in the city, and doing necessary
work on them to place them in good
sanitary condition
The Street Commissioner, DR.. Nichols
said, approved of the recommendation
of the board but doubted whether the
funds on hand would admit of the ex
ira expense. The man-holes were in
bad condition, and We're being cleaned
as fast as possible, and if the neces-
sary funds for flushing and gutter work
could be raised he would be glad to
have the matter attended to.
Dr. Nichols said he subsequently
called on Mayor Land, who had agreed
to consult with Mr.. Touhey, and see
what arrangements could be made with
regard to raising the funds required.
DR.. Henderson reported that the over
flow from cesspools along the alley be-
tween Twenty eighth and Twenty
ninth streets, N and o, was less since
the recent north winds set in, but that
d
the community. The owners of the cess
pools ought to be allowed to make con-
nections with the N-street sewer.
UNFIT ROOMS.
DR.. Henderson further reported that
he had visited the High School build
ing. and had made an informal exam
ination of the rooms used for chemical
and physics laboratories. The floors,
he said are two feet below the sur
face of the ground; the ceilings are
low and the ventilation is bad, and
they are over crowded-there being
only 100 cubic feet of air for each pupil.
The two rooms in the building across
the street, used for classrooms, he said,
were dark and unfit for the purpose,
and he suggested that committee be
Amounted to wait on the Board of
School Directors and inform them OF
the situation All four rooms, he said,
ought to be condemned as unfit for
the purposes for which they were used.
The President, DR.. Huntington, ap-
pointed Dr. Henderson to act in con-
junction with DR.. Nichols to take the
matter in hand and make any arrange
ment possible to remedy the existing
evil.
DR.. Fay said there ought to be syste-
matte and intelligent inspections made
by both the Plumbing and Sanitary In
spectors. He thought the reports
handed in by them were OF no real
value as information to the board, and
that maps of the city ought to be used
so that each inspection could be shown.
He also favored a systematic inspec-
ton of old as well as Of new plumbing
and contended that there was more
danger from the former than the lat
ter He was instructed to prepare him.
self with a map on the next regular
meeting, and demonstrate to the board
his idea.
The Secretary read a communication
from the Board of Trustees conveying
the information that the ordinance pro-
yidins for a Market and Milk Inspec-
tor had been adopted.
On motion of DR.. Parkinson, the
board proceeded to elect an inspector.
The applicants for the position We're:
Andrew Elliot, DR.. G. l.. MCGOWAN.
Samuel Gottleib, Dan Miller and DR..
Cutler
Eleven ballots were taken without
resulting in an election, and the board
went into executive session and held
a regular caucus.
When the members reappeared, DR..
MCGOWAN was unanimously elected on
the first ballot.
The City Physicians report showed
the total number of deaths for March
to be thirty-five making an annual
death rate per 1000 inhabitants of IA.
TWenty-three cases of contagious dis
eases were reported IL of typhoid fe-
yer. 5 of diphtheria and 3 of scarlet
fever. The general health of the city
was considered to be good