The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-07

HoCsE-REPORrs OF SECRETARY.
FOOD INSPECTOR, ETC.
The reorganization OF the board of
| health took place last night, and the
| officers were chosen unanimously. DR..
| w. A. Paine was reelected president,
| Attorney II. j. Murray was reelected
| secretary, and DR.. w. i. Allen. health
| officer. The salaries We're fixed the
be on the first Wednesday of each
month. The crematory superintendent
is an employe and not subject to yearly
appointments. The food inspector is
appointed by the mayor
Henry J. Ziegler's term as a member
of the board has expired, but the
| mayor has not appointed anyone in his
stead. Mr.. Zicger is now il Gel many.
Under the head of nuisanc as the
slaughter house and fertilili.IS cstab
| lishment of the Showers Packing SoIn-
| ran.' was discussed, and mIt.J1 Has
| carried embodying the sentiment that
| these things have no plac, Nithin ;ha
| limits of n city the size of Scranton,
| and the health officer and secretary
| were appointed to have the nuisance
| abated.
| 1he attention of the board las been
| dlec; ed to the storage qua terS nf the
htidntic Refining company in the
| Seventh ward On and arr "a JU;y
| Ft urth n force of watchlnen oatrolle !
| the vicinity of the company. prop.
| erty to keep youngsters with fire.
! crackers away. and this led to the sus-
| picion that naptha and nitro -glycerine
| are stored there. DR.. Allen and Secre-
tary Murray We're appointed a commit
! tee to investigate the rumor. and if
| it be true to see shat the dangerous
| CombustbleS be removed at once.
DR.. Paine reported that the crusher
used by the Scranton Railway COM
| rany is a menace to health. 1t gener-
ates volumes of dust that are first
| class breeders OF tuberculosis If a
hose be kept playing on the stone pile
| while the CruSher is in operation that
! will remedy the matter. The secretary
! will notify the company to do this.
Secretary Murray was authorized to
employ Il competent bricklayer a. a
| salary of not more than SO day to
inspect the repairs on the garbage Gre
matory.
| INSPECTION OF WATER SUPPLY.
| The board will SO to Lehigh next
| Wednesday on the s a. m. Delaware
| Lackawanna and Western train to in
spect the water supply of the Scranton
| Gas and Water company at that place
and on that day a time will be selected
| to Nisi, the supply of the Providence
Gas and Water company, and of the
| dams of the Scranton Gas and Water
| company in Elmhurst and along the
| Stafford Meadow brook.
| Secretary Murray'S report summar-
lied for the month of June is as fol-
| lows: Actual city mortality, 1l6;
deaths from accident. Il: contagious
diseases, 19; cases died, 10; deaths in
public institutions, 70; births 80; mar
riages, AZ.
Health Officer Allen supplemented his
| written report with a verbal one ir
| regard to the necessity of a sewer or
| the Diamond Flats. He said that +
T. Blewitt, formerly city engineer, tolc
| him that ii was next to impossible tC
sewer the district. 1t is so low that
| the river would block up the sewer
unless the outlet was run down a!
far as the Mount Pleasant raVine The
subject was discussed at some length
DR.. Bentley said that the board rec
| commended a sewer there three year.
ago, but it was pgeon-holed. The
matter was referred to the street com
missioner to open the cutters
The written rpnOrt said that p,,i
sances We're reported during tn,
month and 1913 abated comprisinl
water closets, pig pens, filthy houses
streets and courts. The high wate
early in the month put the ancien
pools on Beaumont, Cayauga. Warrei
and McDonough avenues in conditio,
not quite broad and deep enough t,
hold what may be left of Admira
Cervera's fleet, but disgracefully larg
for the roadways in a city of 100, 90
inhabitants.
The main sewer on Robinson is Ell
tirely inadequate to carry the waite
and in consequence many cellars ar
flooded great part of the time. Th
open sewer or old water course il
Providence was inspected. The prem
ises Of Messrs. Shotton and Gillespi
stream, but the owners promised I
connect their pipes with the Churcl
avenue sewer without delay.
PIGS WERE REMOVED.
The American pigs at Elmhurst, tn
report said. have been removed a
directed by the state board Of health
and there is no longer any danger fror
that source.
Plumbing Inspector NJ. f. O'Malle
reported that since last regular meet
ing he made Is visits to buildings unde
construction and examined and an
proved sets of plans. He made 1
water tests, smoke tests, inspecte
sanitary repairs on two old building
and made reinspections
According to the report of d. {
Thomas, superintendent of the garbag
crematOry, l745 barrels of garbage an
dead animals were consumed i
June.
Food Inspector II. n. Cullen report
ed that he made SO inspections q
stores and market places, 2lO mil
inspections with the lactometer and Z
inspections with the BabcoCk test. III
confiscated and destroyed the follow
ing: lI9 pounds of beef, l43 pounds @
pork, 1926 pounds of sausage, Sl4 pound
of fish, barrel of lettuce, Q barrel
of radishes, 6la barrels of CLAIMS, 4
bushels of beans, 81 bushels of pea.
3 baskets of cucumhers, IL baskets G
tomatoes and S96 quarts of straw
berries.
George Frable of the South Side vii
probably be appointed to succeed Hen
ry Zeigler, whose term has expired o.