Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-02-03
HOUSE DRAINAGE.


fortunately, many of the plumbers attempt
to elude the Inspector by various subter
fuges. All plumbers should be made IL
pass an examination before Board of Exam
liners, composed ofthe members of the Board
of Health, thereby protecting themselves
from would. be plumbers, Who are menace tC
the health of any community. A great
portion of the malignant disease in the
large cities, where the sewerage systems
prevail, are due to improper construction
of sanitary arrangements, often because Of
the ignorance of the plumbers, and in many
cases because of neglect or mistake"
DIR. D. R. Streets, President of the
Bridgeton Board of Health, stated that
many of the citizens of Bridgeton were OPP
posed to sewerage system. He advocated
placing cess pools rs far from the dwelling
as possible and remote from wells from
which the drinking water was drawn.
DIR. George G. Laws, of Paulsboro, said
they had no system of sewerage in Pauls-
boro and the health of the community was
good.
DUTIES OF HEALTH OFFICERS.
DR.. Streets on the subject of Some Ex-
periences and Dnties of Health Officers and
the Causes and Prevention of Diseases, "
said, among other things: Health Boards
are established to prevent diseases and not
to cure them. Your powers as health
officers are unrestricted, and in the per-
Torrance of your duties no court can issue
an injunction against you. The primary
essentials of good health are pure air, pure
soil and pure water. We want to impress
the people that they should keep them
selves in good state of health. Have the
system in such condition that it will
resist the germs of disease. Drinking con-
tsminated water is the source of much
sickness and the OUT break of fevers. Filth
of all forms spreads from community to
community. Complete isolation OF per-
son suffering from contagious diseases can
be accomplished within the house. 1t is
not necessary to have caution sign on the
door or police barricades on the outside.
CAUTION CARDS CONDEMNED.
" We must use the necessary care in the
disiDfectiDg of the house, and have intelli-
gent cooperation in the sick room. 1t is a
mistake to place caution cards on the house
with the name of the disease thereon, fol-
soon friends of the sick who have had the
same disease will visit the sick room, and
go out among their friends, with the result
AN epidemic is soon prevalent.
In spite of the great scope the law gives
us we completely fail in our duty because
we fear the hue and cry of the rabble. They
violate our ordinances, and instead of ar
resting them we appeal to them to cease
violating our laws. We have large class
of otherwise reputable citizens who array
themselves on the side of the law breaker
They abuse and vilify us, and even physi-
clans condemn us because we give them
what they call unnecessary work, and
Boards of Health are often styled Philis.
tines. What we want to do is to touch the
pocket-books OF these lawIess people, and
impose heavy fines on them.
PLAIN WORDS TO HEALTH OFFICERS.
Enforce your ordinances wherever vic.
lated, and don't be frightened by the noise
which these violators are sure to make. Re.
member that your sole duty is to prevent
disease. If you want to be popular with
everybody, if you want to be considered a
good fellow,if you can't stand adverse crit.
cism, if you don't want to be vilified, Sian.
dered, traduced and misunderstood, don'l
for the good of the community, become Q
member of Board of Health, and, if you
are already member, resign at once and
make way for one who has convictions and
courage enough to do his duty, in spite OIL
opposition from what seems to be reputa.
Bile class of citizens. Nothing but death
and sterility will ever relieve us from this
class. The species, however, may become
extinct, because, to save expense, they may
limit their families to such an extent that
nature will soon eliminate them"
PHYSICIANS VERSUS HEALTH OFFICERS
DR.. FL. B. Wilson, in replying to the criti.
cism of the physicians, said. " The diff
Guilty is not always on the side of the
physicians. am in sympathy with the
Boards of Health, but the members con
stituting those bodies do not always treat
the physicians with the fairness and justice
that common courtesy demands. They
ofttimes undo the work that we, as physi.
clans, do"
DR.. Wilson then narrated case in which
the Board of Health had interfered with g
case under his charge, which brought Pres
ident Underwood to his feet, who said he
wanted to explain the interference of the
Board in the case referred to- Dr. Wilson
interposed by stating that he made nj
special reference to any Board, bat Mr.
Underwood re orted, Oh, well, it's out,anG
we might as well discuss the facts" a
colloquy then ensued in which explanations
served to set matters right 1t YVES mani
fest, however, from the interpretations of tbs
physicians and health officers that some
surface friction existed even though
harmony was the aim of both sides.
Basket Ball.
The Montgomery A. A. defeated Co. f
last Saturday night in rather one-sided
game by score of 10 to g. The visitors
were much stronger than was expected and
kept Co. E from scoring any goals from the
field. The defense was unable to hold A.
Brown, who scored three goals in the first
half. The Woodbury. boys seemed dis,
heartened at the visitors fast work an d the
two goals from fouls by Marcus was ali
that saved them from shutout. Riggs
put up very fast game against Ford
Marcus did the best work for Co. E and
Riggs and A. Brown for Montgomery
The slippery condition of the floor caused
several amusing falls which the spectators