The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-06


threatening, that if the hose house.
located On Market street, North Scran-
ton, was not renovated, the board
would authorize it's officer to demol-
ish the buil6ing."
Councils sent back Secretary Muir
rays letter, simply referring it to the
board Of health" Meanwhile Health
Officer Allen had inspected the prem
ises of the hose house. The result of
the inspection is made known in Health
Officer Aliens .eport as follows
HEALTH OFFICERS REPORT.
Scranton, Jan. g. 1898.
Members of the Board of Health.
Gentlemen: The reports of the secre-
tary and of the sanitary officer for the
past month indicate a very satisfactory
state of affairs, as much so as could pos
sibly be expected under present condi-
tions. According to instructions from
the board | inspected the Cumberland
hose house on West Market street and
found the building clean and of itself in
u fair sanitary state. The house is Il
cheap structure, having Il room for the
hose carriage on the first floor and one
above, or upstairs, for the men. The
stable opens directly into the carriage
room and the manure is piled up at the
the side hill on the west percolates
through the manure heap and runs under
the floor through an open drain and is
discharged into the gutter a short dis
tance below. As a matter of course there
is Il strong smell of stabe ammonia
throughout the whole structure, which
cannot be very wholesome and surely is
anything but agreeable. The horse may
be able to stand It, and the hose cart
may not weaken, but l do not think mon
should be asked to inhale such odors for
any length of time.
The only remedy for this would be to
have the stable further away and a sewer
pipe put through the lot
In the early spring the kept over and
frozen garbage will be painfully in evil
dence and ! think ii would be well il the
board would give the matter attention.
and, if possible, devise some better means
than We have now for collecting it. l
went to Lakewood, Y. j., during last
month to hear Mr.. Rudolph Herring ad-
dress the state Sanitary Association of
New Jersey" on the subject of garbage,
but ony learned that in some cities gar
bage was burned and in others destroyed
chemically, and both were good. / trav-
eled around New York with Mr.. Dunn,ng
and saw how to save waste paper and
old shoes. but I did not find out how we
are going to collect our garbage. 1t be-
comes more apparent every month that
an inspector of plumbing is greatly need
ed. If the appropriation for the board
of health could be slightly increased so
that a man might be hired to placard
houses. watch funerals and properly
fumigate all infected premises a vast
amount of good would, | am sure, be &c
compished.
(Signed) w. f.. Allen Health officer.
OTHER THINGS DISCUSSED.
Afterward Health officer Allen dis
cussed in detail the matters mentioned
in his report. The address of Mr. Her.
ring on Garbage" he pronounced a
disappointment. Nothing had been
gained of value to the board. The
employment of an assistant to Sani-
tary Officer Burke he thought was i'm
perative. In regard to the Cumberland
Hose house, DR.. j. X. Bently, who pre-
sided. suggested the idea that the mat
ter was not one of politics, as coun-
ellis take it. THE board of health has
nothing to do with politics." said DR..
Bently. II have heard that the COM
pany is maintained in the quarters be-
cause of the owner of the building who
receives rental from the city"
1t was decided to instruct the health
officers to confer with the chief of the
fire department, with a view of i'm
proving the quarters. The matter of
an extra sanitary officer will be dis
cussed at the meeting Saturday after
noon. Sanitary officer Burke reported
the candy store kept by John r. Kel-
ley. on Third street, Dodgetown, where
the children of the house are afflicted
with a terrible disease. The case was
noticed in The Tribune last week.
The sanitary officer was instructed
to act as the case demanded. The
candy will be conflscated. The annual
report of Milk and Food Inspector T.
n. Cullen was as follows: Stores and
markets visited, $685. confscated, beef,
1851 pounds; pork, 629 pounds; NUT
ton, PAS pounds; veal 800 pounds; saus-
age. 1875 pounds; poultry, 1856 pounds;
fish, S,92S pounds; spare ribs. 2SO
pounds.
Barrels-Vegetables, 81; apples, H.
fine apples, .; musk melons, 16; cab
bage, 30; sweet potatoes, s. shell oys-
ters, Z; CLANS, 2I9.
Baskets-Tomatoes, Sc; peaches, 63;
pears. SO; plums, 104; 10 cases of cram
berries 20 gallons of oysters, 11s
bunches bananas, 80 rabbits. Number
of milk inspections, 1886; quarts con-
demned, $40.
FOOD INSPECTORS COMMENT.
Inspector Cullen accompanied his re-
port with the following remarks:
l take pleasure in certifying to the in
creasing sentiment of dealers in perish
able goods and to abide by the senitary
regulations prescribed by the board
There were few cases during the year
In which / was not treated with the ut
most courtesy. | desire also TO thank
the mayor, members of the board, and
officers, for extending to me every en-
couragement and aid in the performance
OF my duties.
/ cannot too strongly impress upon the
board the importance of the appointment
of a city chemist as soon as the finances