The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-28
SULLIVAN DAM DONE
Work Begins on Chisholm
Greek, Near Linwood Park
HEALTH BOARD REPORTS
Comments on Excellent San
tary Condition of City.

At the regular meeting of the city coun-
ell last night Mayor Ross, who has been
too i'll to attend some of the previous
meetings, was well enough to be present,
and presided in his usual good-natured
and digniied manner.
The report of the board of health for
the past two years was received, and is
of considerable interest as showing the
excellent condition of the city and COM
mending in high terms its sanitary ar
rangement. The report in part is as fol-
lows:
Hon. Mayor and City Council of the City
OF Wichita, Kansas:
The board of health appointed by your
honor would beg to make the following
report:
In commencing the work of this depart
ment we would state that we were hand-
capped by not being able to find any data
Of minutes OF the proceedings of any pre-
vious board of health.
We made diligent search among the
physicians who acted in the capacity or
the board of health, 70 find a record of
their proceedings and found, to our sur
prise, that no such record had ever been
kept.
We have endeavored, in the performance
of our duty, to treat all alike and have
been partial to none. We have been re-
quested by the officials at Washington, D.
c., to send them weekly statements of all
conta gious diseases, also forward to Ma
rine hospital service deaths from all causes
in our city for said week, also the pre-
vailing disease in our city. Such reports
have been forwarded to the Marine hos
pital service, Washington, D. c., every
Saturday evening for the previous week.
We congratulate our city on having a
very efficient sanitary officer in the person
of Major Burr, one who performs his duty
with a firm hand and yet does not give
offense to any. We are under obligations
to the said official for the aid he has given
us in the performance of our duties.
We also appreciate the material assist
ance given us by the police department
and board of education. During the prev
alence of diphtheria in our midst the city
superintendent and teachers OF the various
schools in the city would make inquiry
of the pupils as to whether there was any
sickness in their families or neighborhood,
and if so they would report the same to
the board of education, who, in turn, would
make the report to the board of health,
and if there was no physician in attend
ance upon the families where a suspicious
case was reported, the same was investi-
gated by ONE member of the board of
he alth and If such case proved 10 be a
contagious disease the house was quar-
antined.
The city, as far as we have been able
to learn, is at present in good sanitary
condition.
Since April /, 1897, there has been report
ed to this department 219 cases Of con-
tagious diseases as follows: Scarlet fever,
9S; measles, n, and diphtheria, SO; also
two cases of membraneous Group.
We are indebted to the undertakers for
their kindness in assisting us in making
out the following monthly report of deaths
from all causes occurring in our city for
the past two years:
From April l 1897, to March 1, 1892 the
deaths from all causes were 645, or an
average Of Is 1-23 per month. divided as
follows: White males, 2S9; white females,
292; colored males, "a; colored females, 80.
A few years ago, We believe. a prece-
dent was established to change the board
of health yearly, but as we have been
continued IN our present position, we take
1t that our efforts have been appreciated
by your honor, and if such is the case we
beg to thank YOU. Very respectfully sub
mitted,,