Arizona republican., 1899-04-19
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AN IMPORTANT DOCUMEN|
If Deals ExhauSfiVeIVW With ManV Sud jeClS, Two ofWhiCh, are Of Cod Cern 10 inc Morals and inc HealfI of inc City and County Joinily Good Roads Are AdVoca fed bl inc Grand Jury.

submitted yesterday, embraces si1
 typewriter pages and is devoted al
 most wholly to recommendations for
 concert of action by the county and
 city for the improvement of the health
 and morals of both. This subject iS'
 prefaced by an allusion to the goodI
 condition of the county officss and theI
 expression of an opinion that many of
 the cases ignored by the grand juryl
 should have been ended in justiceI
 courts and not exaggerated into fell
 onies.
 Then follows this important reccm- mendation:
 We have inquired into and carefully considered the methods adopted by the
 county and city authorities the past
 winter for treatmens of contagious dis eases, smallpox in particular, and de- sire to commend the prompt action. skill and energy employed, whereby notwithstanding the fact that small pox from several s,Iufces. and at diff ferent times was brought into Phoenix, th5 patients were so promptly isolated and successfully treated that the mor- tality was much below the average, ani the disease was not allowed to' spread. CT cause any inconvenience to. people coming to or going from the city.
 ''We believe, however, that under the present system of controlling con- tagious and other diseases we are ex- posed to great danger, to say nothing
 ,e is a health and winter resort of na- tional reputation. People from all the states come here to avail themselves of our winter climate, net only invalids, but many to escape the severe winters of other sections, and elderly peopls. It is important, therefore, from busi- ness considerations, as well as for the safety of our citizens and tourist resi- dents, that the reputation of the place as well as it's sanitary condition should receive special consideration from both county and city officials.
 We find a county health officer un- der the control of the board of super visors, and a city health officer under the control of the city officials. Nearly one-half of the residents of Phoenix live outside of the actual city limits, and consequently outside of the juris- diction of the city health officer, and there naturally results confusion, as it is practically impossible to deter mine promptly where the jurisdiction of the county or city officers begins and ends.
 ''The pest house to which some of the city patients have been sent is un- der county control, and there has been some friction between county and city health officers in regard to care of pa tisnts and disagreement between the board of supervisors and the city coun- :il in regard to charges for care of pa tents.
 Contagious diseases when they ap- pear should have prompt treatment CT serious results may follow There's 10 tine to consider jurisdiction, and here should be no possibility of con 1ict between authorities We believe here should be but one directing head. It least until the city becomes much arger, and it's boundary limits mo!e distinct.
 We would therefore earnestly rec that the board of supervisors onter with the city authorities, and if possible secure by mutual agreement. IT otherwise, and adopt some system, trough which one health officer shall .o5 for both county and city, and that he question of division of costs and harges for county and city shall be in advance"
 The r5port then deals with the block nuisance as follows:
 'Of not less importance than good and health regulations to the rCwth and development of the city of 'hoeaix and the county at large and he good conduct of it's citizens, is a 1cre rigid enforcement of the laws in etecting, prosecuting and convicting Il these who are not law abiding citi- ems.
 Phoenix being the principal town, nd the only town in the county that anks as city, attracts a considerable art Of the criminal elsment of the Ounty, and should therefore receive le special attention of the county au- loritie5. The narrow limits of the ty proper and the adjacent additions nd ready access from one to the ther, renders it imperative that the 1dftlons should be as well protected lG r0lIced as the city i.Ssaadaanl