The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-02

Imp m'nt dis. No. u 107 90 |
Cash in bank less
outstanding chicks 1899 40
Cash on hand....... 100 80
s22.232 IS s22,232 IS
The report was referred to the finance
committee.
The Health Situation.
The following letter from DR.. J. F.
Spelman, the health officer, was read
by the clerk:
"Gentlemen-In accordance with sec
ton 7, ordinance SO, as health officer of
this city, l have the honor to submit
to you my annual report for the fiscal
year ending April 30, 1899.
During the past year there mas
been very few cases of contagious dis
cases. A mild epidemic of scarlet fe-
ver amounting in all to about II cases,
occurred, but at the present time and
for the past six weeks no new cases
have been reported. Typhoid fever is
notably on the decrease, and l antici-
pate that the city will henceforth be
comparatively free from this scourge
of modern times.
1.-THE sewer system has ben extend
ed along lines laid down by the city
engineer, and as far as it goes, 1t is
model system.
1T is most important that some at
tention should be paid to taking care
of the refuse of the city. The city
dump at the present time is in an
abominable condition. The fences have
been torn down and cattle are allowed
to roam through the enclosure.
Not only is this true, but people go
down there, selecting old junk and rags,
| using them to the menace of the popu-
lation. Either a crematory should be
built to take care of this refuse or else
dump with full power to regulate these
abuses.
Il have made recommendations
from time to time to the city council
regarding certain improvements that
might be made for the benefit of the
public health. The nature of these may
be found in former reports from this Of
| flee covering the question of vital sta
| tistics, and also that of the milk and
| food supply. They have been so uni
| formally disregarded that l feel it is
almost impossible to secure these much
needed reforms; however, l again
urge the necessity of at once enacting
some ordinance, so formed that 1t
will compel physicians to report births
and deaths, and so arranged that per-
| sons cannot be buried unless they have
a burial permit from the health officer
1T has been my custom in my an
| nual reports to give some data con-
corning the number of deaths, but at
| the present time l feel as If my statis-
tics would not be entirely accurate.
Il append herewith report furnish
| ed to me by my most efficient sanitary
officer H. H. Mayhem. 1t tells in detail
of some of the work performed by this
| Office
Following is H. H. Mayhews report:
Every vault, cesspool, yard, alley
way and all cellars which had been
flooded by water were inspected by me
during the past year. and where nee
essary their condition was reported to
| you for your action
"I received from you and served up
on the owners. agents or occupants of
| premises 1923 notices to clean vaults and
40 notices to clean cesspools.
There We're 239 vaults and 80 cess
pools cleaned.
"Of the "a not cleaned (vaults) COM
plant was made in the police court
against several, but the city council
granted further time in some and they
were all dismissed and no radical
steps have since been taken to enforce
the ordinance in relation thereto; 80 OF
the cesspools were cleaned. and of the
other two one has been filled up and
the other is still in such condition
that it cannot be used and all the 9th
err Stops from five or six housese are
thrown into the yard and thereby 6
=
| is owned by a nonresident.
by your direction a complaint was
| filed in the police court to compel com
pliance with your orders in one ca ST
and the court fined the owner of the
property for not complying with thu
court no other method has been re
sorted to to enforce the orders ISSUED
| from your office.
"A number of vaults and cesspool:
We're cleaned by the owners without al
order from your office.
In the sewer districts there has beef
very small percentage of the prop
erty connected with the sewers, and il
, many instances the owner of propert.
has dug new vaults and cesspoo,s rath
er than connect with the sewer. Thi
was brought to your attention, but a
) there is no ordinance requiring own
ers to connect with sewers, you coul,
do nothing, and for that reason man.
new vaults have been dug where tn
: owner of the property could have con
. | nected with the sewer.
Through the townsite compan
nearly all of the vacant lots in the cit
> are cleaned of the rubbish and garh
b age which had accumulated since tn
town was started.
U THE water company assisted m
y very materially in stopping the prao
Z tice of many residents allowing thei
= causing bad mud holes in yards an
U alleys. which We're equally as offensiv
as garbage and cesspools.
lowing ito the frozen condition i
many of the yards this spring. tn
garbage has not all been removed We
but the condition of the city is YER
$ much better than it was one year agt
p Some persons are in the habit c
: strewing garbage along the roads Lead
ing from the city. and I have not We
y been able to learn who it is, but wi
" use every effort to find out and max
complaint in the police court"
O Work of the Police.
y Chief of Police Whites report for tn
y year was read. 1t is:
U Draying without license. ........
\ Fast driving and riding ............
y Prostitution .......... ..... ........
y Peddling without license ..........
n Discharging firearms. :. =. ........