Arizona republican., 1899-06-10

I-3S yet been IdhSQ-
 Mayor Gang presented an ordinance
 fixing the interest on general fund
 warrants. The ordinance was passed.
 It provides for the interest on city
 warrants to ibe reduced from 10 per
 cent tC s per cent
 Recorder T. A. Jobs offered his cond Of office of 5000, furnished by
 the United States Fidelity and Guar antee company. The bond was ap- 1 proved
 The final report of retiring Health Officer Dr. William Dufheld was sub mitted. With the supplemental report l of Dr. H. V. Clymer, who has charge 1 Of the smallpox cases, the document
 embraces eighteen typewriter pages. 1 The first part of it is devoted to nor tuary statistics of the year just 1 closed and especial attention is di-
 rected to the small percentage of chil- i dren who have diedL The whole rec 1 ord is described as satisfactory. The loose methods of the various | cemetery associations in the keeping | of their records is deploreI and the i council is asked to insist upon the keeping of accurate records.
 | Considerable space is devoted to the ] sanitary conditions of the city and many recommendations are made for their improvement. The sewer system is described as well managed and sat I isfactory. but of inadequate scope, and the need of the sewerage for a more extensive area is pointed out. It is also mentioned that there can
 be no city physician under the present charter, but the need of one is evident.
 The report says:
 If person is injured there is no place to take him except to the Sis terS' hospital where those who assist
 him must guarantee to pay his eX-
 penses, or he must be taken three
 mics into the country to the county
 poor farm, where the lame, the halt.
 nc blind, the old and weak, and the
 imbeciIe are herded together by the
 .owcst bidder at s750 per month for
 pod, clothing, medical treatment and everything else. This is not all; the county physician and the city physi- elan should not be the same persCn. To illustrate: Only a few weeks ago man was shot in the abdomen at 10 o'clock at night The county physi- elan, after an examination, left him, saying he would take him to the county hospital in the morning, and there and then operate cn him. Other physicians were compelled to take this man to the Sisters hospital at their own expense, and operate on him in order to save his life. It is just such circumstances as this that makes the necessity of some arrange ment for the care of the sick and in jured of Phoenix so apparent. I be- Heve that the city can arrange with the Sisters of Mercy for emergency cases at less cost than elsewhere with the same assurance of intelligent care. nc0h ho teTial'
 Under the head of contagious dis eases the following history of the late smallpox visitation is presented:
 During the past year we have had an outbreak of smallpox and several other contagious diseases In 1898 Colorado and New Mexico had a good many cases of smallpox, though few Were reported through the regular channe.s. Early in the past winter rep-Tts of eases in western New Mex Ico began to reach us, and it was evil cent that we would have an outbreak The cOntagion was undoubtedly brought to the valley by tramps and wandering MeXicans, as well as spread by them
 "karly in the outbreak the county established 9 pest house, because the first case discovered happened to be outside the city limits, less than mile from the court house. Fortu- nately no cases without the city linn its refused to go to the pest house. fortunately, because it is the opinion of good lawyers that ceses not in cit | ies having quarantine laws cannot be | moved without consent, for the reason ! that there are no 1aiHs on this point in | this territory.
 The next cases were found in the | city. As the city had no pest house | and these men were indigents, they | were sent to the county pest house. | Other indigent cases followed, and the | board of supervisors decided to charge | the city for tie expense of all cases sent from the city. In other words. the board of supervisors decided that ! the citizens of Phoenix could not en- Joy the rights and privileges of the county pest house, un.ess they paid | thelr own expenses in addition to their regular taxation for it's maintenance I his proposition was vigorously op- posed by the city council, but it was finally accepted under protest. Iater. 1t became necessary for the city tc es- rabIish it's own pest house. which was done, and the results have been satis- factory The city council appointed deputy health officer whose duty it was to search for suspected cases. and 1 great praise is due his efforts, for he was most successful in locating actual cases and suspects.
 "A physician, Dr. H. " CIymer, was to vaccinate people in cer- ain districts, and later he to0k charge 1f the pest house and the investiga- ion of cases. His energy, courage