Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-17
hoard OF HEALTH MEETS.
Only Routine Business Transacted
Monday Evening.


From Tuesdays Daily.
The regular monthly meeting of the
board of health of the city council was
held at the police court room at the
city hall last evening. The stssibn>was
very brief andldffer-s redmGiRg Z, the
monthly report Of City Physician DR..
j. II. Herrick Shd HbaH3 ssal6pHyned.
After the adjournment Attorney J. w.
Lewis addressed CHE aJderSnafe iifsref-
erence to the acceptance OF saapnlddi-
ton to the city know, as ". artield Park
addition. The proposed pfrt rs forty
ss sers ,raf a,w whisa 'd Y se by
Gil has refused to accept owing to the
fact that the streets as laid out in the
same do not conform to the other
streets of the city. The matter was
deferred until the next regular meet
ing of the council.
The meeting last evening was called
to order by. Mayor T. j. Phillips, every
member except Alderman Polling be-
ing present. DR.. j. F. Herrick in sub
hitting his monthly report said that
the death rate for July had greatly
increased. The total number of deaths
during the period covered by his re.
port was 90. forty per cent of which
were of persons under 5 years of Sage.
DR.. Hyatt reported. that he bad in
vestigated the reports which had been
made against the, two hide stores in
the city, and found them in a sanitary
condition. He called the attention oil
the board to the condition of the alley
between Main and Second streets
which he said needed cleaning. City
| Solicitor w. III. c. jacques called the at.
tention of the board to the fact thai
the revised ordinance of the city of OF
tumwa did not contain clause regu
lating the construction of closets il
| the severed districts of the city, an6
on motion of Alderman Keefe, the
| matter of drafting such an ordinance
| was referred to the city solicitor anC
the city physician.
Alderman Mather reported that thu
imperfect drainage of the district ir
/ the vicinity of West Mechanic streets
had not improved since the completion
of the big sewer on that street, owing
to the fact that property owners OF
that street had failed to make connec
tions with tho seaxang si,inumber o.
other allegedass sostadmger t.
health were discusseahandt steps vii
at once be takenG toIa ljaieauhe same.
4 The following is,thh monthly repor
of DR.. Herriclc:ss Il, II ittsar
cause o.; sseGtHa1n
Aunrism aortie s!sa!g..r ~ -.
i Apoplexy II. tgseg ts.s.e. .y.!.......
/ Cancer Of desophasus FIJI
Cholera infitiituifi" ...i..i:s. AZ
ConsumptioHl!ea. .!!s..ill!!g. e !!.....
Diabetes ........ ................
1 Dysentery ......... ......:......
Euter-colilis ...................
i Heart disease Standardization.
i mention ........ ...........,....
a inflammation of bowels. .........
\ Peritonitis ,..:....... ...........
Rheumatic fever ................
Septicaemia 80. ................ '@
4 Whooping cough
Total ......... ............... 2
II Sex.
Male ;..;st;;..tsi.s'as
feIuales 1900. -.
Naiivily.,, ,,,;-. sc..,.;.
K OttpnWa, ~. /, II. -. "a ~;
Iowa. outside Of city .,, W., .s., n :.
y NE Ss''.ess iS.t.' si'1sisiJff ft.t af
r.oHrsisfl ~ sssl;..tisi'i5' s1siass' tAf
4 az. ,sos. t- s,.i,,sa {. sJ :
~. TOTAL .......s.. ....,,...y. ..s....;, Z
Male ...... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. !
Female .................... l
Total ......... ............,. 3
4 Premature or still-births reported