The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-24
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THIRD FLOOR SUITS BETTER,
Dr. drummer May Not Care to Re-
move Health Omce to Second Floor

DR.. Runner May Not Care to Re-
move Health Omce to Second Floor
There is some doubt as to which official
viii get the new office that is being fitted
out on the second floor of the city ex-
change, and which has been intended all
along for the health officer. 1t is stated
that DR.. Drummer will probably not de-
sire to occupy the new office, or, at least.
the employees of the department. may re-
quest him not TO do so. The objection is
the poor ventilation, which at times makes
the room fearfully hot.
While the present quarters of the health
department are not very commodlous nor
accessible, they are located so as to catch
the southern breezes. This is found to
be a great advantage, especially when
there are half-dozen or more men al
work there, and the temperature is not
lingering around the freezing point Were
the inspectors cooped in a poorly venti-
lated room, there would be no comfort
Tor them, and they would be handicapped
IN the discharge of their duties.
Il have no right to object to anything
the city fathers decide upon" said an in
spector yesterday; but as the authorities
no doubt know. the inspectors have
warm time of ii in the performance of
their work. and if they have to prepare
their reports in a roasting room after GO
ing to the exchange, the pleasures of life
will be still more seriously interferred
with. None of us will object to going
where we are sent, but If we are to give
up the present quarters for those that will
be much less comfortable, nothing will
have been gained, even though we have
one flight of stairs less to climb"
The physicians of Savannah are as
much Interested In the location of the
health office as other citizens. The physi-
clans have been fighting for years to get
the health Office lower down. The law re-
quires them 10 make various reports con-
corning vital statistics, and they object
to climbing three flights of stairs at the
exchange to do it. The health Office has
never enjoyed the luxury of a telephone,
and even If 1t had one, the reports are not
received in that way. They are only re-
ceived when presented by the physicians
themselves, or sent to the department
properly written out and signed. Now
that there is talk of the de-
partment not embracing the opportunity
of coming a floor lower, the physi-
clans are apt to interest themselves by urg-
ing that the health department come off
the perch" They will doubtless insist that
moving to the second floor will be as much
to the interest OF the pubtlC dS tHdl VI tHS
health officer and his subordinates. In its
present location ladies find it difficult to
ascend to the office, and men who do not
have important business there are not apt
to go UP for the fun of it.
Whether the Council will be willing to
give the office an electric fan remains to
be SEEN While there is no doubt 1t Is
needed, the committee in charge of the
building has come to the conclusion enough
has been spent in repairs during the past
month, and may therefore decline to
make any further improvements. Unless
the fans are put in, however, the room
promises to be dsagreeable during the
heated season.
Some of DR.. Brunner's personal effects
are beginning TO arrive from Havana, and
nv The end of the coming week he will
doubtless have shipped everything he in
tends to bring back with him. Mayor
Myers said yesterday he teels no doubt
about DR.. Drummer appearing for duty by
July /, when the health department is pref
ty sure to be reorganlzed.