Evening star., 1900-09-27
Ribbons and NeckWear
Samuel Friedlander & Co., 4l6 Seventh Street. s


instance, will involve the purchase of at
least one additional vehicle, of two addi-
tional horses and of other stable para
phernalia. An appropriation of $1,000 for
contingent expenses is respectfully re-
Quested.
The appropriation for the maintenance of
the disinfecdng service is insufficient to
enable the health department to maintain 1t
on proper basis. The disnfection Of
premises is in most cases necessarily In
trusted to the householder. An increase
of from 5000 to 5000 is respectfully rec
commended. A deficiency appropriation OF
500 was required in 1S9S-09, notwithstand-
ing provision Of law then in force that
no part of the appropriation should be used
for additional employees. A deficiency or
at least that amount is anticipated during
the current year.
roadway at the Intersection of three
streets The buildings were erected as tenn
porary structures about twenty years ago
Proper facilities are not provided for the
service, but in view of the temporary CHAR
acter Of the present structure 1t Is not
deemed advisable to recommend an appro-
priation for it's Improvement. A new site
should be purchased and suitable buildings
erected In connection with such buildings,
provision should be made for accommodat-
Ing the horses necessary for the use OF the
health department in the inspection, CON
tagious disease and disnfecting services
which are now stabbed in rented quarters
or in livery stables. In securing site TOT
a pound it will be necessary to buy con-
neighbors from the noise of impounded
animals An appropriation is respectfully
asked for the purchase OF site ana tor
the erection and equipment OF buildings LOT
use as a pound and as q stapie ior the
health department.
In Temporary Quarters.
In connection with the management OF
outbreaks of contagious disease, especially
those of mator type, 1t frequently becomes
necessary to hold suspects under observa-
ton for a certain length Of time pending
diagnosis, and to keep those who nave peen
exposed to infection, in quarantine 1or
period equal to the period Of incubation or
the disease to which they have been ex-
posed At times it becomes necessary 10
remove persons from houses infected by
such diseases to temporary quarters IN
order to permit the premises to be proper
ly disinfected. During the past two years
accommodations for such purposes nave peen
maintained by rental. Such quarters con-
sist Of a row of seven two-story, courtroom
frame houses. They are not well adapted
to the purposes for which they are used,
and the expense Of rental Is considerable
The need of suitable buildings for the pur-
poses above mentioned has been increased
during the past few years by the increase
in the number OF people living in apartment
houses, the quarantine of suspects and
others In such buildings being fraught with
danger to the other inmates The District
should construct suitable isolation build
ings, so that proper accommodations Will De
always available For the purchase of
| site for such buildings an estimate of $1O.-
COO and for the erection and equipment
thereof an estimate OF $4,000, are sub
mitted.
The roadways in the inclosure connected
with the new. smallpox hospital are of
gravel. In wet weather they are frequently
| in such condition hardly to permit the
passage Of loaded vehicles. An estimate
prepared by the engineer department
| shows that the cost of paving them with
asphalt block would be $1,000. An appro-
| priation is respectfully asked for this pur-
pose. -
Since the construction of the new small
! pox hospital practically no Improvement
| has been made in the road leading thereto.
Such road Is one of the old driveways
| which formerly led to potter's field and the
nurseries of the parking commission. The
estimated cost of putting it in proper condi
| ton Is $2,2S0. An appropriation is respect
fully recommended
BacteriolOgical Analyses.
The District government ID at present