The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-20
STATE HEALTH BOARD
DIR. J. III. FORREST, OF MARION, is
ELECTED PRESIDENT.
The Board Decides to Ignore the Law
Affecting Contagious Diseases
applications Considered.

The State Board OF Health, at its quar-
terly meeting yesterday. decided to ignore
the Louttit amendment to the education
law and also TO make no examinations or
strawboard plants desiring to empty waste
matter into streams unless the expenses of
such examinations are borne by applicants
Tor the privilege The board reorganized
by electing the following officers: Pres
ident, DR.. ]. II. Forrest, Of Marion; vice
president, DR.. W. n. Wishard, OF Indian
apolis. DIR. Hurty's term as secretary Will
not expire for two years. The other MEM
bers OF the board are Dr. It. Henry Davis,
of Richmond, retiring president. and DIR.
Clark Cooke, OF Fowler
The Louttit amendment to the law for the
education of children was passed by the
late Legislature and provided that it shall
be illegal to prevent children from infected
houses from attending school. Concerning
this amendment the board adopted the fol-
lowing order:
Whereas Public health and safety are
fundamental laws Of society; therefore, De
At ordered, that all health officers in the
State shall institute and maintain risld
quarantine of all contagious and infectious
diseases. according to the rules OF the State
Board OF Health, passed Oct. 13, 1892.
The order means that those DESTROYS OF
having the LOuttit amendment enforced
APPLICATIONS CONSIDERED.
The board took up applications from the
following companies DESTROYS OF obtaining
permission to deposit waste matter in
streams in this State: American Straw
board Company. Kokomo; West Muncie
strawboard Company. Yorktown; American
Tin Plate Company. at Elwood, Gas City.
Anderson and Atlanta; Albany Paper Com
pany, Albany; Muncie Pulp Company, Nun
Gle; Consumers Paper Company Muncie.
Deputy Attorney General Merrill Moores
met with the board in considering these APP
plications. 1t was decided to dispose OF the
matter by the method indicated In the 1ol-
lowing resolution:
whereas, Senate bill No. 26T provides
that permits may be issued by the state
Board of Health at its discretion. permit
ting the outflow of waste from manufac-
tories into streams; and,
whereas No provision is made for any
expense expenses attending upon visits
10 such manufactures or any examination
OF such outflow; therefore, be ii
Resolved. That such visits be made only
when the necessary expenses or SAID visits
and examinations are provided by the petit
TONERS"
.'That means simply that the law is de-
fective," said DR.. Hurry, secretary or the
board. 1T makes no provision for ex-
penses of the board. and, as we have no
fund out of which they could be paid, We
have been obliged to adopt this resolution.
The board also adopted a motion provid-
Ing the method of making SUCH investga-
tons. as follows: Whenever the expenses
are provided for by petitioners the MEM
bers of the State Board of Health, at such
time as may be agreed on, will Visit ths
various localities from which petitions have
been received and there inspect the streams,
taking note of the volume OF water. speed
Of current, amount of waste desired TO be
deposited therein. the chemical character
OF the waste etc. These facts and such
others as may seem pertinent TO be consld-
cred at the next regular meeting OF the
state board" The board said that IL has
no money with which TO pay for the call
ing of special meetings TO consider Suca
matters. so that they will have to await
the regular sessions. The secretary was
directed TO prepare blank forms of appli-
cation TO be used by industries that wish
10 avail themselves or the provisions OF the
new law
The strawboard company at Kokomo al
ready has an obstacle placed In the path or
\ petition is on file with the Health Board
from persons living on Wildcat creek pro-
testing vigorously against permission being
granted to the strawboard works to dump
refuse into that stream.
REPORT GONE OVER.
The board also considered i'm detail Sec
rotary Hurty's report for the quarter ending
April l. This report contains a review of
the secretary's ideas for the annual re-
port for 1900. The manuscript of that re-
port was submitted to the board and APP
proved. with a few minor exceptions. The
board stated that 1t takes great pride in the
accuracy OF the secretarys birth and mar
riage tables: also the mortuary statistics
which show deaths by counties, sex, nation
atty. age. important causes (such diph-
liberia, scarlet fever and tubercuiosiS), ana
rates per thousand and hundred thousand
The secretary made four visits on account
OF smallpox during the quarter.
On petition OF citizens OF Clay county
and a specific report of Health Officer
AIodsette the schOolhouse at that point
has been condemned and order issued
that II shall no longer be used for school
purposes. The board also discussed tn.
recent typhoid epidemic in Irvington am
Endorsed the course or action pursued by
the secretary.
brief history Of the medical Legislation
recommended by the State Board of Health
al the last session of the Legislature wa,
given and ordered spread Of record. The
improvements that we sought TO have ac-
complished this year are bound 10 come In
time" said the secretary, and want
the people TO know that the Indiana State
Board of Health asked for them in 1901
therefore have caused these facts 10 bt
placed records.