Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-14


The Board Of Health.
The following is the report submitted
by the board Of health:
To the Honorable Mayor and City Council
Of the City of Augusta:
We have the honor to respectfully sub
NIT the report of the Board of Health
for the municipal year ending March 1,
1902
At the beginning if the municipal year
ending March |. 1901, the Board of Health
was composed of w. S. Hill NJ D.. F. l..
Harrington and w. HI. Harris. M. D. The
term of Mr.. Harris having expired in this
month. he was on March %. 1901 reap
pointed for the term of three years emil
ing March 81 1904. On May 8. 1901, DR..
Hill and Mr.. harrington having resign
ed, c. r. Campbell NJ. D., and X. r.
Hanks were appointed to fill their places
respectively. on September 4. 1901 DIR
Campbell and Mr.. Hanks having resign
Sheldon were appointed to fill their places
respectively The membership of the
board. therefore. stands as follows:
W. H; Harris, M. D. term expires
A. II. sturtevant, NJ. D., term expires
March 81. 1903.
@. c. Sheldon. term expires April 70,
1902.
on September .. 1901, the board organ
lied bv the choice of G.. c. Sheldon as
chairman and w. H. Harris as secretary:
On the same day the board re-appointed
E. r. Bean sanitary inspector, ana rec
Sturtevant. NJ. D.. as health officer In
pursuance of this recommendation Dr.
Sturtevant was, on Sept. II, 1881, duty
appointed health officer to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of the late r. j.
Martin, M. d.
After the organization of the board was
completed permission was sought ana
obtained from the city council Tor the
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their regular monthly meetings, of whicn
privilege the board has awaited them
selves.
to render any detailed report of their
work but rather to summarize the same.
as thereby unnecessary personalities are
avoided The work of the board both in
dependently and in pursuance OF the rec
omnenda tions of the sanitary inspector Is
as follows:
Number of houses connected with :.
Number of unsanitary vaults render
ed sanitary, .,
Whole number of contagious diseases
attended to by advice of the health
officer .,
Number of such cases quarantincd, |
The sanitary inspector. under the advice
| of the committee on highways and sew
ers and the Board OF Health, mas fiusnec
nearly all the sewers in the city
4 The board acted on the complaint rela-
| tive to the escape of gas or sewer air Of
Sewail street and caused catch basir
| to be constructed at the corner of Westor
| and Sewall streets, which effectuauj
| remedied the defect.
The board caused an inspection OF tn
court house. post office, City building an
High School building to be made by th'
| sanitary inspector. and as result of tina
/ inspection entirely new plumbing was pu
| into the court house and new piumbin:
| has been ordered for the post office b..
; the United States government. The Hig.
1 School building was renovated. but m
action has thus far been taken in regart
| to the City building. except to temporar
| lily rectify the escape of gas into the mu
nicipal court room:
| The prevalence of smallpox in cities an
towns near Augusta caused the board I
i take extra precautions at once to prev n
the introduction of that disease into tn
city. The board caused a public procia
| nation to be issued wherein the citizen
were advised and urged to be vaccinate
at their own expense, and thereby a
expense of from $500 to 500 was saved
the city. and large number of citizen
complied with the proclamation. TIL
pest house was also prepared and mad
ready. for use, and al suspected case