The San Francisco call., 1904-06-29
MANY PLACES
IN JEOPARDY
Prospective DiSmiSSaIS of
Health Department Sub
Ordinates Cause Uneasiness
FUNDS ARE INADEQUATE
Board Says Retrenchnent Is
Compelled by Unfriendly
Attitude Of Supervisors

c01srerrarion relgrs among the en-
pioy=s In the Health Department. The
Health Board VIII meet tomorrow for
the purpose Of currauing expenses.
This has been necessitsted by the re-
cuced appropriation allowed By the
Bosrd. cf Superrlsors- As a conse-
Cuence of the boards intended action
NUMBER cf positions are likely To be
''acate4 ln order that the board may
. be able % live within its appropriation
Tor the next fiscal year
Z. is On the cards that not only wiz
scue places Be declared vacant owing
- insuEciency CT funds. but that other
e-sr loves. who viii - fortunate IN be
l-g retained. win have % submit 70 a
reduction of salaries in order 70 help
IL the policy Ct retrenchEent which
rhS board has been forced into because
rf the urf-endly attitude Of the Board
q Supervisors.
MAIN OFFICE TPHEAKAL>-
The biggest upheavaI contemplated
IS y the main Health Office, for which
the sum q s54 600 has been allowed for
salaries Last year the board received
s65 sac or sI08s0 uore than this year
The sOard requested the Supervisors 10
sppropriats So go for the purpose, IN
order % maintain the present efficiency
b u the department. but il viii have 70
q uorrES along on sl8.sz0 less than Il ar
riclpzted and the far has gone forth
rnarsthe services Of some sUbordinates
RsI bs dispensed with
u = understood that the three dis
tEscc health officers VIII be dismissed
VC aelp Ia the cutting Of expenses. This
VfI.adect Dr- John z. Dillon. Dr. TIL
man and ID Adler. II Il should be
decl5ed AZ the last moment 70 retain
any of these they VIII suffer a reduc-
. rle.E in thelr salaries as an Offset
The reduced appropriation VIII also
result in The doing away with one of
the Two assistant city physicians Dr.
Beatrice Hinkle may Be the uufortun-
ate one II this instance although strong
pressure is being brought 10 bear u
have her retained
INSPECTORS To GO.
The blow VIII also fall on the ssui-
tsrf inspectors and ar least one Of
these vii b. dispensed with The force
n food. market and milk inspectors
VII also b. reduced. in all likelihood
81, 1ve OF six men. % contribute pro
rata iu rh4 general reduction
chief Food Inspector Robertson is q
q ssFy sick man and may not return %
lis duties In that event the board VIII
-roy appoint his successor his work de-
rc-1LnE on chief Sanitary Inspector
Esss-er All IS not rosy for The non
q. cifs service assistant sanitary iDspec-
rc-s and district health officers. as n
sdEgi11 o. the loss q some positions
those wno are retained VIII have din
Guilty ID getting their salaries owing 70
The dissection ot The Supervisors IN
. tlLnE the appropriation that none
but civil service elIgibles be employed
There wI be some curVaIueut IL
the Emergency Hospital service owing
% s.re6ucriou q s2100 IN the appropri-
a1io1 as compared with last year when
rhe sun allowed was s3s. $50. Including
5000 fcr the Pcrrer0 Hospital The
board asked for s5s.s20. but got only
So $50 Some employees IN the Small
o pcx Hospital are also in danger Of re-
=. u-eTiaI as but 5000 has been allowed
. that Institution against $500 last year.