The San Francisco call., 1905-06-30
HEALTH BOARD
MAKES CHANGES
Appoints Drs. Hannah and
Walsh Assistant Emer-
gency Hospital Surgeons
SALARIES ARE RAISED
Gibbs Supersedes Bottle and
Sanitary Inspectors Are Re-
stored to Old Positions


The Board of Health yesterday made
a number of changes among the en-
ployes under its control The board
appointed, Drs. ]. B. Hannah and w. ].
Walsh to be assistant surgeons at the
emergency hospitals, as foretold in last
Tuesdays Call would be done. Hannah
takes the place of DR.. Carl Wilson,
whose position was declared vacated,
and Walsh assumes the vacancy Great
] ed by the resignation of DR.. c. F. Mil
! lar. Walsh and Hannah were for
merly inspecting physicians, but their
appointment thereto was declared il
legal by Judge Sloss.
The board also appointed Walter
Turnbull Jr. to be resident physician
at the City and County Hospital.
The position of toxicologist was cre-
ated at salary of 500 per month.
DR.. A C. Bottle was appointed to the
position. being superseded as superin-
tendent of the laboratory department
by H. d. Gibbs Gibbs is under inves-
tigation by the Grand Jury for holding
a place in the city's employ, although
he is a nonresident. which is in viola
tion of the charter Gibbs salary was
raised from 5000 to 1925 per month,
so evidently the board is unterrif1ed by
the inquiry of the Grand Jury
The following salaries of employees
in the main Office were raised by the
board:
Chief Clerk E. j. Coney, from 500 to $3.50
per month; Mrs. Nj. Turner. 500 to $40; Louis
Monaco, $s5 to 500; Percy Hennessy 500 to
500.
George Ruparich was appointed stenographer
in the main office at 800 per month The
organization of the force practically shuts out
Louis Levy from reassuming his old place
deputy health officer.
The position of telephone and office attend
ant was created and Miss a. Meinke was ap-
pointed thereto at $50 per month
Samuel A. Campbell appointed market
inspector.
The board adopted rules for the gov
ernment of the superintendent of
nurses at the County Hospital in order
that there may be no conflict OF au-
thority between <her and Warden
Fleming.
POSITIONS ARE CREATED.
The board created the position of
chief sanitary inspector, to which DIR.
w. c. Hassler, now chief inspecting
physician, will be appointed from the
civil service list. The positions of
sanitary inspectors were also created
and Drs. r. e. Hartley, ]. Green. H.
L. Curtis and J. Kuykendall will be
certified for appointment thereto from
the civil service eligible list. The four
last named were removed from their
positions when the Schmitz board as
sumed control on January 9, 1904, be-
ing displaced by non-civil service men
who were made inspecting physicians
Superior Judge Sloss recently held that
the board has not the power to remove
civil service employees and appoint non
civil service men to positions with SIM
flar duties, but given new designa-
tion 4 subterfuge.
The positions of night steward at the
Potrero Emergency Hospital. instruc-
tress of nurses and assistant commits
sary at the County Hospital were Gre
ated and w. ]. Hutchinson. Florence
Dakin and John Newell were appoint
ed thereto. A reQuiStion was made
on the Civil Service Commission Cor a
night messenger at the hospital.
AS no provision was made in the
budget for the employment of dairy
inspectors the last certified appointee
was returned to the Civil Service Com
mission.
RESERVATIONS ACCEPTED.
The resignation of P. L. McCreary
as assistant chemist was accepted.
w. T. Jane resigned and was res
turned to the civil service eligible list
of laboratory assistants.
Laboratory Assistants ]. 7. Derham
and T. p. Lydon were appointed food
inspectors in accordance with civil
service requirements.
Drs. ]. Butler, w. L. Wallgren, c. c.:
AlDee, D. Maclean, w. A. WalwOrth, t.
LEX, L. P. McPike. T. w. Alexander,
]. c. Blair and ]. II. Fisher were ap-s
pointed internes at the County Hos
pital
DR.. G. K. Herzog was asked to re-
sign from the emergency service. 1t
is said that DR.. G. w. Goodhue will be
appointed in his place.
Health officer Ragan submitted his
regular report, in which the work ac-
complished during the year is re-
viewed. The mortality from communi-
cable diseases shows A decline for the
month cf June.
The owners of premises at 331 Gold
en- Gate avenue, 427, 429, 431, 463 465,
469, Al, SIS, 521, 522 and 523 Jessie
street were given thirty days to put