The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-15

food inspector since December 1 was:
Veal, earcasses and 100 poundsi
mutton, 4 carcasses and 90 pounds;
beef, 534 pounds brains, 1 box and
40 pounds; 2 dressed chickens; bar
rels oysters: liver, 1914 pounds; fish,
245 pounds; pork, LOIS pounds; pig
feet, 1 1-2 kegs spare ribs, 90
pounds; cabbage, 1 crate; apples,
bushel, and grapes, boxes The City
Physician made the following calls on
injured empioyes and INDECENT sick:
Residence visits, SO; office coRsufta-
tons, III; visits to police station, 166;
hospital, 264. Total, LIPS. Our death
rate for the year, / am proud to say,
was much less than that OF last year.
The total deaths for the year were
378, against AIS of last year. The IN
spectors did good work during and
after the storm of Septcmber IN
burying and otherwise dlspes1ng Oh
dead animals. which were killed by
the storm and left in the lower por-
ton of the city under the debris. In
the early spring the State Board of
Health furnished 5000 circulars de-
scriptive of the breeding and habits
of the mosquito and the common
house fly, which were distributed by
the sanitary inspectors. l ind that
every precaution has been taken by
the head of this department during
the past year to protect the public
health, and it is useless for me to
say that the sanitaky and drain sew
ers will add greatly to the health of
the city, and | recommend that your
honorable body prepare and pass an
ordinance compelling prOperty-holders
to fhnV furnish h4ThOT-
ing places for mosquitoes, which are
very detrimental to the health of the
city.
also recommend that your honor
able body appoint a committee to con-
fer with a committee of citizens to
take up the matter of building and
eQuipping a city hospital. This is of
vital Importance and should have our
earnest attention. l do not know Of
another city of this size without a
hospital, and If it is properly man
aged, and l have no reason to doubt
that it would not be, it will pay good
dividend or at least carry its own in
terest
l also recommend for the health of
the city that your body take into
consideration the buying and main
tanning of two street sprinklers, as
physicians claim that dust is respon-
sible for most of the common conta-
gious diseases.
Report of the City Engineer.
The report of the City Engineer
shows that he has given 100 sidewalk
grades and made lat surveys since
October. The engineer has been at
a disadvantage the past year on ac-
count of not having the proper data
on street lines and grades, which will
be relieved when the new city map,
just authorized. has been completed.
City Attorney.
AS you can see by the report of the
City Attorney, his duties are very
numerous, and the report only shows
the cases that he has gone into. His
advice in drawing up ordinances,
leases, contracts, and other docu-
ments has saved the city probably a
great deal Of money, saying nothing
of his daily advice to the Mayor and
other officers Of the city.
City Electricians Report.
The report of the City Electrician
shows that during the year he installed
a patrol system at cost OF $500, sep
arating it from the fire alarm system.
the city wires were blown down or
otherwise damaged by the storm of
last year, and that he put same in
condition within one week at less |
than the estimated cost of SITS, as |
authorized by the chairman of the |
Board of Safety. He also reports |
that numerous sections of wire are |
bare of insulation in the circuit, and |
are great source of electric leakage, |
due to tree and other ground escapes, |
and are a danger to the system in |
the event of contact with wires of |
high potential In close proximity to
which We are compelled to run same,
as the city has no poles of it's own.
He offers as a remedy for this condi-
ton that new waterproof wire be pur-
chased for the fire alarm circuit, and |
same run on extreme top of telephone
and telegraph poles where practical,
avoiding all poles bearing high |
charged wires. The system cut into
four circuits with repeater and proper
switch board, bearing protecting de-
vices, vOltammeterS, ETC., be installed; |
also storage battery, which l respect
fully recommend that your honorable |
body take into consideration and rem
edy those defects in our system, as it |
is only a question of time when it /
will cause us a great deal of trouble
1 hereby append the reports of the |
various departments made to me as |
supplements to this report, and in |