The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-04-18
Physicians and City Officials Hold
interesting Meeting to Dis
cuss Better Sanitation
FAVOR GARBAGE CREMATORy
DIR. G. III. Ripley Leads in Interesting
Discussion Which May Result in
Great Benefit to the City
in Short Time

and more nealthful Kenosha at the
regular monthly meeting of the AS
ISOLATION which was held at the City
Hall Friday evening. and at which
Mayor James German and majority
of the members of the Common Conn-
Gil were the guests of honor. The
full question of new sanitary regula-
tons for the city was discussed at
length, and as result of the meeting
the physicians of the city have been
invited to submit recommendations to
the Council to provide for changes in
the present conditions.
The meeting opened with a paper
by DR.. G. H. Ripley on the general
subject of sanitation. In his paper
DR.. Ripley made strong presenta-
ton of conditions in the city, and
urged that string ent means be taken
to better these conditions. He spoke
of unsanitary streets and alleys, and
of the fact that the milk and water
supply of the city should be given the
closest scrutiny. He suggested many
practical plans that could be utilized
to make Kenosha a cleaner and more
sanitary city.
In the general discussion which fol-
lowed the paper both the city officials
and the members of the Association
spoke. Mayor German stated that
the City Council was ready and will
ing to act on the suggestions that
might be made by the physicians of
the city and that he would be pleased
to receive series of suggestions from
them. He stated that while the city
had no large sum OF money to expend,
the question of public health was such
an imperative one that any reasonable
outlay of money would be authorized
by the Council. Alderman Elect
Tully, of the Third ward, also spoke
for the Council and he declared that
the Council was ready to act as soon
as they received the proper advice on
what was needed. He suggested that
the members Of the medical profess
sion should lose no time in suggesting
any means they thought proper for
securing better sanitary conditions.
DR.. G. Windesheim spoke Of the
alarming increase IN typhoid fever in
the city during the last few months
and declared that there had been for
ty-five cases of the disease at the
Kenosha Hospital. The mortality in
these cases had been very high. He
attributed the prevalence of the
disease to impurities in the city water
and urged that the intake be extended
farther into the lake so that if possible
these impurities might be done away
with. He also suggested that the
laws of quarantine be more closely
adhered to and that people in families
stricken with typhoid fever be isolated
to prevent any spread of the disease.
In this connection several Of the
doctors suggested that it would be a
splendid plan to build an addition to
the Kenosha Hospital to be used as an
isolation ward for typhoid patients.
May Build Garbage Crematory
Health Officer J. B. Spalding was
one of the chief speakers of the eve
ming and he made strong recon-
mendation for better disposal of the
garbage of the city. He declared that
at the present time the garbage is be-
ing dumped on private property and
along the lake shore and that it was
producing disease germs. His plan
was for the city to at once build a
crematory for the disposal Of the city
garbage. 1t was stated that such a
cematory could be built for very
small sum Of money. DR.. Spalding
also suggested that the city take up
the work of collecting garbage in the
city and that garbage collectors ne
appointed for both the North z nd
South sides of the city to be employed
by the city. He recommended that
garbage barrels be placed at every
house to be cleaned out weekly by the
city collectors and at the expense of
the city.
DR.. John Cleary spoke in an inter-
esting tanner of the disposal of gar
bage and other refuse in Chicago and
commended that some similar plan
could be carried out on a smaller
scale in Kenosha.
DR.. J. r. Eastman seconded the re-
marks of Health Officer Spalding, de-
claring that the disposal of the gar
bage was one of the hardest ques-
tions for the city health officer to
meet. He said that it was necessary
that the Council at once find some
plan to get rid of the dumps for gar
bage.
DR.. r. E. Andre spoke of the city
water saying that while the various
analyses of the water had not shown
the presence of typhoid bacilli, ii had
shown the presence of gas producing
germs and that these germs in his
opinion had been largely to blame for
the high mortality among the chill
dren Of the city. The suggestions
made by the physicians were re-
ceived by the members of the Coun-
Gil in very friendly manner and it is
thought that the meeting will be pro-