The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-17
.SQUANDER|NG MONEY
ON D|yPEkSAR|ES
President OF Board Of Health So
Refers to Policy Adopted by
Chief Health Officer.
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DR.. LEVY EXPLAINS MATTER
Session Of League Of Municipali.
ties Comes to Close-Next
Meeting in Portsmouth.
DR.. LEVY EXPLAINS MATTER.

| Discussing Good City Government.
From q Physictan's and snnItarian,s
Standpoint" before the Virginia Lcapua
OF Municipalities yesterday morning
DR.. w. T. oppenhimer, president q;
the Board OF Health OF Richmond. con-
fined his remarks in great measure ia
the subject OF smallpox.
| In these civilized times. hi dnc,.r.a
no man. IL he takes the proper mo
caution. need have any fear or tha
disease. Should people persist In re-
jectlng the protection afforded by the
health laws Of the State, ho continued
they should be declared criminals and
after they have been cured at the es.
pense OF the Commonwealth proceod.
lngs should be Instituted against them
as in the case OF any other yiolator ~
the statutes. They should be heav,i.
hned. and. In default OF the amour,
required by law In such cases, should
be made to work II out on the rocl-
pile.
Opposed to Dtspcnsnrte..
| Or. Oppenhimer favors neither com.
! pulsory vaccination nor Quarantine
but thinks that definite and stringent
/, law on the subject would be far better
as cure and preventive. The speak.
er also touched on the subject OF tuber
cnlosis. In this connection, and re.
/,
recently established. he expressed him,
self as being opposed to them, beliey.
ing that they lead to paupersm and
10 the squandering OF the pub,ie
i moneys.
Preceding Dr.. oppenheimer. Mayo,
alcCarthy made an address on .rh<
Best Method Of Keeping Tax Accounts.
uescrlplhg the system now In vogue
IN this city and In other cities. AND
showing how by very little trouble q,
expense It can be improved. Regard.
ing this question and others which
/ nave come before the meeting. the
main point made by the Mayor was thu
necessity OF placing city government
1 on sound business basis.
! Other Addresses.
The remainder of the days program
/ was as follows: -
Government by Commission" Hon
Z. =. Jacobs. president OF Council. city
! OF Roanoke. Va; Conservation on Gov.
erhmeat by Mayor and Council and
j Board OF Control" Lieutenant C. p.
Shaw. Norfolk. Va; "Munlcipa, Gov.
eminent by the People" Hon Tiptdn
y: Jennings. Lynchburg, Va. member
or state Legislature; Taxation or som.
Needed Changes In the Tax Law" Hon
!. Davis Reed. Mayor or Portsmouth.
va keeping Council Records" Mr..
Ben I. August. city clerk, Richmond
i Va; Best Method OF Keeping A.
counts BY City Treasurers and Tax col.
lectors Hon. Robert Brydon. city
Ciefk and Auditor Danville. Va: Mis-
/ league.
Officers Elected.
4 1t was decided to hold mex, wear.
session in Portsmouth. and AR. Samuel
Montague. auditor of that city, arose
I at the close of the meeting and cx.
/ tended In the name OF Portsmouth q
I cord al welcome. assuring the delegates
2. OF every courtesy and attention Tho
I election OF officers resulted as follows:
I PRESIDENT, Joel II. Cutcbin. Mayor
4 of Roanoke.
!. Vicc-Presidcnt, Hunsdon Cary. OF
\ ltichniOnd
! Second vice-President. w. II. Lam
dis. Mayor of staunton.
i Secretary nnd Treasurer, S. r..
/ Buxton, Mayor OF Newport News.
What DR.. Levy Says.
!, speaking Of the work OF the public
oerculosis patients, DIR. 2. c. Lew.
i chief health officer OF Richmond. said
INST ms !, night That the dispensary is gem
e tay ,recognized as the tirst logical
deadly white plague. that the people
are here TO, be treated and that the
Treatment s, necessarily requires the ltb-
suitable diet. This free distribution
Of eggs and milk unquestionably Of
rcrs an opportunity to chronic paupers.
and this point In fact involves prob
ltm always engaging the attention OF
| workers in dispensaries. In practically
every aeld of charity work there is
more or less danger Of imposition BY
those who are unworthy, but Dr.. Levy
is clearly of opinion that this should
rot result in the abandonment OF ali
\ charity work, but rather that the evil
be recognized and curbed in every
possible direction and not allowed to
\ interfere with what Is more far-reach-
Ing and important.
/. The Richmond dispensaries have not
yet reached the point where It Is nee
/ though 1t has not yet been decided
just who will bear the expense the
1 time will Inevitably come and the bur-
i den will probably fall on the city.
! Every effort will be made to pro-
! tect the institution from paupers, and
4 in this close observa ton on the part
of attending physicians. reports OF Wis.
some organization like the Associated
1 Charities will be of the greatest as
I slstance. That the dfspGnsaries are ac-
complaining great and ever increasing
good Dr. Levy declares is evident to
all who have observed their work here
and elsewhere.
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