The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-08
President Thirteenth Time.
tuberculosis Infections.
To Prohibit Splitting.

I. Wrightson. DR.. William S. Disbrow
was made vice-president.
When the body got down to- business,
ent, the principal matter to be con-
sldered was whether or not to declare
tuberculosis an infectious and COM
municable disease. This was recon-
mended by DIR. William S. Disbrow, of
the committee on sanitary matters, but
DR., Herold stated that he had opposed
this proposition in the past and asked
that definite action be deferred. The
subject was referred back to the COM
mittee for further consideration.
Another matter of interest aiken up
was the an%ti-spitting ordinance. At
present it applies only to buildings and
street cars, and it is proposed to apply
it to all public. places, including side
walks, and to have the rules relative
to the matter made a police ordinance,
so as to make it properly effective.
This proposition was advanced also by
the sanitary committee.
In the election for president, Com
missioner l. r. Denman nominated DR..
Wrightson, and Dr.. Disbrow, President
Herold. Commissioner j. w. Dobbins
seconded the nominations of both.
On the informal ballot DIR. Herold
had a majority, but when the first for
NAL ballot was taken the tally showed
8 for Herold, 8 for Wrightson and the
two blanks voted by the candidates, so
a third ballot was taken and gave the
successful candidate Z TO / for his rival,
and on motion of DR.. Wrightson him
self the choice was made unanimous.
DIR. Herold expressed his thanks.
1.-THE president is but one out of ten
members" said he, land without coop
Grafton the work will not be Us it
should. We have tried in the past to
make the board representative and have
achieved a reputation of being the best
Board of Health In the State. 1 trust
that we will maintain that reputation
in the year to come"
When the long business session was
over the commissioners were enter
tanned at q nearby restaurant by DR..
Herold. The committees for 1908 will
probably be announced today.
The report on tuberculosis, made by
DIR. DlsbrowS went into detail as to the
working out of the plan to combat the
spread of consumption.
DIR. Wrightson offered a motion that
the board concur in every recommen-
dalton. DIR. Herold thought it well to
lay the matter over or refer it.
II have taken an adverse position in
this matter on other occasions said
President Herold, land as the presen-
tation of the subject tonight is an en-
tire. surprise to me, 1 would like to
have time to consider it and opp%ortunl-
ty to appear before the sanitary COM
mittee and discuss it there"
DIR. Disbrow agreed that there should
be no hasty action and favored refer
ring the subject back to his commit
tee. 1t was accordingly done on motion
of Commissioner John w. Dobbins.
The report makes it the duty of
every physician and public or private
institution in this city to report to the
Board of Health in writing the name,
age, sex, occupation and address Of
every person having such disease who
has been attended by or who has come
under observation of such physician for
the first time within four weeks of
such time.
Victims of the disease must observe
IllbS anu eSuldllOil VI llS obdid VI
Health for the prevention and spread
of pulmonary tuberculosis.
The report recommended a tuber-
culosis clinic, which shall examine all
INDECENT cases for admission to the City
Sanatorium' at Verona, under such
regulations as NAV be provided by the
committee. Distinction of premises
where the disease exists is also pro-
vided for.
Public comfort stations, DIR. Disbrow
said, were demanded in the interests Of
common decency and morality. The board
approved unanimously after some little
favorable discussion, and instructed that
the Board Of Works be notified of its stand,
Several new rules, formulated by DR..
Disbrow for tho City D~ispen5ary, were APP
proved. to go Immediately into effect.
The board agreed to the establishment
OF a clinic for nervous diseases, and an
other for tubercular diseases. A third-yeal
nurse from the City Hospital Training
School is to be assigned to the clinic as
| assistant.
Bills for the work lone in connection
with the transformation of the girls cot
tage of the City Home into q city sanato-
rum for tuberculous diseases, aggreEat-
ing $2,067.27, were approved for payment
by the Board Of Health last night. They
like the big batch of bills that went to the
Common Council last month and were re-
jected, were contracted without getting
bids.
They are for work done ut Verona prior
to the refusal OF the Aldermen to pass
resolutions to the effect that emergency
had warranted doing the work without
first advertising for bids. Immediately or
the Council throwing the bills back work
was stopped.
The bills approved last night were
Ralph b. Schmidt Company, plumbing ant
steam fitting, three, a~sgregating Ss51. SO
David c. Seymour, furnishing vertica
boiler, $685.; William Shears, mason work
two bills, aggregatlng s9o7.1T; Charles
Bahr. mason work. $1O6. IS, and Davlt
Brooks. carpenter work. $4o6.S6
With all appropriations for the yea
figured in, City Expert Theodore c. Hew
son reported that the BOARD of Health hal
a balance on January / OF S~S,91S.S9 from
total income from all sources Ct $S4,336.
Health Officer David D.. ChaTr'ler, in hi
report, stated that in 1907 there had bee
accommodated in the endowed beds In tn
several hospitals Of the city 1,022 patients
Dill Nye and Queen Victoria.
Years ago the late Bill Nye wrote