The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-11-02

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To the Honorable Mayor ana Member
of the Council Fairmont West
Virginia, =
My dear Sirs 4: 4; y h; Z. 7.
was appoisted by. you bod City
Physician and Health ofticer, on the
Sth day Of April $40 and this il
imy first report. TX X
First ! WISH to call your attention
Ito the many c6mpla ints that have
come TO the Mayor and myself, as
Heat hOfheeE In regard to the Nth,
cess.opols, dirty. and open sewers;
etc, etc, and u would recommend
that the Council appoint al once d
SANITARY Officer, whose duties are I'd
Investigate such complaints, and re,
Eport came to the Mayor and Health
Officer, who shall have the power to
correct same. Z x 81 AZ ~ r.. ~
Second. Our streets are very dirty
land unsightly;: quite often from loose
paper, hand bills, posters, etc, blow.
ing over and through the streets,
sidewalks and onto peoples porches,
which does not look good, and Is I'm;
sanitary from the effect Sof splttals
and filth accumulating on such waste
material. 4 n, Z. .,i N, 8 h Z,
Third. "a splitting ordinance should
be enacted and enforced. Tie spit.
ting upon sidewalks is not only dirty
land filthy, but dangerous and men.
ace to health. The carrying OF same
into our homes by means of our shoes
and ladies, skirts, quite often produce
tuberculosis (consumption) and a
stop should be to put to such a filthy
practice. Ei 4 J. /, y 3 ~
Fourth. Garbage, papers, and all
waste material hauled through our
streets, should, be1 compelled to have
wagons, vehicles, ETC., to cover same
SO as to. avoid all possible blowing out
or shaking of same on streets. "A pen.
atty attached to same would soon do
away with this trouble, and make our
City much more Clearly. (Sees Sec.
ton -, page 1870, Municipal Code "a
Fifth. Our City; Bastile should be
provided with a padded cell, In case
Of any mental arrangement and &C.
lcident 70 said person. A law suit
might give us I, serious trouble.
Sixth. Our Pest Houses need over.
hauling and cleaning up, not that we
anticipate n breaking out OF small.
pox, but we should always be ready
for such cases. Such repairs are
needed there badly. E
Seventh. In regards to our City
Water, ! shall not say anything. For
the past several months we have bees
working under great many disad.
yantages, and we feel sure that In n
while all will be adjusted satisfac-
torily to all Of our citizens. 4
Eighth. Section s, page 81, Board
LOT Health, says:
ut shall be the duty Of every sprac.
titirg physician within the Getty II I,
Faifhopt to report Immediately, after
!! diaghosis, each case of chol era, small.
| pox. syafiafoid,, Scarlet fever, dipthefia,
|tyahSid shIs Il k9sit y ! asd
fuses to- comply with. this ! Section,
|shall, upon COMPLETION thereof, before
the. Mayor of said City, be fined MT
$4,000. sS, -. e. 'l.,t .SsS',ae e9i Ti'(a
:! wish, e. say that our physicians
are very lax, and negligent in this re,
,spect, In reporting cases, and from
now on; shall ask that this Section
be enforced. 1t night be, a good sug.
gestion TO. have this Section printed
in our daily papers, for a few days.
The work of the City physicias from
April the 8th, 1910, TO present date,
shows that we have treated sixty.
seven poor cases in the City.
Fifty nine visits to the City Jail.
1O4 cases, accident, ETC., treated at
the office.
3 caset', accidents, etc teater at
Cooks Hospital.
= cases, accidents, ETC., traeted at
the City Hospital.
Also the quarantining, fumigating
and the psoting OF SO cards and flags
in costagious and infectious diseases.
Contagious and infectious Diseases
%. Reported: a.a.
Scarlet fever, Is cases and no
deaths
Dlphtheria. cases and 2 deaths.
Chicken-Pox, 2 cases and no deaths.
SMALLPOX, 2 cases and no deaths
Whooplng- Cough, 22S cases and no
deaths.
!. -. Death Report. =, :. !.
Bronchitis, 1: Valvular Disease of
Heart, 4; Periton1tis, 3: Burns, 2;
Entro.Colitis; 2; lleo,Colitis. /; Ne. |
phritis, .; Puerpal ,Eclampsia,. /
uraemia, l.; Drowned, L; Premature
births, 3; Castro Enteritis, /, Inan.
ititon, /; Myocarditis, /; Cerebral
Meningitis, ! Suicides, 8; Suffoca.
ton, 3; Septicaemia, 4; Typhoid
Fever, 7; tuberculosis, 6: Paralysis,
l: sEnciphalitis. !: Cerebro.Spinal
Meningitis, L; Diphtheria, 9; Apo.
pleXia. 2; Cancer, 8: Pneumonia.5: