The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-06
NEED SEWERS FOR
SOUTH RICHMOND
Health Department. Looking Into
Necessities Of New
Territory.

Fro hlenls growing out OF the recent
annexation Of Manchester are discussed
In some detail in a bulletin issued yos-
to-day by the City Board of Health,
which gives statistics of health condi-
lions covering the month of April. It
was on April is that the annexation
took effect, and the comparative stalls
teal tables OF the department for that
month are therefore to gone extent
dsarrangcd. The estimated popua-
ton or Washington Ward is placed at
lo.1s4. of which e.ss4 are white and
$500 are colored. The present popula-
ton of Richmond is estimated at 1852,
OF which soSll are white and 1851 arc
colored The former president OF tho
Board of Health of Manchester, Dr. NJ.
p. Rucker, under tho terms of tho
agreement, becomes an assistant 10
the Chief Health Officer OF Richmond,
and the city physician Of Manchester,
Or. L. I. Rucker. becomes a physician
to the poor. The bulletin says;
"A preliminary survey shows that
an enormous amount of work Will have
to be done across tho river, DIR. Ruck-
or has conducted his work as we'll aH
the utterly inadequate financial sup.
port which he has been allowed haH
permitted. Inspection of dairies which
supply Manchester has shown that not
one is up to the standard which Rich-
mond dairies had attained after the
first four months of dairy inspection
three years ago. They Will bsa given
thirty days in which to meet our re-
quirernents. II is pleasant to be abba
to state that all OF them have responds
ed IN excellent spirit. and 1t is conf
denty believed that they will come up
to time and will appreciate, as have
our Richmond dairyInen. the advantages
lu.h I-Io hav hoy IL aE yui nrt
the improvements demanded of them"
Do Not Use Sewers.
| Man. houses In the new territory, II
| is stated. have no sewer connections,
even in the limited area in which sew
crs have been provided. and II is rec-
commended that those who have A pubs
| lie sewer available be required to con-
nee. and Install proper hxtures-
| The typhoid fever situation is re,
| ported to ne in the most satisfactory
shape that 1t has ever been. The month
Iof May opened with only three cases
OF this disease on hand in the entire
clty--a record which has mover before
heen even distantiy approached. Tho
| number of cases reported during April
was only five. the lowest by FAR that
has ever been had since the records
OF the Office have been reliable. OF
these five cases reported during APRIL
/
was certainly contracted out of tho
city. another probably contracted away
from here, and a third and fatal casa
| was not positively diagnosed This
| leaves only two cases OF undoubted
| typhoid fever contracted In Richmond
during the month OF April Two of tho
cases resulted fatally, one of a man
whose attendant physician was doubt
full whether It really was typhoid, tho
report being that he knew of no other
disease that 1t was more likely to have
been" while the other was a negro
who contracted the disease in dis-
liant railroad camp.
Epidemic of Measles.
There were 466 cases OF measles re"
ported during the month Of April, max
ling a total of S14 since March L. There
have been only three deaths. a striking
contrast to the year 1907, when there
was an epidemic OF measles. l,212 cases
being reported during the first SIX
months, with thirty-hve deaths.
i The bulletin says that the common
house ny, recently renamed the "ty-
phoid fly" has come TO be recognized
; as one of the chief factors in the spread
of typhoid fever and probably other
diseases of the summon and fan. inc
: control of stables and the prompt re-
mov.l of rubbish is stated to be most
, important health measure, as 1t VIII
largely tend TO eliminate the breeding
: places of flies.
) sThe average score of dairymen SELL
; ing milk in the city was one point
} higher than in any previous month";
since the inspection began. The total
!, number Of deaths was 21S, making an
annual death rate Per 1000 for tho
entire city of 20.so, which includes the
deaths In Richmond Of twenty one nom