The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-04
WATER ORDINANCE
BEFORE ALDERMEN
PETERSBURG EXPECTS TO PASS
ORDER PREVENTING UNDUE
WASTE.
JULY HEALTH. REPORT
NUMBER OF DEATHS t>tst ALLY
LARGE PARTICULARLY AMONG
INF&NTS--T.OtA
NOTES.

Especial 10 The Richmond NireiuiHn,1
PETERSBG kG, VA. Aug All
though there has been some talk Of
opposition on the part of some of the
aldermen to the water ordinance
adopted by the Common Council
Tuesday night requiring the mayor
to issue a proclamation forbidding the
use of water for sprnkling whenever
II reaches as low a level as twelve
feet. it is not expected to material
ize,
The water i'm the storage reservoir
is now below the twelve foot mark
and 1t Ii expected that the mayor will
Issue the required proclamation as
soon as the ordinance becomes eff
feetive, which Is Immediately upon
its passage.
July Health Report
The juiy report of the department
of health shows that the numbe of
deaths for the month was 63. ar tve
more than the average for CORE
spending months for the last seven
years. The heavy mortality Is due
to the large number Of deaths among
infants. Thirty of the deaths we're Of
those under five years of age and six
teen of those under one Year, Seven
teen cases of typhoid were reported,
which is more than for all tho pre-
yious six months combined. but a few
less than for July, 1910, -Four of the
cases We're imported There are three
cases Of smallpox in the city. There
was bnt one death from typhoid dur
ing the month and one from pneu-
monia. Tuberculosis claimed the larg
er number of victims next to Brights
disease. There were eight deaths from
the latter cause and six from the
former, The death rate among the
whites was far below that among the
blacks,
Police Court Docket
The docket in the Police Court to-
day was a small one. one or two or
dinance violation cases and one drunk
com pieting it, All we're fined the
USUAL amounts
: Petersburg Funerals.
The funeral Of George Thomas. the
infant son of Mr. and Mrs, NJ. A.
Stewart. was held this afternoon at
4.30 o'clock from st Josephs Cath
Ollie church The Interment was in st.
Joseph's cemetery.
The funeral of Robert Gilt Tucker
infant son 4 Robert II. and the late
Marx gin Tucker, will lie held from
the residence al MIR Tucker in Fleet
afternoon.
Ball Game 10 Aid Fund
| The doctors and clerks win play a
game of Vase bali Tuesday afternoon
at the league park for the benefit of
the fresh air fund of the Salvation
Army. For the same fund 80 per cent
/ Of the proceeds of the performance
at the Academy of Music o-night will
! he turned over To AdJutant Woods,
! A fetr held at West Find Park fasI
week brought Il good sum Of money.
and tho fund has now reached COM
Portable proportions through these
sources and from private suhscrIp-
tons.
i Methodist Conference.
t The Petersburg District Methodist
Conference adjourned this afternoon
after a three days session. The read =
ing of reports and the election of lay
( delegates to the annual conference
was the principal business transacted
to-day, The report on the quarter
lv conference records and on colpor~
ltage and church literature We're read
and discussed. The sermon vas
preached Inv Rev. A. l.. Carson.