The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-11
SMALL P0X COST
. MARION S1,65O
City Board of Health Holds
Meeting.
Balm SUBMITS REPORT
One Case. of Contagion Dur
ing July.
Reports on Pollution In Little Scioto
River-City Water is Safe-NIllIk In
spectlon I'm Progress Nearly
all samples OF MIX Tested to
Date Are Fully up TO the stand
ard Requirements.

The epidemic OF smallpox that In
vaded the city last spring cost the
city $1,650. according TO the bills pre-
sented to the board OF health by
Health officer Addlson Balm at a
the health office.
A resolution was drawn and adopt
ed by the board to the effect that the
city council appropriate the necessary
funds to cover the cost Of the quar-
antine and the epidemic and II the
funds necessary to meet this expense
are not In the city treasury at the
present time. the council be request
ed to borrow the amount
Bills amounting to $l71.97 were
allowed by the board.
Health Officer Balm submitted to
the board his report of the health con-
clifton of the city for the month Of
July. The following Is the report:
"1t is gratifying in the extreme to
report to this honorable board OF
health that during the month of July
not one case of contagion existed In
the city of Marion, and only one case
OF typhoid fever, N
During the pasr. month an un7
usual npnber of unsanitary closets
have been reported and in' most cases
the ttouble speedily --medied. Owing
to the numerous rains during the sum
mer our streets and alleys are covered
with an unusual growth ,of weeds,
burrs aud thistles together With brush
and house rubbish and with the linz
tied fund placed 10 the oiNr Of the
street commissioner to remove these
etaubles the present nnsightly and
unsanitary condition Wilt probably re-
main.
'By the request OF r.. w. Pratt
chief engineer Of the engineering de-
partment of the state board of health
and by the order of President Want
of this board the health officer ac-
companled Mr.. L. X. Van Buskirk-
an inspector of the state board OF
health, during a two days inspection
Of the Little Scioto river and Rock
Swale ditch relative 10 the pollution
of their waters, and 4, possible to de-
termine the source of the same Many
interestine facts were disclosed, every
foot of the banks were gone over from
point one-half mile south Of Green
Camp to ine-fourthf mile north o!
Marion. W
"There Is unmistakable evidence
that the water of the Little Scioto
river below the outlet Of the old sewer
is I'm state Of high pollution, how
ever the cause of the same by no
means rests alone on the city of Ma
rion. as some would be pleased To
have ii. Many causes for the polu-
ton Of the streams have been noted
BY yolir health officer and will and
can be produced by order of this board
| ut any time.
During the past week State In
spector Harry .. Mesloh from the
state pure food IMPAIRMENT was In our
city Several places w,sre visited In
/ the interest of sanitatlcns 1t is pleas
ling TO note that many places visited
| & few weeks ago have made notice
able improvements along the line OF
sanitation.
"A report from DR. c. O. Probst
secretary of the state board Of heal'~
dated July is, says. The analstic
results obtained from the samples OF
water sent him from the different
parts of the city 2S. 1911, are
such that the water may be consider
ed safe water supply and no evil
dence OF pollution caused by the
break In the main at the pumping sta
tion.' i.
Il In compliance with an order from
this hoard to purchase Babcock