Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-01-11
LICENSES OF
MILK DEALERS
ARE REVOKED
Beard of Health Uses Drastic
Measures on TIVE Dealers
Last Night.
GARBAGE QUESTION up
MANY NUlSAhCES

members of the Board of Health
appointed by Mayor Bollschweiler
took their seats last night the board
did not reorganize, as the annual
meeting is in February The new
members present were Leo Schwartz
and George Wustefeld. DR.. G. /.
Silk has not been sworn In as yet,
but will probably do so before the
next meeting. The members of the
board holding over are President
Justus Kaletsch, Thomas F. Burke,
P. N. Kennedy and Robert Macan.
Mr.. Wustefeld was named temporary
/ chairman of the sanitation commit
tee and Mr.. Schwartz chairman of
the milk and food committee. Mr..
Wustefeld was added to the accounts
committee.
Pure Milk Question.
The proposition of improving the
milk supply of the city is still before
the board More score cards were
received from the State Board of
Health as the result of recent inspec-
tions OF the milk source of supply to
this city The percentages ranged
from twenty-eigbt to seventy-nine
per cent. AS the result of these
score carus the board revoked the
licenses of /. Feldman, of Wood
bridge township, and ISaac Flood, of
Fords. Feldman's rating was thirty
f1ve per cent. and Floods fifty-three
per cent. Sixty per cent. is the rat
ing required by the board. j. Miller,
of Kinsey Corner, was warned not
to again enter the business, his re-
cent rating being twenty-eight per
cent.
Milk license was granted J..
Datesk, of 646 Charles street, and
refused Mrs. Alice Ryan, of Asa
Park avenue, because the source of
ty per cent mark required by the
board. The State Board of Health
has refused to supply the board
with score cards similar to those
used by them but has offered TO
make inspections of the milk supply
/ to Perth Amboy as often as Is de-
sired. The score cards bearing the
name of the State Board the latter
board does not y arr saasHS a by any
other beard. = = .----.-- ~
Health Ofsicers Report.
Health Officer John II Iu1id. Ii
his report for December. shows tba,
there were the following cRses re-
iported. Scarlet fever, "a; chicken
pox, IL; typhoid fever, Q diphthe-
ria. 8; pulmonary tuberculosis, 8 !;
dfphtheria Group, 1; measles, g..
Total, 64. Fumigations by assist
ants. 80; plumbing inspections by
assistants. 58.
After Garbage Collectors.
Mayor Bollschweiler in a commu-
ntcatfon to President Kaletsch call
ed attention to the poor service In
garbage collection caused either by
the garbage being put out at wrong
hours or poor collection arrange
ments of the contractor. The pres
ent conditions are an eyesore and
menace to public health, he stated
While the Board of Health feels
that the enforcement of the garbage
ordinance is up to the police depart
ment 1t will do what 1t can to rem
edy conditions. Mr.. Wustefeld sug-
gested that the ordinance provision
compelling garbage to be set out for
collection in covered reeeptacles be
enforced also. These matters were
referred to the sanitation commit
tee. The yard of the City Market
was reported to be In an unsanitary
condition and the inspectors will
take the matter up at once.
The vaults and toilets for a radius
OF 500 feet from the corner of New
Brunswick avenue and Fayette
street are reported to be in bad con-
dition and will be inspected with a
view of eliminating all Objectionable
features.
Private Sewer Needed.
The matter of private sewer for
Colfax street to stop the surface flow
OF sewage complained of by the
ChesebrOugh Vaseline Works was
again taken up and the residents in
that locality will be notified to ap-
pear before the board at it's next
meeting to take up the proposition.
The majority OF the residents affect
ed by the present state of affairs are
understood to be In favor OF the I'm
propement.
Copper Sulphate In Oysters.
A communication was received
from the Board OF Health of sacra-
mento, Cal. stating that many of
the oysters received there from the
cost NOhS0iuS0 Copp0E butPudLG Wu1cn
had caused much sickness of a
gastro-intestinal nature. The writer
remembered years ago of seeing
oysters elinging to old derelicts and
hulks In Raritan bay and was told
at that time that these oysters ac-
cumulated this copper sulphate. He
wanted further information on the
subject. He stated that he did not
think that the copper sulphate was
used as a preservative, but was due
to the conditions surrounding the
growth of the oyster. The matter
VIII be Investigated.
Precautions for Undertakers.
1t was reported that certain local
undertakers were not taking the pre-
cautions required IL reference TO
the bodies of dead from scarlet fever
and diphtheria. The cofflns should
be closed at once, while in several
recent cases. it is alleged. they have
been left open for some time. This
matter win be investigated as we'll
as the report that several local
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