Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-05
NNUAL REPORT COMMISSIONERS OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

tubercle ba iii were found and the milk
supply from the contaminated source
| promptly cut off, Increased authority
| should be granted for the supervision
and control Of the milk supply not from
the meteorological standpoint alone. but
n every way. and to that end the early
| enactment of the bill drafted for that
| purpose is recommended. Oh. r. S625,
8. 1922
Sanitary Inspection Service.
In the sanitary inspection service S.146
complaints have been acted upon and
1927 house-to-house inspections have
| been made. The law for the prevention
| Of smoke has been enforced, as well az
the limited number OF inspectors at the
disposal of the department would per
NIT and the aid Of the police in this
| work has proven most helpful.
| The law requiring the removal OF weeds
whenever they are more than four inches
| high is incapable of even a reasonable
degree of enforcement without large
| increase in the inspection force OF the
| heath department in the summer season,
| and the limit of height for weeds seems
to have been placed too low. Even, how
| ever, if the limit be raised to, say, eight
J cen inches. which seems more reasonable
! than four inches. some Increase in the in
! spection force would be necessary II sub
! plished. 1t is recommended. however.
that the law be amended so as to toler-
ate innocuOus weeds UP to height of
eighteen inches. forbidding altogether
poisonous ones, such as poison ivy, and
eaving the matter of an increase in the
inspection force In the summer to see to
the enforcement Of the law to be dealt
with in the annual appropriation bills.
Operat ons under the law authoriZ ng
the abatement Of nuisances and the as
sessment Of the cost against the property
have yielded very satisfactory results.
although 1t is to be regretted that proceed
ure Is SO slow. In 3O4 cases, In which
the owners could not be reached by GRIM
NAL procedure because they were non
residents or because OF Illness could not
be taken into court, notices were served
under this law and in 29S cases the
nuisances were abated by them. In only
six was it necessary for the District to
do the work and assess the cost.
Impounding Of Dogs.
Owing to the prevalence of rabies
among dogs, the Commissioners on Au-
gust 4, 1870 issued an order requiring all
dogs running at large to be muzzled. No
| funds were available for the adopting of
special measures to enforce compliance
with the requirements of this proclama-
ton, but the poundmaster has endeav-
ored to impound as many dogs as pos
sible, when found unlawfully at large.
and the police have prosecuted the own
ers Of such animals for permitting them
to run at large. In all 5.o31 dogs were
seized by the poundmaster during the
year, and of these 4,454 were destroyed.
Notwithstanding this fact and notwith-
standing the prosecutions by the police,
dogs continue to run at large and rabies
among animals has prevailed, los cases
having been reported during the year
among dogs. of which diagnosis 81 were
confirmed by laboratory test.
Board Of Pharmacy.
The board Of pharmacy reports that 30
applicants for license to practice phar-
macy in the District were examined, %
of whom failed, / was transferred, / re-
jected and 30 passed. Five others from
the states were licensed by reciprocal ex-
change.
The board has reciprocal exchange re-
lations with Indiana. Massachusetts,
Maryland, Michigan. North Dakota, Ohio,
Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware and
Louisiana.
.4nree permits and three renewals of
permits to sell poisons for use in the arts
were also issued.
Nurses Examining Board.
The nurses examining board examined
and approved for registration 80 appli-
cants for certificate as graduate nurses
and for certificates without examina-
ton.
Commissioners of Flour Inspection.
The commissioners Of -four inspection
were not called upon during this year to
decide any cases of dispute as to the
quality Of flour.
Board Of Charities
The annual report of the board of
charities reviews the work Of all chart
table and correctional institutions SUBJ
ject to supervision and makes important
recommendations for improvement of the
system.
Attention is called to the removal of the
last workhouse inmates to the new in
stitution at Occoquan and the consolida-
ton Of the jail with the Washington Asy-
lufi Hospital, as authorized by Congress
last winter.
In the field Of medical charities the
an appropriated be made to begin the
erection of buildings for general chronic
and convalescent patients at the District
public hospital site on Georgia aven e.
The board urges this as the most i'm
portant immediate need in the work unu Ter
its supervision. Attention is called to the
Inadequate provisions at the Washingt, n
Asylum Hospital and the overcrowded
condition there.
The work at the psychopathic wards OF
the Washington Asylum Hospital has re-
suited in a marked reduction in the num-
Der of people sent to the Government
Hospital for the Insane, but this work Is
not nearly as useful as 1t might be II
better facilities were provided for carry
ing 1t on.
It is recommended also that provision
be made for the treatment Of inebriatss.
Attention is called to the fact that
proper provisions for care Of patients in
its public hospitals. appropriations of
about 1900 have been made for build
ings and grounds for private hospitals
within the past ten years.
Reduction is made in the estimates for
the maintenance Of lying-in cases and for
emergency cases, and 1t Is recommend ed
that these appropriations be made to be
used at such institutions as offer the best
service, and that the board be not limited
to particular institutions in making con-
tracts:
In the field of child-caring work, addi-
tional inspectors and placing officers are
recommended for the board OF children's
guardians.
II is recommended that the Industrial
Home School for White Children be
moved to q site in the country where a
large tract Of land can be secured.
1t Is recommended that the work at the
Industrial Home School for Colored Chill
dren be enlarged or improved.
The pressing necessity for an institution
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