The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-06
1873 Cases of Communicable
Diseases Reported Dur
ing the Year.
NO LAWS GOVERNING DIARIES
Improvement in Sanitary
Conditions of Schools.
OFFICER Balm Recommends That Quar-
ries he Cleaned--NIany Cellars the
Breeding Places of Germs.


Number of cases of communicable
diseases rcported to the Health Of
ficer as follows: Typhoid Fever, o;
Diptheria, 10; Scarlet Fever. 1. Meas.
les, 1856; Chicken Pox 5; whooping
Cough, /; Observation-Disclosures card
ed. 8. Fumigation. Number of
places and rooms: Small PoX
q places, rooms 2: Scarlet
Fever, 1 house, 6 rooms; Diptheria
Is houses, 80 rooms Tuberculosis Is
houses 122 rooms Schools 2, 10 rooms
Typhoid Fever, house rooms; i.
.. department at Union Depot,
room Total 80 houses, 24G rooms
Physicians called Medical SER
vices called in council for conta
geous diseases, 2. Expenses for same,
$500.
During the season n great many
homes, premises, stores. bakeries. ice
cream parlors and ice cream manu-
featuring places. milk depots and
meat markets We're inspected. over
200 lbs. of meat were condemned and
sent to the disposal plant.
With no rules and regulations
governing the handling selling and
bringing milk into the city of Marion.
1t is a safe conclusion that our peo
pie are being served with milk from
filthy dairles, unhealthy cows, milk
which has never been reduced to the
proper temperature but hauled into
the city under the heat of the sum
mer sun without even a cover over
the cans. If such conditions are al
lowed TO exist, epidemics of Dipther-
in, Typhoid and Scarlet Fever and
other contagious diseases will pre-
vail, with noticeable increase in
the infant mortality of our city.
The first case OF measles reported
10 the Board of Health was from
the home of John Louvisi, on Charles
street, by DIR. Hamilton, Feb. the 18th
The disease proved to such CON
tageeus, nature that by the last of
April an epidemic prevailed through
out the city, and no less than l56
cases were reported to the Board of
Public Health. 1t is hoped that un-
der the nov laws requiring con-
,ageous diseases of a more minor ma
tire to he reported, tnat Physicians
parents and teachers will pe more
prompt in reporting same, and an cpl
1cm!c fer 1911 will be evaded.
The attention of the Board OF
Health Is particularly directed to the
Lnganitary conditions of the abandon
al stCIo- -quarrios, located almost in
tie center of our city with little or
10 drainage, where rubbage and
garbage of every conceivable ma
ture are being dumped contrary to
state laws, and city ordinances. No
.iceable among loads of filth re-
| Gently dumped on the banks are
dead chickens, cats. rats a load
of frozen potatoes, II bbls. of poultry
onfals and feathers, together with
barrels of frozen slops, apples and
cabbage. The Health officer recon-
mends that two of the said quarries
| -, thoroughly cleaned about the banks
and surroundings, fenced and closed
against the admission of any rubbage
n matter, and the filing of said quar-
| ries be concentrated TO the one, the
owner of said quarry be required to
reject any and all matter of an OBJ
| iectionable nature.
| Another matter of vital importance
is, that of our sewer system, the
| fact that a great many cellars are
made the breeding places of disease
germs are due to insufficient drain
age, which causes at short intervals
over-flows flooding the cellars with
| nth and disease germs. 1t is Il mat
er of fact that larger tiebe used
| n extending our drains and the
| Mains which are so inadequate to
! he city's demands, will be from
| time to time as n city financial
condition will permit.
| Schools.
Regarding our public schools 1t is
pleasant to note the past year, marks
many improvements. as regards the
| sanitary condition and safety of the
pupils and teachers through recon-
| nendaticns of the Board OF Health,
! approved by the Board of Education,
| le teachers from every school room
| in the city furnishes monthly Ave-
orts To the Health officer touching
| very branch of sanitation and
| hyglcne. together with such recon-
nendations and requests as pertains
| TO their individual rooms with con
tlnuance of the harmonious work, 1t
safe to say that the high stand
| ard which our schools now enjoy will
| till be raised.
Comparing the present inspection
With that of Feb. many important
md substantial improvements are
1oticeabe Wis The sanitary con-
lltions of the closets. the repairing
# the fire escapes the better pro-
lection of the gas meters, the replac-
ing of fire eXtinguishers from halls
and wrap rooms, to their proper
1laces on the wall. The placing of
Ere. extlnguishers in buildings which
were heretofore unprotected, the
sanitary bubbling fountain in place
Of filthy dirty zines, with rusty tin
cups and the transforming that
which was positive death traps into
safe and pleasant play rooms. In fact
the recommendation of the Board of
Health have been carried out almost
To the letter.
Respectfully submitted,
ADDISON Balm
| Health officer