The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-06-13
Former Salem Physician
Elected First Inspector
of Public Health.
WILL TAKE OFFICE JULY FIRST
Complaint Made Against Condition Of
Jerome Greek and City is Urged to
Take Action to Secure the Filling
Up of the Creek at Once.

DR.. John J. McShane of Madison,
formerly praeticing physician in the
Village Of Salem in the western part
of the county, was elected inspector
of public health for the city of Ke-
nosha at the regular meeting of the
board of health ON Thursday evening.
DR.. McShane was the unanimous
choice of the members of the board
and he viii receive salary of $4,000
a year and viii begin the duties of
his new Office on July 1st. Before
the appointment goes into force it
must he approved by the common
council and the council must also APP
prove the salary fixed by the board.
DR.. McShane was considered the
most available man of the four who
had filed applications for the position
He comes highly recommended not
only by the Wisconsin State Board of
Health and the dean of the Univer-
| sity of Wisconsin, but also by DIR.
Young of the Chicago. Board of Health.
DR.. McShane for the past year and
a half has been in the University of
WISCONSIN supplementing his regular
medical course with course arrang-
ed especially for the trainiI g of physi-
clans to take up the work of the
health departments of cities. It is de-
clared that he will make vigorous
public official and that he is entirely
competent. When DR.. McShane comes
I to Kenosha he will have full charge of
! the executive work of the board of
health. DR.. j. B. Spalding will have
charge Of the work until the coming of
DR.. McShane. It is thought certain
that the choice of the Board of Health
twill be approved by the council.
The meeting of the board on Thurs
day evening was an extended one.
Complaints were received from proper
ty owners in the neighborhood of Jer-
ONE Creek demanding that the board
take some action to have the creek
| filed up in order to get rid of possible
conditions that are feared following
the coming of the hot summer weather.
The board referred the matter to the
common council with the suggestion
that some steps be taken to have these
RortionS of the creek filed up.
The rules for the Board Of Health
are not yet ready to be made public
but the committee on rules is con-
ferring with the members of the State
Board of Health and it is expected
that the rules will be ready within
short time.
The board took up the question of
abating nuisances and the city council
will be asked to amend the health or
dinance so as to give the board the
right to abate nuisances and Charge
the cost of such work to the property
owners as taxes. This matter is now
in the hands of the City Attorney and
it is probable that the council will
take early action
The problem of collecting licenses
and better regulation of all milk deal
ers is to be taken up by the board and
the city ordinance enforced without
Partially.
The board decided to start prosecu-
ton against the keeper Of a slaughter
house on Salem avenue, holding that
the place was nuisance.
There was large amount of rout-
inc business before the board and it
was midnight before the work was
formulated