The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-10
lWO VOTE FOR Or. H.S. BHU
But Majority Saw no OBJ
lection to Present
Official.
Chas. NJ Tobln Reelected Clerk and
DIR. G. n. Wiant President Protein.
Health OFFICER Bain Presents His
Annual Report

itory police, failed this morning when
the city health board met in the may
or's office TO reorganize for the year.
Addison Balm was reelected health
officer for six months at a salry Of
$40 per month and Charles NJ. Tobin
was reelected clerk for one year at
salary of $25 per month. Dr.C. T.
Want was reelected president pro
Item. Mayor Claude ID. Waters, by
virtue Of his Office as mayor, presided
at the meeting.
| 1t had been planned TO elect a ply
sician as health officer and then APP
point sanitary police and the names
of DR.. II. S. Rhu and James Lutz
were mentioned in this connection
Two members of the board favored
DR.. Rhu, two favored James Lutz for
the position of health officer and the
REMAINING member saw no reason why
| Addison Balm should be ousted from
his position.
! The two members. who had been
supporting DR.. Rhu, swung over to
Rain and he was elected. Bills amount
ing to $174.16 were allowed by the
| hoard.
The report Of the health officer for
the year 1911 was submitted to the
board and accepted. The report is as
follows
Health officer Addison Balm sub
mitted his annual report for the year
| 1911 to the board. It is as follows
| During the year 1911 11S cases OF
contagious disease were reported to
the health officer. Aside from en- eX-
tended epidemic of measels 065 cases)
l191O reported only "a cases of conta-
gion and those mostly of a mild char
acter. 1911 will record a smallpox epi-
demic of 81 cases within the corpora
ton limits which cost the city of Mar
ion Sl,650.00 OF which an itimized ac-
count is on file at the health office.
Comparing the cost Of this epidemic
with that Of 1908 when $50 people We're
stricken with smallpox and cost the
city over $2O0OD,OO 1t is only fair to
Issy the city has learned a lesson Of
ECONOMY and practiced it during the
recent epidemic.
Aside from smallpox the past year
LS other cases Of contagion were re-
ported the greater number being that
OF an epidemic OF dlphtheria now pre-
lvailng. That the disease is slowing
but surely gaining is largely due to
the fmild type or character OF the dis
ease causing many families to disre-
gard the disease as dangerous, neither
calling a physician to diagnose the
case nor reporting the same to the
health officer, allowing the children Of
diphtheria homes to attend school, pic
turc shows, and mingle with other
children in and about their homes,
until probably the last child I'm the
family developes a bad case ana then
n doctor is called only to find that the
disease has been prevalent for the past
week and exposures numerous. Milk
bottles are daily taken from diphther-
tic homes and with improper stteriliz-
ing are realled and carry the dreaded
disease in other homes.
BY q glance at our health chart 1t
win be seen that over 80 per cent Of
our city's contagion developes in the
western portion of our city. Where
| at this date we have homes carded
, foI whooping cough measles, chicken
, pox and diphtheria. That part is in
great need of more thorough and sys-
tematlc drainage Another fact no
ticeable is, the disease has been more
pdevnlent on approaching the slaugh-
ter house district, the vicinity in which
every death occurred.
The health officer honestly believes
IL more of Marion's money was spent
in drainage and in Improving the
walks in west Marion there would be
a great saving on the contagion ac-
count That the children Of Marion
viii be compelled to attend school in
this infected district where there are
neither drains, streets, nor cross walks
Is not a pleasant condition to contem-
Iplate and is a matter which should
interest every councilman and citizen
of Marion
our school reports. show we have
many children whose eyes need at
tentlon and II is n matter of no little
Importance. II there be no available
funds to use in this direction it GER
tainly opens up a great field for mis-
sionary work. The same report in
forms us that tobacco is used byy chill
dren in every school In the city, even
in rooms Of the first grade where the
average age Is six years,
During the past year receipts foI
fun gators sold to adjoining township
boards of health and private citizens
lamount 10 $34.5O During the recent
Eepidemic OF diphtheria every picture
show in the city has been fumigated
by the health officer at an expense OF
one dollar per house which amount has
been placed to the credit Of the health
fund.
$i5l.04 has also been collected from
lother counties for treatment OF eonta'
gious disease in nonresident families
over 300 rooms have been fumigateo
I for contagion during the past year
Many samples Of water has been SUP
mitted to the state board Of health fol
| lanalysls together with meat, milk and
{ bread. The meat is supposed TO con
D tatn nton,nfn nnfqoo A final rcpor