Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-22
NEW METHODS IN
CITY SANITARY
WORK URGED
Survey Report Points Out Defects
in Present Systematic In
dividual Blamed.

admitting that the report of the
ay,erts who made survey of health
4 and school conditions in Atlanta last
.,rmer contains certain recon-
rsnaaLions of changes in the work
# the City Health Department, Pres.
Dent Wilmer l.. Moore, of the Cham.
=; her of Commerce, vigorously denied
Wednesday that the dismissal of any
# the members of the Board of
Health is urged. or that they are
.Fucised Individually
no names are mentioned in that
norrton of the report we have re-
reyed.'' Mr.. Moore said, land the
document is not nearly so startling
and sensational as the public has
heen led to believe.
The criticism the experts direct
against the health department is not
based on personal inefficiency of the
members, but on the inadequate
saIipment and facilities with which
bev are required to handle their
work
improvements Urged.
Is it true that the report recon-
nerds the abolition of the present
Board of Health and a reorganiza-
ion of the entire. department." Mr..
Moore was asked.
Certain improvements in orSanl-
zaffon and methods are recommend
cd he replied, but it is not true
that the abolition of the board is
asked The members of the present
OH
tack is made on them
It is understood that the report says
health conditions in Atlanta are far
below conditions in cities of similar
size throughout the country.
It is generally understood, though
Mr.. Moore will neither admit nor de-
nv the rumor, that the city sanitary
department is taken sharply to task
for it's lax methods of collecting and
disposing of garbage, particularly its
habit of allowing loaded, uncovered
garbage wagons to traverse the prin-
opal streets when traffic is at its
heaviest,
School Report Not In.
Radical changes in the methods of
the sanitary department are said to
be recommended by that portion of
the report that has not yet reached
Mr.. Moore.
The report of the survey of Allan
ta's school system, which was made
by Shelby M. Harrison and his asso-
ciates along with their survey of
health conditions, probably will arrive
in Atlanta soon: st
This portion of the report is await
ed with considerable interest by
members of the Chamber of Com
merce, in view of the recent eXposi-
ton of almost unbelievable cendi-
lions in the schools.
The survey, was made before the
present conditions became noticeable,
but II is said the experts anticipated
them AND predicted just about what
mas happened aNs77fF r.+
New Survey Is Planned. i
Mr.. Moore disclaims knowledge of |
what the report on school conditions |
lhority that the school system is |
criticised. The need of more schools, |
better schools, and better methods |
IS emphasized in the report, it is
said, and Atlanta's school system Isl
placed far down in the scale, below |
that of other cities of her size and |
Importance re '-a~~z
The reports being received from |
the Russell Sage Foundation experts |
cover several weeks work by Mr. |
Harrison and his three colleagues |
Owing to the expense involved, and |
the fact that the work is in the ma
tire of an experiment, only a partial |
survey was made.
1t is understood that the Chamber
Of Commerce is contemplating for
some time in the future, survey |
that will cover every phase of living |
conditions in Atlanta. Only the |
health and the school system of the |
CITY We're touched last summer.