St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-09-12

| dppIOSCd Is IA "oo GcSObA-A $500
the first b Ii, paid by the Board Ct
Aldermen and | was not fed ~ the
Mayo that the Board OF Aldermen
would not pay any mole bills for an
insp. ctor. Correspondence On this
matter between the Mayor and nay
self is herewith attached to this re
port. | invite your consideration OF
the sam. Mr.. HOllier has been very
diligent and painstak ng with tn S
work and has p over entirely salts,
factory. | herewith submit q report
from him relative TO part of tn HCT!'
done by him.
have made a thorough insp -ction
of the streets, cutters, gullies, the
dumping grounds and other places II
cur C ty and find much to be done
by the city towards a sanitary i'm
PROMINENT. At the iegular meeting
of the Board of Aldermen in July, J
appeared before that body and call
ed their attention to the insanitary
conditions existing in the quilts
streets and other places n our City
and urged them to take steps to
abate these ~nuisances. A motion by
Mr.. Easthem prevailed authorizing
the Mayor to borrow Two Hundred
Dollars with which to clean out the
gullies. Again at the regular inset.
ing of the Board of Aldermen in
August l appeared before them, and
again urged them to take INN -diate
steps to abate these nuisances, as
i moth ng had been done, and nothing
has BEN done by the City up to
this time. have frequent complaints
made to me by citizens about the
conditions Of the gullies and cutters,
and residents have protested against
being compelled to clean up their
premises and properties when the
gull es and cutters are in the con.
dition that they are,
! I submit for your consideration or
dinances relating to cleaning up and
keeping properties in a sanitary con-
dition, relative to stables, relat We TO
the establishment and maintaining Of
dairies within the corporate limits
of our City, and an ordinance regu-
lating the sale of milk and its pro-
ducts. I ask for the enactment of
these ordinances. | have spent a
great deal of time and care in writ
ing these ordinances, especially the
| llt1lk OIu1ldI1Cc. 1S IuI1h OIuludlCc
may appear drastic upon first read
ing, but / do not think we can be too
exacttng in our regulations concern
ing the handling and sale of this i'm
portant article of diet. | am working
on a good many ordinance which |
shall present for your consideration
at a subsequent meeting of your
Board.
l would suggest that our Board
have regular stated meetings every
month or every two months.
I wish to state that the people
are as a rule much more will ng to
and much more readily observe the
sanitary regulations and orders than
ever before. | say, without any de-
sire to boast or to exaggerate that
our City Is in as healthy condition
as any city of it's size in the South.
The preceding Board of Health, of
which most of you were members,
had for it's main object the estab-
lishment of a sewerage system for
our City and they accomplished this
object. Our present Board can &C.
complish equally as much and more
for ii City by the enactment and eX-
ecution of proper ordinances relat-
ing to the improvement of it's sani-
tary condition.
Respectfully,
b. A. LITTELL, M. D.,
Chairman of the City Board of Health
Moved by Dr.. Boagni that the
Chairman be instructed to again call
upon the Mayor and Board of Alder
men and that he again urge upon
them the necessity of Immediately
cleaning out the gullies and cutters
and abating the other nuisances ex-
by Mr.. Ventre and carried.
Inspector Hollier submitted the
following report, which on motion
duly seconded and carried. was ac-
cepted and ordered filed:
Opelousas, August II, 1914.
City Board of Health:
Gentlemen:-I have inspected the
city, throughout. have gone to every
house in the City limits with a few
exceptions. | found the City in very
bad condition in some parts, but the
people have obeyed instructions and
cleaned up we'll. Have served no.
tees on the three Railroads running
through the City, the Southern Pa
cific, the O. G. & N. E., and the Fris-
co cut weeds and briars and to
clean out all bitches and drains on
their road. The Frisco has obeyed
instructions and ale cutting weeds
and briars and cleaning drains and
bitches on both sides of the road. The
s.. P. and O. G. have not done any
cleaning of drains or bitches yet. On
Aug. Is l inspected the Railroads
and found only the Frisco at work
cleaning up. l find the gullies run
ming through the city in bad condi-
ton. The Mayors and Rawls gullies
and Bayou Lessin are all thru over
grown with weeds and grass. The
people living nea the gullies com
plain that they are made to cut
weeds and clean up while the town
does not cut its weeds. | have tried
to make them understand that the
Board of Health is working to this
point. Now after examining the gull
lies think they should be cleaned
out, but If We cannot have them
cleaned through it could be done.
say, Lessin from Jefferson st. to o.
G. track. Rawls gulley from Grolee
to South st. and Mayors gulley
from North st. to Landry st. | am
now on my second round of inspec-
ton. Find the weeds have been cut
but have grown high again. Some of
the people say they have cut weeds
once and will not cut again. find
few cisterns that have not
been screened.
Now, gentlemen l have given this
work my close attention and hope
Ii will meet with the ca4icfnntinn of