The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1914-12-15
BOARD OF HEALTH'S
WORK OF A YEAR
Sewer Connections Ordered
Officers Submit Reports.

The ordinance calling for immediate
connection with the sewer which was
introduced by the sanitary committee
1t the last meeting of the board of
health and placed on first reading was
admitted to second reading at the De-
eember meeting of the board Monday
night and ordered advertised.
The ordinance calls for connection
with the sewer one month after notice
by the board of health under penalty
Of a fine of $25 for Noncompliance
with the notice and penalty of $40 a
day for every day over a month. The
amendment to the plumbing ordinance
calling for at least one closet to a
building and one closet to a floor in
apartment houses was also passed.
Secretary Francis II. Glazebrook, M
ID, read a communication from the
Lackawanna railroad that stated that
employees had been instructed to cease
all unnecessary whistling but declar-
ing that it was impossible to cease the
Whistling entirely. DR.. Haven. who
made the complaint concerning the
noise, said conditions had much inn
proved.
Miss Edith Waller secretary of the
Bureau of Social Service, asked if the
board could not do something toward
causing the walls of the Dalrymple
flats on Morris street to be painted.
The letter stated that the walls had
not been painted in six years and it
was the opinion of the secretary that
the residents would be encouraged to
live cleaner if the painting was done.
The board ordered the sanitary inspec
tor to investigate the complaint and if
no violation of the sanitary code was
found to inform Miss Waller that it
was out of the boards jurisdiction.
On the motion of DR.. Haven the
board ordered that the physicians be
notified that diphtheria culture be sent
the local hospitals for analysis in cases
where the family is too poor to nav
and the erpense of the analysis be
charged to the board of health. DR..
Haven explained that a special rate of
81 would be made to the board for
such analysis.
The meeting being the last of the
year the annual reports of the officers
of the board were read The secre-
tary, DIR. Glazebrook, reported $61.S5 on
hand showing that the board finished
the year within its appropriation. The
report went on to state that there
were fourteen cases of scarlet fever
in the hospital which would take a
large lump from the appropriation for
next year and urged that more money
be requested from the town. The
total receipts for the year were $6,79S.-
dog license account showed 1922 col
lected during the year for AIS licenses,
So and the disbursements $6,637. The
the number being fourteen more than
were issued last year. Two hundred
and fifty-nine deaths were reported
during the year as against 270 last
year making the rate this year 20.7I.
Eighty-three of the deaths were of nom
residents. Two hundred and fifty
eight births were reported making
the birth rate 20.62 One hundred
and six marriages took place during
the year to last years 103. The fol-
lowing number of contagious diseases
were reported during the year: diphs.
liberia, 8. scarlet fever, 10; tubercu1o-.
sis, 20; typhoid fever, 27.
The sanitary inspector, John j.. Bel
bey, reported ISL complaints received
during the year. 851 inspections made,
295 re-inspections. 223 interviews, and
200 nuisances abated. The plumbing
inspector, John j. Kilkenny, reported
754 inspections in the year, 1872 sewer
connections, making a total to date of
l,51O; and 221 plans filed. The dairy
inspector, DR.. Henry w. Dustan, re-
ported forty-two dairies inspected.
With the exception of two all the
dairies have arranged to tuberculin
test their herds. The average amount
OF milk produced daily from tubercuFin
tested cows in this town the inspec-
tors report showed was 6,051 quarts
Two OF the producers are shipping to
other towns. The dairies were found
to up to and above the standard for
cleanliness. Three new dairies came
into existence during the year and five
discontinued.