The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-06-19
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~ 1ueroue beard Of health is
4 called upon tonight To- deter
mine. nrst what ~ u sauitarium
second. what les 81 boarding house
and finally, "whcn does "a boarding
house cease 60 Dee a boardng house
and become % %sanitarium. or vice
yerfa g'
Right un the reel " occur TO us
thai our board Of health o. confront
ed with "a puzgiinR proposition tn"
medical gentlemen on the board
doubtless car define a snnitarium
but we doubt II any Of them can get
through With a definition of o board
ing house that viii prove acceptable
to aIl. and when IL comes Co differ
e%ntiating ana drawing a definite line
between two necessary Institutions
they certainly would be justified In
seeking to dodge the issue.
The problem confronting our
health authorities comes up on a pro-
tdst from o,r}ni1 residents OF the
100 block On North Second street
which prohibits the maintenance of
a sanitarium within one mile Of the
city limits IL being violated by a
householdci "a that block. who they
ohnrge Is receiving patients in the
approved name of sanitaria. The
said HOUSEHOLDER alleges that he is
not maintaining a sanitnrium, but
merely a boarding house. and that no
one has any right to Interfere with
his maintenance aud operation of
such boarding house so long as he
and other inmates OF the house obey
the law ana behave themselves.
We de- not know the details 81 the
North Second street situation. II
may or may not be that there are
circumstances there whicn call for
attention Of the health authorize
u does occur Co M however, that
the board Of health can afford 60 Do"
quite careful In defining the sani-
tnrium as within the meaning of this
city ordinance. Doubtless the need
for caution has occurred 90 members
OF the board in this connection. n
every house In Albuquerque which
provides a roof for one or more per
sons afflicted with t~ubcrculosis Is 10
he termed q sanl:nrium within the
.....f.u - sNN. .WAFWnnEn NE WEf
ukcly 10 have an Amazing number of
vacant dwellings on ouT hands, as
soon az the ordinance b. enforced.
OF course, no one supposes that the
board Of health il going 20 pat any
such extreme construction ou the or
dinnnce-but II II does not. where Is
IL going Co draw a line in enforcing
this city statute? Where Will u be-
Sin and wher viii 81 end II John
Jones owns ~ rents n house. pays his
rent. oheys the law and desires e.
take into said house Bin smith, the
ntter having tuberculosis Jones GER
tainiy is within his rights. n Smith
has = brother and q couple Of coughs
who also snnt 20 live with Jones.
the latter o. within his rights in rent
ma them rooms. u the whole crowd
choose 10 employ the same physician.
thn is their right. n the physician
chooses also To- live in the house. he
has a right 60 DO 80. Yet Tones mas
SIN be running "A perfectly Drune-
fed boarding house unless he chooses
go hang out a sign with the word
snnitarium IN a.
The ordnance n 1t Sc enforced az
Il stands. presents nothing but a see
ries ~ more and more vexing rompli-
cations IL Is utterly a. variance with
h city's whole public policy. of lu-
wiling the world 90 take advantage
81 our won erworking climate. n does
not and canot accomplish the pur'
pose Tor which II was passed, even ID
IL is rlgldiy enforced. and IL b. b. not
EoinE GO be- enforced Il hns no bust.
ness on The books
We have been Tor yeats. are now
ana NhNNAAfNF hNN 'NNAINAhf N Nif"
our energies Ia efforts 60 bring sani.
taria for the treatment OF tubcrcu'
lusls here. We hns succeeded if
getting several located and they are
proving highly valuable Institutions q,
this city Nons Of them is located d
mile from the city limits. We are
now working hard 20 get Two grenI
national Institutions II this charac'
ter the Mouse and tho Pythian hos
pitfalls. Probably both Of those insti'
TUTORS woald desire 20 he well re.
moved from the city proper. HuI
o they should select a sit'
within n hundred yards Of the cii'
limits or even Wel inside those lin
ICE, would We turn them down n Gel
them 20 70 10 Phoenix or VI raHo3
The thing that brn Hanit'fi'