Evening journal., 1914-03-06

own money IN investigating the garbage
collections in other cities. They were
much impressed with the system now in
vogue in Trenton, which also is used by
"A great number of the Western cities.
Tho system. while new. has passed be-
yond the experimental stage and Is IN
dorscd by both public officials and the
general public. The system which has
hccu explained by the local board
through the newspapers. consists Of
wrapping the drained garbage IN papers
and placing the parcel, in garbage cans
on boxes. the said rcccrtacles 10 Zoe
placcd ml the curhs for collection. The
collections are made four times "a week
and under this system IL Is easily dctcr-
mined ii the collectors are al fault, 10
also places a certain amount OF respon.
sibilitv uron the householder. and until
this Is done satisfactory results cannot
be obtained. The cost of collection under
the above zvstcm would be considerably
less. estimated possibly at 5000 per
year The hoard was anxious 10 install
this system for the coming summer. but
Is restrained under am opinion OF the city
solicitor who claims that the Whining
ton Sanitary Company could not hc cont
PEELED to receive the garbage wrapped in
papers under their present contracts,
which do not expire until May, lNl3.
Tho mcmbers of the board appreciate
their responsibility as TO the collection
of garhaee and feel that they have
done their full dutN in trying 10 force
fhc contractors to live mp To- their con-
tracts The fault, ms mentioned before,
is with the ordinance under the contracts
are issued. it being almost impossible 90
pcnnli1o for failure 20 cullcct. the
members of the board alsc feel that
lupon the expiration of the contracts
with the Wilmington Sanitary Company
q. 20 the disposal of the garbage. that
the crcmntory should be- removed Co th"
out-kilt. as its present location causes
considerable annoyance TO the residents
of that section.
The contracts both for the collec.
tion and disposal o. garbage expir,
[ I'm the early part OF 1915. and al.
! these are matters Of utmost import
ance to the public Il will requir,
considerable time to investigate va
rious systems. both as TO the collec
]
the board nuggcst that your honora
bic body apont n committee to ac
In conjunction with the members o
the Board Of Health. to prepare ~
ordinace covering the collection am
disposal OF garbage. This should be
I done al once as the subject involve,
4 is a difficult one. and viii reQuir'
considerable time and cost. II thi'
suggestion is carried out there IS n.
reason. but that the new Issuance
of the new contracts. would be eN
Z ecuted IN more OF an intelligent man
nor than In the past.
vital Statistics.
BY the passage OF an act, entitled
AN act to provide for uniform
system of reg stratlon Of births an
marriages I'm the state of Delaware,
this city bureau of vital statistic
has been mado a part OF the within
mentioned act. and as such, ha
greatly benefited especially Is thi
so as TO the registration OF births. a
heretofore Il has only been possi5l
10 secure certificates from the physi
clans. after considerable effort, bu
as the above act carries a penalty
and also allows a fee OF ten cent
for each transcript furnished. NOR
gratifying results have been ohtaine,
While the work of recording undo
the act has made just three times IN
work, yet the efficiency and accurac
has increased az least twenty-hv
per cent. Tho necessity of having al
accurate record of births has Ger
. tNnly been shown within the pa.
, week as out of a request OF ahou
, sc enty-fivo not over five were foun
, recorded. These births we're sup
b posed TO have been recorded I'm 1884,
, and they not being recorded, II ha
: been source OF great inconver
l icncc 20 the parents as the factor
2 Inspector demands proof OF age befor
: allowing employment OF children ur
3 der 1c years
! With tho reduction Of the deaf
. rate. and Che health which the In
I habitants have enjoyed during th
e past year. there is no doubt but ths
4 the Water Department should rccely
E its full share Of the credit as the wa
- ter furnished during the past yea
has been of a high standard. whic
could only be obtained through m
constant guarding Of the Brandywin
water shed. and the efficient manng
In which the filter plant has bee
operated Our report shows that thei
has been only sixty-six cases OF Z,
nhoid fever reported and as the n
porting of this disease IS compulsor.
We have no reason to believe but IN;
these reports are accurate. the record
also show that there we're twent
deaths. FIVE OF these were non-res
dents who had contracted the diseas
: elsewhere and had been brought
the local hospitals for treatment Il
vestigation showed that principally n
typhoid fever cases we're traceabio
outside conditions, either due TO mil
\ or had been contracted while out
the city.
The meat inspector Samuel
Ford. has rendered excellent servil
Is TO this department and the publ
as he has been constantly guardiI
the meat supply Of the city. not on
20 its quality. but also 20 seeing IN
'e the meat Is handled In a sanita
q manner The board endorses h
= recommendations, as 10 the establis
d. ment Of n central inspection dep,
ld as an excellent plan. and n said dep
was established, the meat supply
er our city would be safely guarded.
en- The health department Ia April
"a 1913. submitted to Council an ordinan
-. in regards TO the reporting of cert,
diseases which at the present time 4