Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-14
BOARD OF HEALTH
DECLARES PEACE
Bury Differences as Stenog-
rapher, Miss Violet Carbon,
is Appointed.

Following the appointment Of Miss
Violet Carbon, of 1874 Madison ave-
nue., as stenographer, the members of
the Board of Health last night
smoked the pipe OF peace,' burying
the differences that threatened to di-
vide the board in two factions At
the previous meeting, following a :,
heated controversy in caucus, Ed
ward J. Peterson resigned as chair
man of the committee on vital sta
tistics and as a member of the COM /
mittee on contagious diseases, but |
last night, with view of effecting a |
union of the board, he accepted Pres
ident H. H. Petzs offer to rename him
on those committees.
ffs sSbSkt p /. l1i - - 15oI
tcame at the close OF another caucus
: the vote on first ballot standing three
/ | to one In her favor, with two mem
! bers not voting 1t was then decid-
! ed, upon motion, to make the ap-
pointment unanimous. Miss Carl
f bon was the steuographer receiving
, the highest average in the tests
which were recently conducted at the
! I city hall by City Clerk La Roe and
| special committee from the board
Her term of Office will be from May
= ] to March 81, 1916.
A communication from M. H. Mad
D sen, secretary of the Western I'M
I provement Association, asking tha
the board take some steps to elim1
nate the stagnant ponds in the north
\ western section of the city, was re
iferred to the committee on santa
ton. Richard Calvin, representing
| the Master Plumbers Association
submitted data regarding the work
ings of an examining commission FOL
applicants for plumbers licenses, the
health board having previously de
cided to take up this matter. 1t wal
suggested by Mr.. Calvin that a com
mittee from the board, together witt
a plumbers committee, witness th'
examination of applicants for plumb
ers' licenses to be conducted in New
. ark April 21, in order to become ia
mfIiar with the workings of such
{ commission.
| During the past month the repor
: of the committee ON vital statistlc
: shows that there were ninety-thre'
. births. forty deaths, seven marriages
o and four still births.
At the suggestion of Mr.. Dinesen
:, . tba committee on sanitation was re
q ouested to draw up an ordinance GOV
ering the construction and location
stables to be erected In the city.
= Wilhelm Food Inspector.
s Upon motion of Mr.. Dilts, Thoma'
: Wilhelm was designated food inspec
tor with proper authority. Mr.. WI
D helm has been acting in this capacity
: since the discharge of DR.. Wallace
b M Gill. =,
g The monthly report of Health or
s ficer William J. Willsey shows a Dlt
: increase in the number of contagious
: diseases reported during March, due
: to an epidemic of measles. The re
!, port contains a statement from th'
( health officer to the effect that tn
q berculosis is increasing and that un
: less some action is taken to provide
e a hospital for the isolation and car'
/. of some of these badly affected cases
: the city will become hot bed for thl
q disease. During the month there
were eight cases of ehickenpox, TWEEN
ty-four cases of diphtheria, sixty
four cases OF measles, six cases o
scarlet fever, ten cases of tubercu
r losis, one case of typhoid fever, ant
one case of trachoma, making to
tai of ia cases of communicable dis
eases.
/ There were forty-six Inspections
9 made Of the abattoir; forty-eight o
a meat markets; seven of the publi'
: market; thirty of groceries; two o
q fish markets; sixteen of bakeries
: sixteen of milk depots and four res
i taurants.
The reports of inspections made a
\ the slaughter house show that there
! was an increase In the number of an
: imals slaughtered and that the san
itary conditions are improved. There
p were fifty-seven cows, 100 calves an(
= ffty-one pigs slaughtered. Two apC
q a half cows, twelve lungs and five
hvers were condemned and dena
tured.
Twenty-seven permits were issued
/ for plumbing and 121 inspection
3 were made OF the work. There wer,