Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-09-24
SPECIAL MEETING
OF CITY COUNCIL
DR.. L. L. Lumsden, of Public Health
Service, Talks On Sanitation.
PROPOSED NEW ORDINANCE.
To Remodel 0uthOuses Along Sanitary
Lines Ordinance to Become
Effective December /.

DIR. l.. l.. Lumsden. of the Federal
Health Service, was the first speaker
asst evening at the special meeting of
he City Council held in the Council
Chamber at the Municipal Building.
DR.. Lumsden made a telling speech,
and his remarks were listened to at
tentively. He told of the insanitary
condition of the outhouses in certain
sections of the city and what their
presence forebodes.
He gave a resume of the Public
Health Service here during the last
everal months, and showed results
obtained by visiting 1000 homes in
the county Of the approximate 5000
homes. He said so per cent have
made definite improvements as to san
ttary conditions of the surroundings.
He said interviews had been OBJ
tanned with various owners of homes
md with occupants of houses and about
)ne-third have made improvement, the
work having been salts factory.
DR.. Lumsden said there are only
300 homes in this city that need sani-
tary improvement, and this is certain
ly small number for town of this
size.
Some of the toilets in the city, DR..
Lumsden said are a menace to the
community. Certain existing condi-
tions. if not speedily remedied, are a
bad advertisement for Annapolis. as
well as being unseemIy and insanitary
Annapolis, has as it stands. 800
places of infection from which typhoid
may spread with this number of places
of origin. One of these is in Acton
Lane and is teeming with maggots
Dr. Lumsden declared, and is a certain
menace To health of the community
After making its first tour of inspec-
ton the Board of Public Health Ser
vice again visited 1000 homes and
found marked Improvement, and it is
hoped the city authorities will do in
the matter as seems TO them advisable.
DR.. Lumsden read the proposed
ordinance and explained each section.
Toilets should be protected from
flee rs much as possible. Worms bur-
row through the wooden receptacles
and allow the excreta to seep through.
This matter rises to the surface
of the ground and becomes a mensce
to the health of those living nearby.
The ordinance gives the City Com
missioner control of erecting out
houses.
Without seavenger system nothing
can be accomplished
For six months, or one year the
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outhouses have been located, and ever
then no vegetables to be eaten raw
should be grown on the premises
Such changes in the ordinance that are
necessary to comply with should be
made in the city's scheme of enact,
ment.
Pla s for the proposed sanitary toi
lets will be at the Office of the City
Clerk, and DR.. Lumsden agrees tC
give any information that may bt
necessary.
Alderman Parkinson moved that the
ordinance be referred to the By Laws
and Ordinance Committee to report al
special meeting to be held Monday
at 2 80 D. m.
III. Fuiton, SIaIe 6edltD Otncer,
made few remarks relative to the
time for the ordinance to become effec
tive and hoped it might be as soon a,
possible.
Questions were asked by Aldermen
Smith and Beavin. The subject was
thrown open for pubic dicussion
Mayor Strange thought Nov. woulC
be govd time for the proposed ordi
nance to become effective, but aftel
some discussion it was decided t.
make the ordinance effective Decem
ber first, 1915
Exactly five persons were presen
at the special meeting besides tn
Members of the City Council and tb,
doctors