The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-05-14
Health Officer A. F.
Schmidt Puts In Pep
from Mondays Daii,.

OF the city board OF health, the other
two members being Mayor A. @.
Meyer and city Clerk Bates. There
were some things In the city. he said
that were far from being what they
onght TO be. He wanted them taken
up by the board of health, and, II
necessary. by the city council.
DIR. Schmitt spoke of buildings In
the city being used as hospitals, with :
ont the local authorities being in
formed Nobody should be permit
ted TO start a hospital without con-
snlting the proper officers. This was
a nuisance and should be condemned
Another complaint that doctor had
was to the effect that there were GER
tain individuals treating disease In
the city. who were without any IL
cense to practice medicine. lie be =
lieyed That something should he done
to put q stop to this. He mentioned
two deaths. that recently occurred in
the city, and stated that he believed
that I'm both these cases the deaths
, were the result OF the patients being
treated by persons who were not reg
ularly licensed physicians.
Method Of Handling Garbage.
DR.. Schmitt also spoke of the meth :
cd OF handling garbage In the city
lie was not satisfied with that. He
said that although people were re-
qnired TO wrap the garbage mp I'm pa :
per and place II In covered cans, many
of them did not wrap il at all. Many
simply threw u out into open boxes.
The garbage collector was instructed
TO insist on the rule strictly by re-
fusinG 10 collect any garbage from
those places where the regulations
were not lived up TO. except that the
hotels and restaurants had not been
required To wrap their garbage. They
had so much Of IL that II would not
be reasonable TO require them to wrap
Il ALL AZ a general rule. the doctor
said. the hotel and restaurant people
lived up to the requirements laid
down by the officials. DIR. Schmitt
thought Il was necessary to have two
garbage collectors. one to operate
north of Walnut street and the other
south OF that thorouehfare. In order
to have the collection done as II
should be.
Butchering In the City.
Another matter that DIR. Schmitt
brought uD was the report that there
was a considerable amount of butch
ering going on in the city. He had
heard not only OF calves but also of
hogs and even of q COW being butch
cred here. he was strongly in favor
of having a meeting OF all the mea'
dealers In the city with the city board
or health and have the authorities
and the dealers come to a definite
done. The authorities ought to know
, just where the butcherlng was beinr
done. and that the ordinance on the
subject was properly enforced.
DIR. Schmitt stated that the visit =
ing nurse now had better be required
to devote her time exclusively to
scarlet fever cases. The reason for
this was that fact that there were so
many cases of scarlet fever in the
city. He said that during the month
Of April there had been twenty-five
new cases of the disease. There were
FIVE new cases OF small pox. two of
chickenpox and one OF tuberculosis.
During the same month there had
been in the city thirty zone births.
fifteen boys and sixteen girls. and
that there had been nineteen deaths
eleven males and eight females.
City Water Is Pure.
The report showed that recent
test OF the city water had shown II %
be pure and free from any contami-
nation.
DR.. Schmitt said he had called the
attention of those owning the lands
used for dumping near the foot of
Cherry street, to the fact that these
places were In an unsanitary condi-
ton. The result was that clean earth
had been used to cover over the filth.
The doctor, however, named quite q
number of other vacant lots i'm vari-
Gus parts of the city. particularly In
the main part, where refuse had been
and was being dumped. He said the
health board ought to look after these
places, as they were a menace To tho
public health.
Incidentally the doctor spoke of the
old Hanna building on South Front
street. This he said should be con-
demned and torn down. He had the
promise from two property owners
that If that was done. and play
ground made out of the place, they
would pay for the necessary filing.
This is alongside Warren creek.
The Doctors report was placed on
flo, with the understanding that the
authorizes would take M his recon-
mendations one by one and consider
them.
Hearing on Paving.
This was the day for hearing on
paving in various parts OF the city.
II Is proposed to pave North Front
street from Washington to the top
Of the hill, South Front street from
Poplar TO Marshall. Main street from
; Broad to Fifth. North Second from
Plum to Spring and Washington from
Front to Broad. There was a very
large gathering In the council cham
Der and quite number spoke. The
remarkable feature was that not one
OF the abutting property owners rails
ed an objection to the paving. L. N
Thyse. superintendent of the street
railway, asked the council to consider
that the proposed pavements would
oblige the street car to pay a grea,
deal for its share OF the paving all AT
once. He said the company would
like TO have the program of paving
altered so that the expenses on the
company would not be so heavy at
one time.
The main point of discussion was
whether there should be concrete