El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-22

TT WILL cost E Paso SS7,672 more
during the coming year to maintain
the city health and sanitation de-
partments than it did last year, accord
ing to the estimate placed in the city
budget recently adopted over 100000
will be expended for health conserva-
ton and sanitation. Why? Because
the city administration is determined
that nothing shall be left undone that
viii promote health and sanitation.
Is Naturally Healthy.
Il Paso is naturally a healthful spot.
Its wealth Of sunshine and pure rari-
fed air is conducive to the well being
Of the human body But because OF
these very conditions, the greatest care
must be exercised in adopting preVen-
tive measures; for FL Paso is a health
resort to which the sick from the four
quarters Of the globe gather in search
of health. Besides there is a large
foreign population which has not been
educated up TO the virtues Of sanitation
and the exercise Of the simpler methods
of health conservation. Therefore, 1t
Is necessary TO maintain a large and
efficient corps Of inspectors.
It is no idle boast 10 state that the
city health and sanitary departments
are capably handled, and that the work
Of the men OF these departments is far
reaching For years the departments
have been well administered, and the
change in the personnel last spring in
no wise weakened the departments. DR..
". c Kluttz, the present city health
officer. is capable and surrounding him
are corps OF trained men,
The Board of Health.
The head OF the departments Of
health conservation and sanitation IS
alderman J. p. O'Connor. chairman of
H. Z = n
which also includes the supervision OF
the waterwOrks department The city
has board Of health, the present mem
bers Of which are: Mayor Tom Lea,
chairman; alderman J. ?. O'ConnOr. Dr..
J. a. Rawlings. DR.. James Vance and
Dr. W. C hluttz. city health officer
This board passes upon all large mat
ters affecting the health of the city.
The activities OF the past year in
cIuoed survey Of Chihuahuita to de-
termine its needs in sanitary way; q
campaign of education during the sum-
mer 10 abate the fly nuisance, and com
Dulsory vaccination among the school
children during the fall as a proven
tive measure against smallpox
Work In Mexican Section.
As a result of the survey Of Chihua-
huita efforts Will be made by the city
administration to improve sanitary con-
ditions. The grading Of a number Of
streets in the southern part Of the city
and the opening Of cutters 10 afford
better drainage and do away with
standing water after heavy rains may
be considered a part Of the sanitary
work that has already been under
taken.
The street and grades department is
also giving consideration to the prOpo-
sitiOn OF installing a storm sewer in
the lower part Of the district TO take
care Of flood waters Undoubtedly
further sanitary sewer construction
work will be done in the district and
another year should see conditions i'm
proved in the Mexican quarter
Early in 1915 the city inaugurated q.
Tree garbage collection system, and
during the past year the work of this
department under the direction Of B.
J. Zabriskie, sanitary commissioner.
was enlarged. From $4,000 to loo, 900
pounds Of garbage are collected each
day and disposed Of The council is
now working upon a sanitary ordinance
that viii further promote the efficiency
OF the department
Large Garbage Force.
The garbage department consists Of
a force Of 55 men, p scavenger Wag-
one. five dump wagons and two tank
wa gons, total of IS wagons The ter
ritOry in which garbage is collected ex-
tends from the Globe mills to Washing
ton Park, and from the river to Louis
Vile street, on the north. In the dis
trict from the 9. H & s. A tracks
TO Second street and from the union
depot to Cotton avenue, collections are
made daily. In the districts north Of
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