Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-09-12
PLAN FOR BETTER
COLLECTION OF
GARBAGE HERE
Health Officer Willsey Outlines
Plan Before Health Board
for improved System.
WOULD SEPARATE REFUSE
Other Business at Meeting OF
the Local Board Held
Last Night.
WOULD SEPARATE REFUSE

Health Officer William ]. Willsey
presented to the Board Of Health, In
session last night, plan whereby he
believes better results both from an
economic and sanitary standpoint
may be secured in the collection OF
lgarbage in Perth Amboy Mr.. Willsey
states in his recommendation that the
lcooperation of the residents Is neces-
sary to bring about the desired re-
suits. He suggests that the material
to be collected be separated and plac-
ed in three different containers, the
ashes and rubbish In one, paper In
another and garbage in another. Mr..
Willsey believes that the ashes and
rubbish could be used for filling In pur-
poses. the paper sold and a suitable
place found for the small amount OF
garbage.
Following is Mr.. Willsey's complete
report concerning this matter:
II desire to again call your atten-
| ton to the matter of garbage collec-
| ton and disposal, and while the sea-
son is approaching when there Is
VERY little garbage and little likeli-
of its becoming nuisance, 1t
nj time to plan for the future
Vt to continue the
I itary and economical standpoint wv
have received numerous complaints
recently, some OF which are Justified,
as to the manner in which garbage is
stored and collected and my answer
has been that we are not responsible
as we have no control over the con-
tractor who makes the collections.
aan
derstand that 1t would be very diff
cult for us, under our present cir
cumstances, to undertake to compel
each individual family to provide
suitable containers and see that they
We're properly cared for without the
cooperation OF the collector. 1t
would, however, be comparatively
ical proposition for this city, IL this
cooperation could be secured"
I'm making this statement, / am
estimating that sixty-five per cent of
all the material collected is ashes and
rubbish, ten per cent paper and the
remaining twenty-five per cent gar
bage. Now, IL these three kinds OF
material were separated the ashes
and rubbish could be used for filling,
the paper could be sold and a suitable
place could easily be found for the
small amount of garbage. 1t has been
pointed out that this city does more
than many cities in this direction
that In some cities the people must
dispose of their own garbage. So,
1t would seem that 1t would not be
too much to ask them to separate
these materials, IL they are removed
free of charge. This plan would as
have already said, If successfully
carried out, require the cooperation
of the Health Department, the con-
tractor and perhaps in some instances
the police. / do not believe, however,
that it would be necessary to compel
many to do this except by refusing
to collect it when the rules were not
obeyed.
q am submitting this plan for your
consideration, feeling that this or
some other plan should be devised to
prevent these unnecessary nuisances."
The board acted to have the sew
er outlets in this city comply with the
rules of sanitation q motion being
made and passed that the board COM
municate with the committee of streets
and sewers concerning this matter
The fact was brought before the board
that at low tide some of the sewers
are high and dry which allows the con-
tents of the sewers to flow out on the
beach instead of under water. 1t will
be necessary to extend these sewers
further out in the water so that the
discharge will be under water.
Plumbing Inspector John Wodder.
was granted a leave of absence during
his military service. having left last
week for Camp Dix with the first con-
tingent of the local National Army.
A scavenger license was issued to
Hans Hansen, a milk license to Pava-
lovsky Brothers and an ice cream lie
ense to George Silveny.
The health officers report showed
that during the month of August there
were twelve communicable diseases
one less than in July of this year and
fifteen less than August of last year.
This difference of fifteen WAS made by
infantile paralysis, there having been
this number of cases last year and
none this year.
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