South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-09
SURVEY REPORT
IS MADE BY FOX
Sanitary Expert Recommends
That Health Department
Employ Five Nurses.
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oratory cooperate more thoroughly
with the health department

oratory cooperate more thoroughly
with the health department.
12-That in order TO more thor
oughly study and supervise the milk
there be employed a milk and dairy
Inspector and that the present in
spector be designated food inspector
10 have special supervision over
foods and places handling food,
other than milk.
13-That all milk sold In the city
of south Bend be pasteurized.
14-That more adequate ordin-
ances be enacted TO maintain the
purity Of the milk supply.
15-That automobile. transporta-
ton be furnished TO the full time
health officer and 10 the milk in
spector
Need Isolation Hospital.
16-That an isolation hospital of
rot less than 20 beds be established
by the city health department for
the isolation of those communicable
diseases that cannot be properly
handled at home.
17-That after a corps of nurses
has been added to the health depart
ment the public health work now be-
ing done by the Tuberculosis
league and children's dispensary be
discontinued.
1s-That all surface wells within
the city be eliminated.
19-That all privy vaults within
the city be abolished, that all prem
ises be made to install flush closets
connected with the sewer and that
the use of the long hopper non
freezing flush closet be abolished.
Lending Fund Needed.
20-That the council appropriate
{ sufficient sum Of money to defray
the expense of installing plumbing
in houses where the people can i'll
afford to pay for il, the expense so
incurred by the city TO be charged
as a lien against the property TO be
paid off in easy installments
21-That the office of the plumb
ing Inspector be transferred to the
building inspectors division.
22-That the cooperation of the
police force be obtained TO investi-
gate nuisances and to issue the nee
cessary orders to sbate the same.
23-That the equipment for the
collection of garbage be increased
so that all garbage from the city
may be collected including that
from hotels, commission houses, etc.
24-That as soon as possible the
city organize a system for the col
lection of rubbish.
Two Receptacles Necessary.
25-That all householders be re-
quired TO furnish a proper receipt
acle in which to place garbage and
another for rubbish.
26-That active steps be taken TO
improve housing conditions as indi-
Gated in the body OF the report.
27-That all citizens OF the city
cooperate with the health depart
ment in its efforts TO suppress dis
ease. and that physicians make spe-
cial efforts 10 report promptly all
cases Of communicable disease.
2S-That provision be made for
the construction of a municipal
abattOir a reduction plant and a
sewage disposal plant.
29-That five per cent of the
available revenue Of the city, or
S21,0S9.50 he appropriated to the
health department 10 be spent as in
dicated in the body of the report,
and that $4,000 be appropriated to
the board of public works to be
useed for the collection and dis
posal of garbage and rubbish.
30-That better office space be
provided for the health department