El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-09
HEALTH
At LOWER COST.
Recommendations for Joint
Operations By the City
and the County.

Headed by rabbi Martin Zielonka.
chairman. the committee from Rotary,
appointed at the request OF Ell PasO
doctors to plan a means for lettering
the operations Of the city and county
health officers. presented its report
Thursday 20 mayor Chas. Davis and
county judge T. B. McCIintock. Both
took the matter under Amusement
and agreed TO give it careful consid-
Grafton, together with their asso-
ciares- The report follows
ITO increase the efficiency of
health and sanitary departments, 20
give a more economical service in the
care of charity cases for both the
city and county. the Rotary commit
tee hereby recommends the following
action;
Il. The county to maintain the
county hospital paying all expenses
i'm connection Herewith. the city
agreeing to pay the county Sl25 per
CAY for all city patients sent 20 the
county hospital
Isolation Cases.
80 The city TO maintain the isola-
ton hospital and pay all expenses
thereof. the county agreeing to pay
S1-25 per day for each county patient
sent 20 the smallpox isolation hos
Uital. the city 10 maintain the small
pox hospital and the county TO fur
uish isolation wards for all other in
fictitious diseases Your committee is
informed that the county is now
building several isolation wards for
other infectious diseases
g. The city 20 agree to place the
city chemist and his laboratory in
the new county courthouse and con-
tiuue to pay the chemist as ID is do
ing now. and permit him to act as
druggist and chemical laboratory man
for both city and county clinics held
in the courthouse
"f- The county 20 maintain an the
clinics, paying for an other help.
druEs and other supplies
Joint Health officer.
IS. The county commissioners and
city council 20 elect upon the recon-
ueudatiOn Of the County Medical
society a whole time health and sani-
tary officer preferably retired Off
Ger Of the L. =. army or navy or
public health service, the salary Of
this officer TO be paid one-half by the
city and the other half hy the county.
This officer is TO devote his full time
10 the health and sanitary work OF
the city and county said officer
shall recommend To- the city council
such assistants as he may deem neces-
Sary for the carrying out of the work
Of the city and these assistants are
to be elected and paid by the city.
He shall recommend To the county
commissioners such assistants as he
may need for the carrying on of the
county work and these assistants
are TO be elected and paid by the
county comm ssiouers- This health
officer IS 10 be the responsible head
of the health and sanitary work Of
the city and county"
Would BE n Saving.
DR.. Zielonka said he thought the
county would save much on its drug
bills by having the city chemist look
after its prescriptions, and Judge
NcCIiutock said there was no Ques-
tiou but that this would be the case
Dr. Zielouka said the chemist. in
stead Of buying the cOunty's drugs
by the pint or quart. as IS now done.
could mix certain preparations by the
gallon, at a big saving TO the county
Judge McClintOcC said that in the
present way OF doing IL. prescriptions
cost the county from so cents TO Z 5
cents. which. If filled by a competent
man in the employ Of the city or
county. would probably cost only
about ten or fifteen cents Mayor
Davis said the CITY could well use the
rooms in the city hall now occupied
ry the chemists