The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-03
INSP ACTION WORK
Great Improvement Noticed in Hotels
and kestauranis--Three or Four
ROoming Houses In Peril OF Abate-
Iaen., the Report Declares.

yea, payable monthly. Dr. Robert $.
willard is the incumbent.
ia bis report for Nay. Dr. Willard out
lined the work Of his department during
tie m3ath and said that marked i'm
p.oveneni had been shown ia the sani-
tary condition Of the city He also
stated that the following fourteen cases
o. contagious diseases had been treat
ed by him during the month: Scarlet
fever. ., humps 3; smallpox. 3, chicken
pOx. 5, and tuberculosis !.
Only one case treated by him during
the month proved fatal. that Of q five
year-Old child. suffering from ptomaine
poisoning, vino died az Hardys santa
rum.
DR.. Wizards Report.
Dr. WIZARDS complete report follows:
Second report. covering the period
from May I 20 May 81. inclusive. Ny
work IN inspection on the sanitary con
dit.ons Of Ardmore has pretty thorough
D. covered the city, and ! am pleased 20
say that conditions are far better than
c.e- before The crusade we have been
ne king against unsanitary conditions
has been met by a general approval Of
tfe citizens with but few exceptions,
anc things are looking better in every
way
There q "A great Improvement in the
Restaurant food and drink dispensaries
both .n the manner Of handling and
taking care 0f fOOdstuffs Il has been
M main effort 20 have food handled in
"a sanitary condition and 20 protect il
from flies. dirt and dogs Most all the
grocery stores see the necessity Of plac.
Ing food up from the floor. and either
q keep the building well screened or
having installed over the doorway a
fan for protection against flies.
/ have urged upon all the scores 20
Keep from their building such domestic
animals as cats and dogs.
] have also made a thorough exam.
nation Of ice boxes wherein meats are
kept, and whenever / have found stale
meats, or meat scraps ! have condemn.
e1 the same and ordered their destruc-
ton
have urged upon all the stores 70
vegetables be kept separate and apart
from milk and butter. apd Should never
be- allowed In the same ice box, and
ala0 advised that fish should be kept
apart from other meats.
! am sure you can get a sanitary
meal In Ardmore but the restaurants
are not what they should be. and what
! intend for them 10 be.
There was a complaint came TO me
that diseased chickens were being serv-
ed In one OF the restaurants on Main
street investigated the matter a.
best ! could ard while the chickens I
found, at the time Of my investigation,
looked drOopy and sickly. their appear.
ance was due 10 close confinement In
dirty coops and exposure 10 the rain /
ordered the chickens removed and al.
lowed % run az large Tor a time. / also
urged the cleaning Of the chicken ooops
ana urged placing covers over them,
protecting the chickens from future
rains
Mot of the rooming houses and no.
tc'a in ArdmOre are in pretty fair CON
ait1n. with the exception OF three or
four. that should be- abated. and II con
dlon1 are not improved. ] wIIl declare
inem nuisance and order them closed
have found most all al least the ma.
loHly OF rOOming houses and hotels. 10
D. without fire escapes OF any kind. not
even rope ladder. / have urged upon
The proprietOrs Of every building % at
tend 10 placing a fire escape OF some
Kind n bis building. AN have promised
o. 90 a1 Most of the buildings have
fa'r ventilation. but some OF the room.
Ing houses have a tier OF boxed.in
sleeping rooms through the entire
length uf the building without light
o. ventilation and I have recommended
th4t ventilation or light be- supplied. or
u.ai these boXedIn stalls be- removed.
During the last month j have found
ard ordered repaired fourteen leah hy.
oauis. four closets with bur-ted or
c.pgscd pipes. and have had AN OF them
repaired Some of them had been out
Of commission Tor more than a year.
one h0tc. took from under the kitchen
nui dining room floor l3s barrels OF
slop anu drainage from the kitchen
sink ] give you this 10 show you how
careless the proprietors and owners of
these buildings are with regard 10
loaky pipes.
] have had three abandoned wells and
one ciatern filled and have condemned
one overhead clstern. / also have or.
defed the filling up OF excavations under
four houses, and one cellar, all OF which
has been done
The cellars under a drug store and
under n dry goods store were In deplora,
Bile condition There was almost a foot
uf mud and water. old barrels, barrel
rtayes. jugs and other trash In these
cellars. Both places were foul with
gases. ! required that they be clean.
"a out and lined Under the drug store
] had "a pump installed 20 keep the
wator pumped out. also had drainage
pipe put Ia the cellar under the dry
goods store. These cellars had not been
cleaned out FOR years.
! had the pleasure OF having with me.
Tor several days. Dr. Short. state santa.
~ inspector, and I am pleased TO say
Or Short highly complimented the city's
administration In its endeavors to make
Ardmore a clean, sanitary city, and stat
cd further that we are In better condi.