The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-08

equipment at the City Home be in
creased by the addition Of FIRE ex
tinguishers, FIRE hose and water buck
cts. that proper iron fire escapes b
provided with exits adequately iliu
minated at night, and that regular Are
} drills he inaugurated.
That hereafter no expenditures be
lctarged against funds for the out
door relief OF the poor except such rs
may be properly charged against those
fuu9s.
! That outdoor relief by the city b.
discontinued MS soon as practicable
and that effort be made TO make an
arrangement with the Associated
Charities whereby tina: organization
y Ill conduct all Investigations and pro-
vide al, material relief OF proper city
charges. the city paying for such ser
vice on the basis of statements render
ell by the Associated Charities and
/ Improved by the proper municipal au-
thurity-
y, Regarding other public welfare ac-
Invites, the report makes the follow
ing recommendations
& Public Employment Bureau.
That city departments make more
uSh Of the public employment bureau
( in the selection Of their employees,
Payment 10 Private Institutions
That payments OF annual lump sums
to private Institutions he discontinued
ard that hereafter payments 20 such
, institutions be made only on the basis
oc actual service rendered and approx
ID hy the proper city authority IN
the event that department of public
welfare is created. the commissioner
of public welfare should constitute
such authority;
! That unless the above recommends
tlon is made effective, appropriations
to institutions I've made only on the
basis Of complete reports of nnanc Gee
and service rendered submitted By the
various institutions 20 the council each
year prior to the passage of the APP.
/ preparation ordinance. The city APP
propriateS annually $4,000 to inst!-
tutions and charitable agencies with
ont control o. this expenditure and
even without knowledge OF the inBti-
tuttons nreds).
! Public BATHS.
That future appropriations for the
Branch public baths be based upon the
actual needs of the baths rather than
upon precedent;
That in view Of the unsatisfactory
experience Of the present public baths,
consideration be given to the estab-
iA%S'thANJe va ID pubic DHtH kpT nREf OSS.
Public Markets and City Wcighmasser.
That the clerk of the fret market
be required to have his Office In the
market building instead OF in the scale
house which is at considerable DIS
t2nce fIon The market building;
hat the present method of leasing
stalls at fixed rates be discontinued and
that all stalls he auctioned annually to
the highest bidders;
! Thai the terms of the lease be strict
~ enforced particularly with reference
TO th1 sanitation Of market stalls:
! hat in view OF the filthy condition
q pHbH@ narke'% immediate steps he
taken to require by regulation uniform
equipment and methods OF handling
tooA by stailhoiders and their assist :
arts.
That uncovered refuse piles at the
markets be eliminated and that cover
81 wagons be provided at each market
which May be filled with refuse and
hauled away without nxposasee- al ttA.+.
refuge to fies:
That the public toilets used by work
ets at the markets he put In sanitary
condition and provided with proper ia
cil5tjea for the cleansing Of the hands
OF nsrrs of the toilets to prevent food
contamination and the menace to the
health of tho public resulting there
from;
That the armory building now little
us"d at the Fecond market be aban
donec as n market building
! That hot-water plants and rerrieer
ating plants be installed as soon as
possible in market buildings:
| That the effort OF the health de-
pertment be directed toward the pub
n y p lat.
food control. Proper inspection OF
the public markets II more innuorta n;
than the inspection OF isolated retail
stores;
hat market stockholders We reoufr.
ed TO secure food permits from the
heahh department such permits tc
continue in force only through main
tehance or proper sanitary conditions
regarding the covering of foodatuffs
the cleanliness of workers. premises
and utensils end the character of food
sole or exposed for sale;
Ihat IA uniform accounting proce
cure ee worked out for use by mark ei
clerks so that their reports may he
uniform In method OF statement anG
a0an'rf "a proper comparison. and
that the methods Of record -keoping h.
On iscd 80 as to he readily subject &c
Interpretation by the responsible OF.
iicer or officers,
mat effort be made to keen the
stree'S in the market area in bette,
condition Of repair so as to renda,
cleaning of the market area caster anf
more Satisfactory,
That the office Of city weigh matte,
re placed under the supervision Of tn.
scaiet OF ~efeFtts and measures. or IN,
81 scessor. by whatever title he ma,
De known. ana not hsrva fter consider
cd az a part OF the public market or
gan.Getion.
u E'nc Camp Hospital.
That the newly created of1ca n
medical director of the Pine Camt
and Virginia hospitals he abolished a,
unnecessary ISee Virginia hospita
recommendaticns(;
That all patients admitted to Pin,
Camp hospital be first admitted to III,
virginia hospital where they may h.
carefully exam med and kept under oh
servstton FOR n sufficient length a
tine TO establish proper diagnosis %
: their condition:
"a I hat as soon 80 practicable a fun
time graduate inferno De secured at tn.
l'tne Camp hospital at q nominal an,
airy In place OF the present undergrad
utate inferno;
That In view Of the need for NOR,
adequate care OF infants. Il Is urged
that consideration he given to tn,
establishment OF an infante' eumme