Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-11-26
Citizens Ask for Larger
Health Board Appropriation
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I and LnaIg II inc DOpuAhlOn " -
| Amboy is $4,000 the sun for this city
would be about 100000.
DR.. Frederick c. Bowen of the State
Board of Health. made a lengthy ad-
dress on health and the necessity OF
having nurses in this city and OF the
| good work thai could be done by the
health board II the aldermen would
back them up in p financial way. He
read a survey for the city OF Perth
Amboy- taken here J n 1915 and IL
showed some interesting points. Inc
reading OF this survey took forty min
utes.
In the survey of the city read by
DIR. Bowen and made by DIR. Mcdonald
OF the State Health Board. a number
of the methods OF the local health
board were criticised and the board
was likewise criticised for not giving
the pres more material in regard to
health than they did.
Captain Treadway, of the PUBIC
Health Service made q short address.
In which he brought out a number or
interesting matters regarding health
and advised that the Board of Alder
men hack up the Board of Health to
the fullest extent.
Captain Treadway said that he
would like to tell Of public health
work which he did at some length
and came out very strongly in favor
of having nurses n other necessary
employees of a board of health In a
city like Perth Amboy and brought
out thu fact that at fifty cents per cap
ita Ii was mighty cheap insurance.
He stated further that 1t was agreed
in public health work that there
should be a nurse for every 1,Z0V
people in a city.
DR.. Bowen, of the State Board of
Health, agreed with Captain Tread
way and carefully explained the ne
cessity of having nurses and other en-
ployes of a health department. lie
told of the survey of the state Board
of Health made here and of the condi-
tons as they found them in 1915. He
stated hat another survey could be
made easily at this time as an addl-
ton to the last survey if the city
wanted IL.
DIR. Wolfram was asked by George
J.. Haney to make an address. The
doctor who was seated with the al
dermen got up, o off his coat and
rolled up his sleeves n started In
making an address. HMe had fire IN
his eye and he told some startling
things. He stated that q number or
people in this city had wanted him
to leave here and that they were OF
the opinion that he had gone from
this city, but he had fooled them.
DIR. Wolfram was high in his praise
OF Mayor-elect Dorsey and said that
he felt that he would be a real Mayor
for Perth Amboy and that he would
do everything possible for the health
of the city.
He told of how he had been sent to
this city by the Public Health Service
and of how he had found it a rotten
hole" and that something should be
done for the health of the people here.
He told of O letter received from Dr..
Levi, who could not be present and he
appealed to the citizens to stand back
OF the Board of Health in their re-
quest for the 100000 appropriation
for the sake of their W health, and
if they did not want to think of this,
to at least think of the little chill
dren of the city who were dying
by the score because of health con-
ditions.
He spoke of the rotten" milk con-
ditions here and of how the milk is
bad that 1t could not be sold. He
told of Inspections made of dairies and
of the awful conditions in which he
had found them and of how even the
cows were filthy. He predicted that IL
plans were not made to prevent II, AMI
other epidemic of influenza would visit
this city later on. He stated he was
going to leave here today, but would
always remember Perth Amboy.
Alderman William C. Wilson stated
he was in favor of spending $40, 900
but thought hat half of 1t should
be spent for building new sewers. DIR,
Bowen of the State Health Board did
not agree with hivr In this as he said
that sewer building should come
along in a different way.
William ZapzapherCer a f~axpaver.
said that IL $4,000 was to be given
to the Board of Health the citizens
would like to know # better results
than in former years would De the
outcome. He criticised the health de-
partment and its inspectors and said
that they did not do their work and
told of rotten conditions in the city.
Magnus c. Larson spoke along the
same lines and he criticised the health
board and its inspectors for the poor
work which he claimed they were
doing. INC he thought hat there
should be some improvements along
this line.
Adolph Greenbaum remarked that
this was not the time to criticise the
board, but to discuss the matter of
whether the aldermen should give
the Board of Health the $4O.0 900 or
not, and that in his opinion $4,000
Wouiu DS ~ ii5ht dilOuut anu That.
If improvements were made this could
be increased the following year.
Isaac Alpern said hat if the excise
board could collect the fees 1t does
and make 1t a paying business he did
not see why the Board of Heath
could not do likewise. 1t was explain
ed to the citizens by DIR. Bowen that
the Board of Health fees are turned
over to the city n hat there is a
vast difference between an excise
board and a Board of Health.
Alderman Wilson could not see why
the Health Board needed all of the
employees that they asked for and felt
that they would not be kept busy all
of h time. DR.. Bowen went into de-
tails In this matter and told how 1t
was necessary in any business to have
highly trained employees.
A resident of North Amboy protest.
ed about the condition of the city
dump In that section of the city, and
| said that the people of the section
where he lived were in favor of health
but that the matter of the dump there
should be given consideration.
Mrs. Oliver w. Ramsay stated that
this was a matter for the contractors
who carted the city garbage m that
| the Board of Aldermen had a contract
with the contractor and could rem
edy this matter.
Made Dinesen, a former president
of the Board of Health, stated he did
not think ii was just the right thing to
criticise the Board of Health. and