Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-07-12
R |SUNNON COLORED MEN GARVEY NOW INSPECTOR
Deputy Health Officer Appointed by
DR.. Wood and Will Supervise IN
stallaticn of Sanitary Boves.

stallation of Sanitary Boves.
Developments toaa; IN Tno sanitary
probe and elfosss TO clean UP III" cit
!rc.ude the or!er;nm Of 400 sanitary
+. .es 10 be inst.:' mn. ciiately in
houses in the unsewered sections by
direction Of Or. W. l.. Wood, United
States Public Health Service.
Appointment by D.. Woo; Of DR..
]. J. Garvcy. as. sanitary Inspector OF
he city.
Opening of rooms for the new Sani-
tary department OF the city in the
rooms oil the Chan,ber of Commerce.
Dir J.. l.. Lumsden, of the United
States Pubic Health Service, who is
in complete charge of the work, is be-
ing assisted by the local and state
health departments and A. S. Holway
acting G..cf engineer of the State
Health Department, together with DR.
E. G.. Williams, state health commits
sioner, is her = the work The in
vcstigation tC :. termine the cause or
causes Of typhoid is still! IN progress
and the doctors expect to be able tc
make their report shortly, it was an
nounced this morning
The work of constructing the san!-
rary boxes was begun this morning
end they will he built as rapidly as
possible 1t is proposed to start the
work of installing them Monday. The
owners of property where they are in
stalled will be compelled to pay the
cost of instllation and also the cost
of building each box it is is annuonced.
OF course, in cases where there are
sewers the property owners will he
compelled to tap just as soon as they
can secure Il plumber to do the work.
j IUpeIl ' pNHtI IL ~ IDSiibAiI- ~
total of nincty-two houses were last
night arraigned before Justice Luther
II. Thompson at a special session of
the Police Court. charged with fail
le to comply with the compulsory
sewer tap law. The court gave them
until Monday in which to take out the
required permit and pay for same.
About fifty others will be in court to-
night on the SAME charge.
Hearings will be held nightly until
all have been brought up and given
an opportunity to comply with the
law which has been on the statute
books for more than two years. Ac-
cording to Dr.. Wood the work of Dr..
]. J. Garvey. who was deputy health
officer of this city and who is now
sanitary Inspector, will consist of see
ing that the sanitary boxes are prop
elly installed, and he also will assist
in the inspection of food shops and
the milk supply of the city.
DR.. Wood stated today that his work
marks the beginning Of extra canton
ment sanitation at Camp Humphreys.
Their work. he said, consists of the
sanitation Of houses within five miles
of the camp area; malarial work and
also getting rid Of mosquitoes; IN
spection of all fo0i shops including
hotels, restaurants. soda water foun-
tain stands. fruit stands and such
other places with the idea Of COM
prsinp the control of communicable
diseases. thus protecting the health
Of the soldiers at the camp by SANTA
ting the extra cantonment area.
The Alexandria Water Company has
selected site for the construction of
the filtration plant ordered to be in
stalled by the State Corporation Com
nilsson and he work will he begun at
once. The site was picked out yes
tcrday afternoon.