Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-25
DR.. WOLFRAM CONTINUES
ATTACKS ON PERTH AMBOf

or teAhelp the health of the people OF
Perth Amboy no matter how the city
authorities felt about the matter but
that he hoped they would wor with
him and not against him. and that he
hoped h political r~Ottenness would
not continue as he felt that things in
this town were bordering OF anarchy.
At his point Alderman at Large
Grouse who was acting as chairman OF
the meeting asked DR.. Wolfram nor
TO min politics with his address as he
was here to loo after the health sit
nation and not to talk politics. The
speaker stated hat he was telling only
the truth and IL the audience did not
care to hear him he would not go on.
He told OF having visited a house
al l40 William street, how sixty fami-
lies lived there an1 of how the hous-
ing conditions. plumbing and sewerage
were horrible and no wonder people
became sick and died; OF how he had
taken the matter up with the owner.
Louis Csipo and that he expected that
good results would follow: how he had
visited other houses and found many
people sleeping in one room; how they
slept In shifts I'm the same bed and
hew this was another matter to be
remedied.
He stated that the fire risk In some
of the homes and buildings he had Wis
tied were very bad and that no Wonder
disease spread the way IL did In this.
way and that he was here TO try and
prevent q repetition Of the spreading
of an epidemic like the present one.
Alderman at Large Grouse asked DR..
Wolfram IL the conditions were as
bad as he painted them. IL II was not
too bad a town for him 20 come 20.
DR. Wolfram told OF the wonderful
work done in the recent epidemic by
DR.. ] L MacDosAl sn3 the Amer
ran BED Cross He c-srEses tAS a&r-
that THIS rs-V I'D unr have lS-r
nurses and stated -hnf n cases where
O cs5y had visiting nurses Gns ba4ti
total WIS afwxE 8 cr'eR1 daa1 iess
he stated maj 4ht Enn~c Nc EiRnf18
was SEEING u nsk FOR IL nuDrBn~lnt1nr
OF al 1eRsf Sa0.bbn ron Efa HnurG ~
Aldermen ard he was sning r. vznrui
the Outcome EIfE ssH vhns wsnutT DE
done and II Tire MONEY II nm ruTsf-
coming he wHcuao wnns ~ fzfarw wsfs
anil that II he Board ~ Alderman vaa
going to fight he would hgA1 hart 4nf'
he had made Up his mzul Hal T's~zf
Amboy Is 10 be cleGE 30 thu liz far
could go forth to the whole w4orlG
In regard to the recens cal64mg
cases here he stated that there nHG
been 80, 600 cases and see deaths Rz6
seemed to think that a numeer % tA4
cases of sickness and deaths could
have been prevented IL the proper care
had been taken TO safeguard the.
health OF h city a long time ago.
Tomorrow he plans to go TO South
Amboy where he win make ar investi-
cation also OF the health OF the PEG
Die of that city.
That there Is a woeful lack Of eys-
tenn n cooperation In this city be
tween the Board of Health and the.
Board OF Aldermen was evident. he
stated n could be plainly seen.
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n that every T. work together Tor
a bigger and better Perth Amboy. nsI
criticised Alderman John J. Clark for
some remarks the alderman made
n stated that Alderman Clark him
self had violated the health laws and
had been brought to court and that
he should be the last one to criticise
the good work that they were trying
to start here.
He stated that he was sorry to hurt
anyone's FEELINGS, but that the figh.l
In this city Aybuid go on no matter
oH-9as11fT.-eaA the city was In
the best OF health aaa~that ne wRs
prepared to fight IL necessary and had
the United States Public Health Ser
vice back of him.
He said he hoped that all PERSONAL
tiles vol be laid aside md that the
health board and the Board of Alder
men would look at tho matter In the
TIGHT WY ana kef tight 0O&n 10 Du>1-
ness n MOI dilly-daliy about ".
DIR. Charles I. silk of the health
board stnted that whils matters were
bad In this city they were not so bad
that they could not be remedied and
advised that they get busy at once,
He told of how the government had
planned to erect a number of houses
here, knowing the Door housing condi-
tions and had told the city that IL a
certain sun Of money was raised that
they would help. but how the bottom
a dropped out of the whole thing.
although the government knew the
situation we'll, of how each person
should have at least 1000 cubic feet
of air In a sleeping apartment. but
that IL this was allowed in this city
a number of people would be without
homes.
DIR. Silk further urged that 1t might
be possible to get back at the govern
ment In this matter, as they were part
Su~tor5lame In not allowing the erec-
] n of the houses when they know
they are needed here.
DIR. Silk suggested that district Wis
fting nurses be employed to visit the
different sections of the city. that a
physician be at the head of the Board
of Health as health officer, not to suo-
ceed Mr.. Wiiisey. but to work with
him, that clinics be established and
that milk stations be opened.
Alderman Waters asked DIR. Wolf
ram how long he had been In the gov
eminent employ and was told by the
doctor that he had entered tho govern
ment service on September 20. of this
year. To this the alderman replied
that II must have been the epidemic
that had brought DR.. Wolfram into
the government service and the doc
tor admitted that this was true. Al
derman Waters stated that IL always
took a shock to start something and
asked that this city be given time
to SO into the matter and that In two
4 months time no would be able to
criffcise the city.
President of the Board OF Health
Edward Daits made short address I'm
which he stated Board OF Health was
willing 40 do all they could to help
remedy matters. Commissioner Dam
gard sale that the Board OF Health
was in a bad way financially end that
thev could not do much without
money: that the board had been with
out a plumbing inspector for over a
year and that they could not appoint
n as they had no money. This Is a
u bad state OF affairs. DR.. Wolfram
stated u q plumbing inspector is
needed.
Mr.. wiIisev stated that he had work
ed night asA day to do ell he could
for the health OF h peoDie OF Perth
Ambov and that the hoard was in need
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