South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-10
OUR VERY "EFFICIENT" HEALTH AND
MATER DEPARTMENTS-AND TYPHOID

Wonderfully cfncient. our city health water de-
parmens are keeping the promises made for the Car
administration in very uncomPromsing shape. If
more eaicient attempt could have been made to
pOuute the city with typhoid germs, of
gance negligence and these combined with ignorance
We car hardly il. That the so
efficiently turned loose the public, from un
cleansed reservoir after holding
for some months. should have developed forma-
'uresumptive typhus'-in II short fourteen
hours s all the evidence Of the briuiancy and for
public welfare entertained 10y our health and
water departments. that anyone needs.
Indeed VIC do not wonder Health Officer yreyer-
muth should have wanted the blunder kept from the
public He was very sohctous the people getting
scared: but move sojicitous fear the public not
ainin@ knowledge OF the objectionable negligence Of
the water health administrations in anordng that
public anything to get scared at The health officer
at the Joint meeting the South Bend and Mishawaka
boards OF works last Thursday night can close the
doors against the agencies or public information but
when il comes to a case this character where the
health the lives OF thousands stake. and
especially when We hold key ourselves,
declined TO DE muzzled. We owe Health Ofcer
Freyermuth absolutely nothing the way of secrecy,
ne having put up the bars-and especially we owe him
nothing in comparison with what we owe the public.
FOR its protection against his incompetence.
Mayor Carson duly warned against this in ad-
vance OF his appointment. but no. political debt for
campaign support had 10 be paid. We know OF no
such popular protest against the appointment his
superfntendent Of waterworks that ne should
picked milk peddler in the place of an engineer.
political payment counting here again again leaves
him TO carry the responsibility. We might ask what
the occupation Of the board works. presumably
charge OF works and health board. pre-
sumably directors OF health officer IS in connection
with tins uatter-but here TOO again. have naught
but a mess OF political appointments. Of course. for
"efdciency." "eHcient" i'm fact. that Ions we
may all be thankful III alive.
This imposition upon the public. Of turning this pol
luted loose deliberately nesectns to carry out
instructions which the department had with the
supplies with them admitted Of possibilities that
are wel-nigh criminal There is such thing. YOU
know. criminal negligence. Were it not that we
the purpose OF the barred meeting OF the
south Bend and Mshawaka boards OF works last week
consider the subject hospital treat
me1t OF diseases this act OF the next day
with reference the city water supply is so garng in
errontery that might almost assume that the
secret meeting held deliberately plan some such
crime. or course. know better or think we do.
merely mention t passing 90 illustrate the close
relationship between criminal negligence and DELHI
crate design
such parsiuouy Iaziness Incidence. disregard and
anything uy" methods are disgrace 10 a
civilized community Do was bad enough the typhoid
epideHc that the keller administration permitted to
creep In upon us and dear but how the Carsonites
dd promise 10 correct IT, II elevated TO Let US