Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-01-08
CITY ACTIVITIES ARE
IN annual REPORTS
In Which Is Told All About
Parks, The City Library And
Health OF Community.

Annual reports of the various city ae.
tivities were submitted at the first
meeting Of the city council Monday
evening and filed for reference for
those Interested enoug to know what
the city departments may have been
doing the past year. The reports are
as follows:
Salem Park Board.
George G. Brown, treasurer, whose
term expires with the past year, turned
into City Recorder Race the books and
papers of the board. For the upkeep
| Of the state house grounds Or what is
officially known as Wilson Avenue
park the cost to the city was $l276.37
FOR labor and $6l9.30 for materials.
Marion park cost the taxpayers
$334.90 for labor and $243.11 for sup
| plies. The Marion street parking cost
the city for the past year $237.45 fol
labor and $l2O.71 for supplies The
Waite fountain cost $92.30 for labor
and $101.4S for supplies.
| AS Mr.. Brown Is term has expired
Mayor Albin said no action would be
taken towards completing the boarc
membership until he had made some in
yestigation as to the election of Ill
members.
Salem Public Library.
Mrs. Louis Lachmund, president o
tie board Of directors of the board sub
mitted the annual report. There i
about one book for every person in tn
city, or to be exact. the volumes IN tn
library now number 1926 During th
past year 1888 volumes have been adde
/ One out of every two persons IN tn
city have made use Of the library. FIJI
tv thousand five hundred ninety-fou
, books have been issued from time t
time, or about six to every person !
, the city.
The cost for the past year for the |
!. brsqy has betn $4,000, or 4G and tw'
a thirds cents on every one thousand do
+ hrs worth Of property valuation in u
2 city. One fifth of the people in I'll
city are rai"oas.
During the past year l046 adu
:, books have been added and 33Z juv
= nie. Gifts of books amounted to 70
!. while 1903 were purchased. One hu
q drcd eighty-three were withdrawn.
% . Health Report.
The Lcalth department Of the el
.nl for several miles out exceptn
J. west as in charge of Dr. 0. B. Nil
!. aud W. L. Bryant, deputy. That u
!. densrtmcnt was a busy one during !
!. year l0!A msy be noted from the ts
= = that the report shows special activi
= rarli month Of the year.
" When it c'nes u the restaurar
whore Salcm AZ VII as other pooE
eat. Tie hcalth DEP itment found sew
in c,o.l sar.,o from a health standpoiI
four in fair condition and five IN pr
~ bad condition. Ali bakeries pass
the test successfully. Three packi
houses and meat markets were IN go
eondition. two Just only fair. All 10
aair,us were given the o. K.
rhs health department investiga'
:n3 complaints, inspected 34i7 premis
served $50 garbage and refuse noti'
and fumigatcd $40 rooms.
Of contagious diseases, S75 eases w
inspected and are as follows: ON
pos. 4; diphtheria, 8: scarlet fever,
messles. $50; chicken pox, 9; tuber
Ilosis 5; typhoid, /; whooping eou
IA influenza and pneumonia, 63si I'M
tile paralysis, /, and muinps, y, :.
Suspected eases of disease cxamii
in 1918 numbered 175; houses visit
$50; sick house calls made, 2la; 5
caIls made AZ office, l15; city jail ca
~ and calls on quarantined eases, Il
uuring the year 26 deaths were
,.aaed Of those under one year o.
r,s h,.tw.sns five and ten years, 3; bet"
seS. "a and 20 yesxs, IL deaths; betr
md % and go years, Is deaths; oetyseef
aid .rS 20 years OF age; %; q; hetwcsn