Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-18
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ACTUAL CONDITIONS
OF HEALTH HERE
Other important Action Taken
Up at Meeting Last
Night

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survey of the city, as requested by the
Atlantic Division of the Red Cross to
ascertain the effects of the recent in
fuenza epidemic and to find out the
general health condition of the city,
would be one of the most important
factors in the reconstruction period
from a health standpoint, DR.. Charles
I. Blk. at the Board of Health meet
ing last night, was authorized to no.
tify the local chapter of the Red
Cross that the health board will offer
cooperation and render all assistance
possible in making the proposed sur
vey.
The Red Cross requested the board
of health to take the initiative in the
matter of compiling such a survey,
but several members of the board
thought that 1t was mo- within the
scope Of their work to do such a
thing. They were informed that the
State Board of Health would give
some assistance by sending two wom-
en- and one man here. but after care
full elaboration on both sides Of the
question the board reached the above
conclusion.
In the report of the infectious and
contagious disease committee, 1t was
brought to the attention of the board
that there were several cases OF In
fiuenza in the city, but hat they were
mild and not the virulent type of the
:, epidemic, so there is no u cause Tor
alarm on that point. Six cases of the
disease were sent to the isolation hos
pital. concerning a family of whom
were sick and a to be moved out
there to get them out of the unsani-
tary condition in which they were
living in,
The sanitation committee reported
that they had investigated the COM
plant of the people residing in the vi
- NIyaa1fa 80 and Hi0h at re afQ
concerning the ~nuisances from the
Standard Underground Cable works
and the authorities at the plant had
informed then thai the noise at night
had been stopped, but that the nuts
ance about the SCOT could no sc
abated, because there Is no existing
thing that can do away with the fine
black dirt. =.
The plumbing committee brought
up a matter regarding h testing OF
all plumbing work and they said that
tests were r, CURED in former years.
but hat recently such tests had not
been made and the o of the Health
BOARD made 1t mandatory that inspec-
tions of tina kind ow work should be
carried out. It was decided to notify
all master plumbers that tests Will De
made on all Jobs after April 1. and
the testing will be lone by the plumb
ing inspector.
lJne Oh LIN HiCIlIOCi6 VI AO
thought that -fumbing matters should
not some under the jurisdiction of the
Board of Health at all, but should be
part of the work of the building de-
partment. It was decided to have
Charles Damgaard, chairman of the
plumbing committee. go before the
Board of Aldermen and confer with
them concerning the transfer or
plumbing affairs to theb uilsknZ de-
partment.
A matter came up concerning a
Mrs Maude Chamberlain. OF Plain
fe.9 who is said to own a house on
a don street in which there is de-
feotive plumbing and which she has
been notified by the board to remedy.
Mrs. Chamberlain has failed to recufy
the conditions, claiming that h did
not own the property. An invesuga-
Saton was made and II was discovered
that the tenants were paying rent to
Mrs. Chamberlain. therefore, another
communication was sent TO hsr'
which was returned to the board I'M
opened. Another inspection will be
made of the property and IL h NUS
ance has not been abated h matter
will be put In the hands OF the city
attorney.
son appeared before the board and no
tilted them of several changes which
are TO be made about the In
which bills shall be sent to the comp
troller's Office. The following resolu-
ton was passed by the board or aid
ermen on the matter:
Resolved that all bills for FOODS
wares, and merchandise purchased Tor
or on account of the city Of Perth
Amboy, shall. before being audited
and paid. be accompanied by the writ
ten order of the chairman OF the COM
mittee ordering or purchasing same,
and also be accompanied by a receipt
showing the same have been delivered.
BE II further resolved that the
comptroller be and Is hereby directed
20 a proper form OF order
blanks, which said blanks shall be
used by the chairman OF the various
committees and the various boards
under the control Of the Board OF
Aldermen.
sBe II further resolved that his
resolution shall apply to all purchases
made after January I, 1919" The
health board will continue i'm their ac-
customed manner of handling bills
until the new blanks ave been is
sued.
some OF the members of the board
thought that II YOU not be expedient
10 open the isolation hospital for iniu-
snza cases except IN an emergency.
because the code of the board states
that only diphtheria. scarlet fever.
and i~nfantile paralysis cases are to be
admitted az the Institution. II was
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