Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-22
BOARD OF HEALTH
DETERMINED IN THE
CREMATORY MATTER
Communication 20 City Council
Insistent on the Placing Of
Restrictions.
TEST OF THE ORDINANCE

II Is evident from the tenor of its COM
ntnication to City Council presented
at the meeting on Thursday night, that
shs Board Of Health intends doing every
thing in it's power TO purify the atmos-
pherc in the vicinity Of the city crematory,
in the southwestern section Of the city.
The board, after investigating. has learned
some things about the use of the plant
which il considers objectionable. How
ever, u has gone as far as IL can IN the
matter and now wants Council to pass
an ordinance restricting the rights OF the
crcmstory people IN the matter oi slaugli-
tering horses. The matter Is explained IN
the following letter 10 Council.
HEALTH BOARDS INDICTMENT.
December rs 1919
'sTbe President and Members n THE
Council Gentlemen: Recently upon
number Of complaints filed with the
Board of Health "a series Of examinations
Aers, made 10y the health officers Of the
Board OF Health upon the method and
manner Of the Wilmington Sanitary Co.
IN conducting its plant IN the city OF
Wilmington. II was found to be fact
that, I'm addition 10 rendering and dispoS-
ing of garbage delivered at its plant by the
contractor having in charge the collection
~ the citys garbage, the Wilmington
Sanitary Co, was purchasing and bringing
10 ts plant in Wilmington and killing
thereat horses and thereafter. dispOSing
of the carcsszscs of SAID horses latter re-
moving the hides in such manner as 20
cause The fnul stonchcS, which occasioned
the complaints Of the people generally
throughout the city, and, more particular
y, Of those citizens whose dwellings were
locatcd hut . short distance from the
plant of the Wilmington Sanitary Co.
"t'pon ascertainlrg facts regarding
this practice of the Wilmington Sanitary
Co. the Board of Health took up the
matter with the city solicitor and, having
informed him of the facts. requested hun
a. take such action as might be necessary
"a prevent the Wilmington Sanitary Co,
from continuing To act as aforesaid, The
city solicitor expressed the opinion TO the
Board Of Health that tho hest way to
proceed in the matter was TO have some
individual citizen bring charge against
tho Wilmington Sanitary Co, on the
ground that q charge against the Viii
mfngt0n Sanitary Co. was committing
a nuisance and thus have the matter put
10 an erd. Up 10 the present writing, no
c.tizen has volunteered to do as suggested
bv the city ohclto-. However. even If
ihi> procedure. As above suggested, was
sdopled, the relief would only be tempo
rary, and the same set OF facts again might
b. presented without result Of permanent
relief being afforded TO the citizens of
Wilmington. The Board Of Health,
therefore, looking toward the permanent
better1nent Of the health Of the citizens Of
this city. respectfully suggest to The
Council the following method Of putting
permanent end IN such nuisance:
"Inasmuch xs ii Is solely within the
power Of The Council 20 pass ordinances
~ relstion TO such matters and not within
the power Of the Board of Health, the
hoard requests that the Council will, st
an early date, pass sn ordinance in sub
stance based upon the draft herewith
submitted
Very respectfully,
James j. CahiTl.
Secretary"
RESTRICTING ORDINANCES.
The proposed ordinance Is entitled" An
ordinance prohibiting the slaughter Of
horses and the disposition Of their car
cassss within the city of Wilmington for
other than edible purposes. The text
Of the ordnance follows.
Section That except for fthc pur-
pose OF killing manned or diseased horses
for the purpose Of preventing their further
suffering, or the spread OF disease. it shall
be unlawful to slaughter horses within
the city OF Wilmington
Section . That the carcasscs Of
horses which have been killed within or
outside of the limits Of the city Of VII
minrton for any cause or purpose shall
not be disposed OF by chemical process.
rendering or otherwise within the limits
of the city of Wilmington
Section 5. That this ordinance shall
not prevent the slaughter Of horses within
the city of Wilmington, the meat of which
il is intended to use for the food Of human
beings.
Section 4. That any person or per
CONS violating any Of the provisions Of this
ordinance shall upon the convection there
Of in the Municipal Court Of the city Of
Wilmington be fined 500 Tor each vio-
lstion OF said ordinance
Section :. That al ordinances u-
parts OF ordinances inconsistent with the
terms Of tins ordinance are hereby repeal
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The matter has been referred TO Council
IN committee of the whole