The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-02
UNSAN|TARY CONDITIONS
 ARE REVEALED
Public Health Problems in Juneau Native Village
 Is Shown in Report


 Native Village are one of the greatest of dangers to the public health it was revealed last night to the members of the Gastineau Channel Public Health Council 1T a report released by Dr. w. w Council, Commissioner of Health The report, which is the result of a survey made by Earl Neuru. San itarian of the Division of Public Health engineering, was read by pr. Courtney Smith, Assistan nj Health Commissioner.
 Sanitary facilities such as water supply, sewerage disposal, garbage disposal and housing were reported to be greatly below normal stand ards, and statistics showing exact percentages of lack in each field were given by Neuru
 Data Is Given
 Included in the report was the following information: 45 of the 5S houses in the Native Village are supplied with city water; 5 per cent of the houses have no facilities for sewage disposal; 2 per cent of the owners state that fecal mater ial is carried to the beach block away; only very small percentage of houses have any collection of garbage, and this mostly inade- quate; houses are largely over- crowded; and many of the houses have water flush toilets connected to the old sewer line, condition which should have been discon- tinued with the laying of the new sewer line.
 Grossly Unsanitary"
 The problem of adequate gar bage and sewer disposal, which leaves material on the beach and around the houses to breed diseases, should be immediately rectified, states the report. The condition of the village is grossly unsanitary", and remedies for the inadequacies are made in the report.
 Adequate water flush toilets should be installed and connected to the new sewer line, platform to hold covered metal garbage cans which can be removed to- the city dump at regular intervals should be constructed, and plans for future reconstruction with a view to better housing should immediately put in action according to the report. Especially necessary is the educa- ton of the natives to the correct use of the facilities, and policing with this in mind is recommended
 The Rev. w. H. Matthews, secre- tary of the group, reported that a letter had been written to Chief of Police Kenneth Junge asking the Police Department enforce garbage disposal, particularly in regard to Willoughby beach. Junge said that steps had been taken, and a sign had been put up asking the Indians to desist.
 Indian Affairs Act
 The Office of Indian Affairs stated in conference that they promise to provide platforms with garbage containers, providing the city will have them removed at reg ular intervals. When this matter was brought to the attention of the City Council, it was referred to the Street committee, who prom ised that the matter would be looked into and steps taken to elim- mate the nuisance.
 According to Rev. Matthews, a conference of representative men of the city has been called by Gov. Ernest Grueriing for this after noon to consider the matters brought up by Neuru's investiga- tion.
 President J, B. Burford will an- nounce committee soon which will follow up the question of sanitation in the village and in other necessary parts of the city where similar con- ditions exist.
 Other business to come up before the meeting included several reports. Miss Jane Hubbard reported on the activities of the past month of the nursing division, and Dr. Smith told the group that Charles Switzer, who had been brought before Commis- sioner Felix Gray on charges of sell ing milk from infected COWS, has promised not to sell any more milk, and plans to discontinue business. The infected COWS will be sold for meat, and the others sold to other dairies. Medical authorities state that no danger exists in the meat except in extremely active cases, and none of Switzer's COWS are in the classification.
 E. M. Policy, representative of the American Legion, stated that the next meeting of that organization