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floating of a municipal loan at the
coming' fall election.
"Again, it must bo determined
whether it might not be more eco
nomical, if practical, to have mu
nicipal garbage collection and contract
separately for its ultimate disposal by
some approved method.
Wants Prompt Action
"Should municipal garbage collec
tion not meet with your approval at
this time, specifications, bids, etc.,
must be promptly prepared in order
to award a new contract and provide
the necessary appropriation therefor
in the annual appropriation budget
for 191 S.
"Another important matter to de
termine is the advisability of request
ing separate bids for garbage collec
tion alone, for ashes and rubbish
alone, and for dead animals, and joint
or combination of bids for tho re
moval of all city wastes.
"Should a contract be entered into,
the life of the contract should be most
carefully considered."
Dr. Raunick called attention to the
fact that present collection of all gar
bage. ashes and refuse is costing the
city less than 5 cents a week for each
household.
Advises I*rlvato Ash Collection
Because of the numerous difficulties
and problems connected with munici
pal garbage collection, Dr. Raunick
advised Council to require household
ers to dispose of ashes through pri
vate collectors.
In case of municipal ash collections,
provisions will be needed. Dr. Rau
nick stated, to have uniform sized
containers, separation of paper from
ashes and penalttes to enforce com
pliance with regulations.
Referring to tinances for the Health
Department, it was explained that
while the bureau appropriation totals'
$47,000, about $34,000 of this total is
used for ash and garbage collections.
The remaining $13,000 allows an aver
age of 17 cents per capita annually
for health protection.
Wants More Officers
In asking for additional sanitary
officers Dr. Raunick declared that the
Health Bureau can no longer cope
with present conditions with only two
•men handling this work.
"For more than twenty years the
city has had but two sanitary in
spectors and to-day with our phe
nomenal extension and increased pop
ulation wo cannot be expected to ren
der this additional health service re
quirement without additional in
spectors.
Thinks Police Should Help
"As suggested before, our city police
force could materially assist our bu
reau by enforcing health regulations
the same as all other municipal laws."
Another local health need which
Dr. Raunick emphasized was legisla
tion to improve housing conditions,
and a revision of building regulations.
Speaking of this need he said: "Our
statistics show very plainly the bad re
sults of this unrestricted herding to
gether in certain districts and it
would be most interesting to note to
what extent this lack of decent living
standard influences the work of our
courts, aside from the question of
health.
"This question is of such vital im
port to our community that we Invite
and ufgo tho closest co-operation of
all civic, church, social and all other
business organizations and persons in
terested in the health and welfare of
our people."
Wants Contagion Hospital
Dr. Raunick also suggested floating
a loan to provide for a contagious dis
ease hospital, should the people favor
it by a majority vote. In pointing out
this need he referred tothe recent ty
phoid epidemic, and the possibility of
serious disease epidemics unless facil
ities are provided for isolating serious
contagious disease cases.
Because of the increasing number
of food inspection regulations. Health
Officer Raunick, in taking up that
branch of the department work, ad
vised Council to provide for more in
spectors. Need of legislation which
would require screening of poultry,
fish, bakery products, candies, butter
and other foods which are exposed in
markets when offered for sale.
Prges Graded Milk Standard
Certified and graded milk standards
in accordance with the requirements
of the Milk Commission of the Harris
burg Academy of Medicine, should be
promptly adopted. Dr. Raunick said.
"Without entering into any contro
versy as to milk production cost, it
cannot reasonably be assumed that
dirty milk and clean, safe, milk should
both command the same price, and it
is proposed to grade the product on
an average score system based on the
combined scoring totals of the place
of production, bacteriological findings
and score of delivery and storage fa
cilities.
"Such a system would entail a large
amount of work and further impresses
the need of additional inspectors and
increased laboratory facilities, which
should be promptly provided for this
important work.
"While our general retail milk SUJJ
pIy was promptly placed above suspi
cion during- our recent typhoid epl-.
demic, the very fact that a large num
ber of cases occurred on 'dairy farms,
makes it imperative to use every ef
fort to promptly locate possible ty
phoid carriers, and guard against the
exposure of our foods to this particu
larly dangerous source of infection.
"This is a matter of such moment
that only by the closest co-operation
of the public can periodic, typhoid
outbreaks resulting from these dan
.gerous carriers bo avoided in the
future."
Increase In Death Rate
In the vital statistics report a slight
Increase In the death sate was noted.
During 1915 the rate'was 13.1 per
thousand residents; and last year 13.3
per thousand. In mentioning the
large number of typhoid deaths. Dr.
Raunick called attention to the fact
that 20 deaths resulted from measles;
13 from grip; 4 from diphtheria and
4 from whooping cough.
Statistics show that there was a de
crease of 25 per cent, in the death
rate for babies under one month of
age, a convincing argument, Dr.
Raunick claimed, for educating moth
ers in the proper care of children just
after birth. ,
Overcrowded conditions in the
Seventh ward were blamed for the fact
that that section leads all others )n
death rate with no prospects of im
proving the record unless housing
conditions are bettered.
'•.Public funds could nowhere bo
expended to better advantage for city,
State or national conservation," Dr.
Raunick declared, "than for tho care
of the expectant and recent mother.
This needless child sacrifice is not the
result of lack of parental interest, but
rather absolute ignorance and mis
conception as to the needs and man
agement required during early child
life.
"To overcome this condition re
quires carefully guided instructions in
the home and which we submit ac
cording to our statistics is not as
necessary in the homes of the colored
and forclgnborn, as it is in many of
the homes of our nativeborn.
"We must also consider in this con
nection, although not included in our
death and birth rates, the educational
possibilities presented in endeavoring
to materially reduce tho number of
s'tiilbirths annually recorded."
Extensive Epidemics
Extensive epidemics of grip, measles
and typhoid were responsible for the
large number of contagious diseases
reported, it was explained, measles
taking the lead with a total of 2,530.
Dr. Raunick rapped the old idea
"that all children must get the catchy
diseases sometime anyway," the health
officer declared it will take years of
education to convince the public to
the contrary and "that the best time
to be sick is never, and that a man's
a man even if he did not have measles
and all other diseases common to
early life, when ho was a baby.
"No wonder when grip is evidently
considered a necessary adjunct to the
fashions of the day and either care
lessly treated or entirely disregarded
by tho laity, that 13 lives were need
lessly sacrificed to this cause, when
proper medical caro could have saved
at least half of these lives.
"With 21 child lives needlessly
sacrificed as the result of the com
plications from measles during the
year we have another demonstration
of how lightly human life is regarded
by those responsible for the health
and welfare of helpless child life."
The Rubbish Problem
Statistics included in tho report
show that during the year 35,975
loads of ashes; 5,478 loads of garbage
and 315 dead animals were removed
from the city.
Seventy-five prosecutions were
brought; fines totaling $282 placed on
21 defendants, and the costs were im
posed on 72. Mortality records show
that the percentages for death causes
were as follows: Organic heart dis
ease, 13.66; nephritis, 9.05; pneu
monia, 8.5; tuberculosis, 7.9; cerebral
hemorrhage, 6.9; violence, 5.5; can
cer, 5.6; typhoid fever, 4.8 and diph
theria, .9.
In the food inspection division 733
licenses were granted during the year,
netting the city $3,144, the largest
amount ever turned into the treasury
by the food department. New licenses
were granted to 30 retail milk deal
ers; 54 retail fresh meat dealers; 26
ice cream dealers; 11 bakery; 19 fish
and oyster dealers, and 17 restaurants,
making a total of 157 new licenses.
Inspections in markets follow: Kel
ker street, 11,721; Allison Hill, 21,112;
Verbeke street, 50,001; Chestnut
street, 45,723. During the year 1,640
other inspections were made in other
parts of the city and surrounding
territory.
Tests were made of 646 samples of
milk and cream; 166 samples of ice
cream and cream used in manufactur
ing ice cream. Forty-eight prosecu
tions were brought and fines total
ing $64 were imposed.
A TWICE-TOLD TALE
One of Interest to Our Readers.
Good news bears repeating, and
when It Is confirmed aftor a long
lapso of time, even If we hesitated to
believe it at first hearing, we feel se
cure in accepting its truth now. The
following experience of a Harrisburg
man is confirmed after a year:
I, Alfred Lewis, retired railroad en
gineer, 1714 N. Fifth St., Harrisburg,
says: "When I was running on the
road, I was bothered a great deal at
times by my kidneys. Whenever 1 had
one of those attacks, Doan's Kidney
Pills soon relieved me."
The above statement, was given Au
gust 28, 1914, and on January 26, 1916
Mr. Lewis added: "I haven't had oc
casion to use Doan's Kidney Pills since
I gave my former statement, recom
mending them. I can add that the
cure is lasting, considering that the
trouble had been with me for so long
before I took them."
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan's Kidney Pills—tho same thai
Mr. has twice publicly recom
mended. Fostor-Milburn Co., Props.,
Buffalo, N. Y.
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In these days of steadily increasing prices, jewelry prices have been
more than setting the pace. Almost every article has advanced from 25 to
50 per cent, and in some instances even more, .
We are now forming our 500 club in order that we can enter the mar- |f ■
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each and every member with a high grade, *° B *£ n any lease or agreement of any kind,
well-known make of Watch, Diamond, as this is not an installment proposition, but
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m atch Bracel f t or C , hest of Community a er f od of about twenty weeks. We give
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