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THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN, MONDAY MORNING JULY 27, 1914
DEIRECT
URGES
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
0 ALL VAULTS
CESSPOOLS IN THE CITT
of them is the only thing that can sat- j declaring privies a nuisance. This lat-
ABATEMENT
l'oilltS Out Conditions in ,,he nealth department. Unfilled
vaults or tnose tilled with cans, bot-
Various Additions and
Asks Aid in Securing Co
operation in General Use
of Sanitary Sewer Some
Statistics.
ties
and other rubbish, frequently
give vise to nuisance Irom the odors
that arise, and the former, at least.
seem to be a resting place, if not a
breeding place, for roaches. That
the latter invade the kitchen and in
vestigate the family food supply is
" ' I general knowledge. Flies likewise
In an effort to make the city of i v,reed in these places and from re
l'hoenix more sanitary as regards Dorts f neaith officers elsewhere.
disease and fly-breeding spots, the
i ily health department, is endeavoring
to find some means of securing as
nearly as possible a complete abate
ment of all privies and cesspools in
the city. The.'e are few sections
where the sanitary sewer has not
been extended but there are many
properties where connections have
not been made despite the availa
bility of the sewer.
In a recent report to City Manager
W. A. Farish, the city health of
ficer calls attention to this condi
tion and makes some suggestions.
The .-eport indicates the apparent
necessity of early action.
It follows:
Phoenix, Arizona, July 20, 1914.
Mr. W. A. Farish,
City Manager.
Phoenix, Arizona,
Dear Sir:
I herewith submit a report of pre
conditions in the city as they exist
ed May 1 and July 13, 1914.
The following table shows the
number of privies in each section of
the city on May 1, whether or not
the premises were connected with
the sewer, the numbe." abated since
May 1, and the number still existing
July 15. , '
Con- Uneon- To
Addition ' nected nected tal
Tlioenix East 13 23 3G
Phoenix West ....11 20 31
Montgomery .. ..29 167 196
l.inville 1 30 31
Churchill .19 33 62
University 30 47 77
Irvine 3 45' 48
Neahr ...... 33 26 59
Capitol 17 11 28
West Capitol 13 13 26
Brill ..16 36 52
Dennis 47 46 93
Murphy 21 79 100
Collins 20 51 71
Kenilworth 2 1 3
Central 1 0 1
Oakland
Bennett 28 11 39
Totals
.304
639
943
Sewer not extended to part of this
section at time of inspection.
Note: Six privies have been added
since the inspection because sewer
was unavailabl and . seventy-four
abated since May 1.
The above figures are a compila
tion from the sanitary survey of the
city covering the months of May and
June, and while many other facts
were noted, the existence of this
large number of privies is the most
important one. In the course of our
inspection, many property owners
were spoken to and a fair propoTtion
of them promised to abate their
privies at once. We have not had
time to reinspect all these places,
but as far as they have been rein
fected about fifty per cent of the
promises have been kept.
In this connection, it should be
stated that a pvivy is not considered
to have been abated unless the vault
has been filled, the contents covered
at lrast six inches in depth with dry
earth or ashes and the construction
of the building so altered that it
cannot be used for its original pur
poses. We have found some that
answered one or two conditions and
thy are far more dangerous than
flies that only feed in them. These
statements apply nearly equally to
old vaults as those that are' being
used.
The necessity of the last provision
that requiring alteration of con
struction has been brought forcibly
to our attention on several occasions.
Unless this is done, such privies
frequently are used either by the
people occupying the premises or by
others. If the vault has been filled
previously, matters ae made just
that much worse, because it then
become virtually a surface privy. If
the family does not use it, the con
dition may become (as it has) a
most dangerous and disgusting one
before being discovered. We think
this requirement a most reasonable
and necessary one. There can be
no sanitary objection to the building
being used as a store room C what
not, but this alteration of construc
tion is imperative.
It has been somewhat surprising to
find a number of people who seem
unable to conceive any objection to
the privy except the bad smell pro
vided they own one. Two or three
instances have occurred where people
complaining of their neighbors' priv
ies have been found to possess one
of their own. The latte.- is invari
ably "strictly sanitarj-" though it af
fords no impediment whatever to the
goings and comings of flies, roaches
and other insects. A not inconsider
able number seem to regard an un
used (?) privy as an innocuous ob
ject despite the same conditions.
with apparent satisfaction they an
nounce they have connected with the
sewer and as to the old privy, "Why,
we never use it." In the vast ma
jority of instances, however, the un
abated privy on premises connected
with the sewer is due to oversight
and simple neglect. We are willing
to believe this until actual experi
ence proves it fallacious. Thus far
th more Intelligent people have
made their abatements without the
necessity of prolonged argument and
it is not usually difficult to per
suade such people of the sanitary
necessity of abating. However, some
of them do consume a large part of
the time of the health department.
We have to reinspect to see that the
abatement has been done properly;
if it has not been done, a second no
tice must be given and another in
spection made later, and so on. No
prosecutions have been instituted for
the reason that heretofore the work
has not been done in a systematic
manner and where eo many are
guilty, it would be unjust to prose
cute only the chosen few whose
names and addresses we happened to
possess.
With regard to the premises on
which privies are located, but which
are not connected with the sewer, a
more difficult problem is presented,
The unfairness of requiring a sewer
connection to be made on one lot while
the neighbors are not mad; to do so is
keenly appreciated by this department.
In such a case the sewer is more a con
venient rretlfod of disposing of human
wastes rather than a sanitary ' im
provement. A privy is a menace to the
inhabitants of each of the adjacent
three to nine blocks (depending on their
not another, but that all are essen- size) and while each abatement counts
tial has been made quite apparent to for something, the abatement of all
isfy the sanitary requirements and
that should satisfy the public.
Many people have connected with
the sewer at considerable financial in
convenience and after having done so,
they have been compelled to live in al
most as close proximity to privies on
adjacent lots. The owners of the lat
ter, if resident, may be perfectly wil
ling to connect, but are financially un
able to do so. Tiiey have bought their
places by paying a email amount down
and are paying out the balance from
month to month. Their credit is
strained, they have not a clear title and
to prosecute people in Buch circum
stances would be to further defer the
day when they will be able to pay the
cost of connecting. This plea is the moat
common one we have met, and it seems
at present insurmountable. Likewise
there is no present means of reaching
non-resident owners. Our notices to
them have usually been utterly disre
garded. We do not even know that they
reach the owner. If they do, we can
only twiddle our thumbs until the
owner is ready to act or make his ap
pearance in the city, and then we
would have to be apprized of the fact.
There are two other classes of own
ers, however, whose excuses are not
valid a.id who can be reached. There
are resident owners who are financially
able but do not want to connect their
houses with the sewer. Some of them
occupy unconnected premises and are
willing to forego the convenience and
improved sanitary condition for the
forty-five or fifty dollars the connec
tion would cost them. They further
more care that little about their neigh
bors' health and comfort. Usually these
are the owners of the "strictly sani
tary" priies. The other class owns
land which is valuable for business
purposes either stores or warehouses
but which is used for dwellings pend
ing some indefinite future date when
the lot is to be sold or the store or
warehouse built. Our experience with
this class leads us to anticipate from it
full cooperation in our work.
The foregoing is a fair statement of
the situation as It exists. In taking up
the work of the health department, the
first question to be considered was
where to begin, provided, of course,
that something more than mere routine
was to be done. To answer that ques
tion we had to know where we were.
A cursory inspection showed a water
supply that could be contaminated on
ly with great difficulty. The quality
and cleanliness of the food supply
could fur the time at least be left to
the wisdom of the consumer and the
incentive of competition. The milk sup
ply was generally so bad that at first
it seemed to be the logical place for
beginning. When we came to examine
the general sanitary condition of the
city, however, and found this large
number of open privies, we had a con
dition which needed changing badly.
and which when once changed could be
kept changed. This was therefore
chosen as the first point to attack.
I am aware that opinions may differ
as to the relative importance of the
open privy and the dirty dairy, but
clean milk can be obtained only by
constant inspection, where as if we
can once rid the town of privies, we
can almost disregard that feature in
the future. It Is not the intention to
disregard the inspection of dairies, res
taurants, etc., altogether, but rather to
give them less attention than they
really deserve until we can finish with
the other. The idta is to keep one
down with the foot while using both
hands on the other.
As system is necessary to secure the
abatement of so large a number of
privies, I desire to submit the following
for your approval
(1) Choosing those sections nearest
the center of the city and those that
are least infested with privies, obtain
ing the names of the owners and send
ing each a note reminding hiiri of the
privy on his premises and requesting
its abatement.
(2) Relnspecting seven days later.
If the privy remains unabated or (on
properties unconnected with the sewer)
the sewer tap has not been bought and
no contract has been let for the work,
to send a second notice.
(3) Reinspect seven days later and
if then the privy remains unabated to
cause the owners appearance before
the city magistrate on a charge of
violating the resolution of the council
ter should prove to be necessary only
with the least Intelligent and most sel
fish owners and it is to be hoped that
they will be few in number. If such
punitive measures are not adopted, it
can readily be seen that an enormous
waste of time will result and that other
pressing sanitary necessities must be
postponed. The rigid enforcement of
the ordinance without favor will breed
a wholesome respect for it which is
now sadly lacking.
The above should secure the'abate
ment of all privies except those owned
by non-residents and those in strait
ened circumstances. To reach these, I
believe it will be necessary for the
commission (if it possesses the power)
to pass an ordinance empowering the
city to abate the privy and make the
necessary connections and charge the
cost to the lot as a tax lien. By this I
do not mean that this method should
be resorted to in an arbitrary manner.
The property owner should, I think,
be given an opportunity to choose the
fixtures and the location of the closet.
Also it should be resorted to only in
the following classes of cases.
(1) Where the property owner
makes a voluntary application to have
the work done by the city.
(2) Where non-resident owners re
fuse or neglect to make the proper
connections or abate the nuisance on
their property.
Very respectfully,
City Health Officer.
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DEATH CLAIMS BRIDE
OF LESS THAN YEAR
Mrs. Walter L. George Pass. Away at
Sisters' Hospital
Less than one year after she became
a happy bride, and just when the ad
vent of a baby daughter promised in-
reased measure of happiness not alone
to her, but to her -husband as well.
Mrs. Margaret Winnie George, wife of
Walter L. George, died at the Sisters'
Hospital shortly after eight o'clock last
evening. Until very late Saturday night
there had been no suspicion but that
her condition was entirely satisfactory
and then came a sudden change for
the worse. She was hurried to the hos
pital where for eighteen hours physi
cians and nurses labored without avail
to save the young life.
It was on Sunday evening, August
31, 1913, that Walter L. George and
Miss Margaret Winnie Keltner present
ed themselves at the parsonage of the
First Baptist church and presenting a
marriage license requested Rev. J. Har
vey Deere to unite them in marriage.
They had planned to be married on
Monday, September 1, and that being a
holiday had secured the license on the
Saturday previous. Word came to them
that friends were preparing to make
things interesting for them and they
decided to thwart these plans. The Re
publican on September 1 announced
their wedding and the plans of the
friends fell through.
Their short period of married life
was one of happiness. No more loving
couple could have been found. The un
timely end and the girl-wife (she was
just past eighteen years old) falls as a
blow not only upon her husband and
young father, but upon the grandpar
ents of the little one.
Margaret George was the daughter
of George R. Keltner, a well known
contractor of this city. She was a
charming young woman, amiable and
accomplished. Besides her husband,
she is survived by her father, three
brothers and one sister.; The funeral
arrangements had not been made last
evening but will be announced later.
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The new state law regarding stan
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The change in the arrangements for
the regular Sunday concerts by Alden's
Concert band at Riverside Park was
inaugurated yesterday, and met with
the Instant approval of the patrons. Up
to this time, the concert has been in
the shape of two appearances one in
the afternoon and the other in the ev
ening. This plan had several objec
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noon, and continue uninterrupted till
eight o'clock in the evening.
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conceded one of the most difficult se
lections for a band to handle. The full
score of the "Red Mill", by Victor Her
bert was also well rendered. The pop
ular selections were well taken care of
and taken all in all, the concert was a
success from every standpoint.
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