been so introduced, transported or landed within the borders of said. Commonwealth by such company. If a railroad company be thus declared contraband of quarantine its trains shall be stopped at the State line and held until inspected by an inspector of this board and declared by him free from the danger of conveying the contagion of Asiatic cholera into this Commonwealth. If a steamboat, canal or other navigation company, its boats shall not be allowed to enter any dock, tie up at any wharf or by any means land passengers, baggage or merchandise until it has undergone like inspection and been declared free from danger of introducing the said contagion into the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The State Board of Health of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania orders: First. That all water closets and urinals in cars be provided with proper water-tight receptacles for retaining deposits instead of allowing them to fall on the tracks and thus endanger water supplies, said receptacles to contain disinfectants, and to be renewed at certain intervals in such places and in such manner as may be determined upon for the most perfect protection against infection. The adoption of the precaution should be begun with second-class and immigrant cars, and extended as rapidly as possible to first-class cars. Second. Should the discharges of the sick fall upon seats, floors or platforms of cars or stations, they should first be disinfected and then removed in closed buckets and the soiled places then disinfected and thoroughly cleaned. Third. All cars coming from infected places shall be disinfected before sweeping, and the sweepings disinfected and burned. Fourth. All water closets and urinals in steamboats and canal boats shall be provided with proper water-tight receptacles for retaining deposits, instead of allowing them to fall into the water, which is in most instances the supply of drinking water for some center of popula tion. Such receptacles shall always contain disinfectants and shall be emptied at the end of each trip in such manner and in such place as may be designated by the local authorities. Fifth. All accumulation of filthy clothing and rags shall be at once disinfected and burned. Sixth Should cholera become epidemic the drinking water furnished for the use of passengers should be boiled and, so far as possible, should not be obtained from places in which the disease exists. By order of the Board, BENJAMIN LEE, Secretary and Executive Officer. EVENING SESSION. At the evening session the form of certificate of health which immigrants on railroads passing through Pennsylvania, Ohio or West Virginia will be compelled to carry was discussed. Dr. N. D. Baker, of West Virginia, offered the following resolution which was adopted: That the Secretary, Dr. Probst, be instructed to communicate with the Secretary of the Treasury, urging him to have each immigrant provided with a certificate of his inspection made by the Marine Hospital Service, such certificate to be recognized by the State Boards of Health represented at this conference. The resolution, Dr. Baker said, was not meant to convey the idea that believed the National authorities in any manner lax in the requirements of the occasion, but the co-operation of the Government officials with the State authorities would be an assurance to the people that every precaution to prevent the cholera from coming here was being rigidly looked after. Dr. Probst was instructed to suggest to the Secretary of the Treasury the following information required, as being essential to the matter by the State Boards: The name and sex of the immigrant; the port of departure and entry; name of the vessel; duration of detention under observation after exposure to cholera; the destination and the name of the inspector. Dr. Lee offered this resolution, which was adopted: That the conference suggest to the several Boards here represented the expediency of adopting an order requiring every immigrant to be furnished with a certificate from the Bureau of Immigration or the United States Marine Hospital service at his or her point of debarkation, and forbidding steamboat or railroad companies to transport immigrants into or through their respective States not provided with such certificate. And further that whenever any Board shall consider it necessary to establish an inspection station at the State line, the inspector shall be provided with a punch by which such certificate can be countersigned if he deems the holder free from contagion. 7. CONFERENCE WITH THE PHILADELPHIA BOARD OF TRADE. October 17, 1892, Dr. Benjamin Lee, Secretary of the State Board of Health, and Mr. Howard Murphy, Chairman of the Committee on Water Supply, Sewerage etc., met the Committee on Water of the Board of Trade of the City of Philadelphia and Dr. Henry Leffmann, in conference at the rooms of the Board of Trade to discuss the question of protection of the various water supplies of the State, including the Scuyl kill river. The following report was adopted by the Committee and forwarded to the Board of Trade: REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE. PHILADELPHIA, October 17, 1892. To the President and Members of the Philadelphia Board of Trade. GENTLEMEN: Your Committee on "Water" would respectfully report: That it has duly considered the resolution in reference to granting police jurisdiction over the Schuylkill river which was presented at the last meeting of the board and referred to the committee. A meeting of the Committee was held at which were present, by invitation: Benjamin Lee, M. D., Secretary, and Howard Murphy, C. E. Chairman of the Committee on Water Supply, Drainage, Sewerage, Topography and Mines, of the State Board of Health. Mr. Howard Murphy stated that he is arranging on behalf of the State Board of Health, for a Conference, to be held in Reading, of all the health and water works authorities of the drainage area of the Schuylkill River, together with Boards of Trade, railroad officials and other persons, the primary object being to secure joint effort to protect the water supplies within said drainage area from pollution as well as to encourage similar action in other parts of the State. Your Committee submits for your consideration, with recommendation for their adoption, the following preamble and resolutions: Whereas, The epidemic of cholera which has reached the borders of the United States, demands the most energetic and vigorous action at the hands of the proper authorities to prevent its entering Pennsylvania and other States, therefor be it Resolved, That the Philadelphia Board of Trade memorialize the Legislature of Pennsylvania to grant to the State Board of Health, police jurisdiction over all the drainage areas of Pennsylvania from which water supplies are taken. Resolved, That the municipal authorities and Trade organizations of Philadelphia and other cities and towns bordering on the Schuylkill river, which take their water supplies from that river and its tributaries, be requested to act with the Philadelphia Board of Trade in obtaining the needed legislation in this vital and important matter. APPENDIX E COMPLAINTS AND ORDERS FOR ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES. Complaints on which action was taken during the year: 1. Small-pox at Point Pleasant, Bucks county. 2. Small-pox at Morrisville, Bucks county. 3. Piggery at West Laurel Hill, Montgomery county. 4. Sewerage and drainage of Pottstown, Montgomery county. 5. Refuse from cider mill at Chambersburg, Franklin county. 6. Scarlet fever at Ardmore, Montgomery county. 7. Diphtheria at Locust Gap, Northumberland county. 8. Diphtheria at Erie, Erie county. 9. Cerebro spinal meningitis at Phillipsburg, Centre county. 12. Diphtheria at Springfield, Delaware county. 17. Scarlet fever in Stewartstown, York county. 19. Filthy tenement at same place. 20. Diphtheria at Latrobe, Westmoreland county. 21. Pollution of water supply at Scranton, Lackawanna county. 22. Drainage at Lansdowne, Delaware county. 23. Small-pox at Titusville, Crawford county. 24. Diphtheria at Greensburg, Westmoreland county. 25. Small-pox at Clarke's Valley, Schuylkill county. 26. Invasion of Huns at Bridgeport, Montgomery county. 27. Piggery at Chestnut Hill, Montgomery county. 28. Diphtheria at Ogontz, Montgomery county. 29. Pollution of canal basin at Muncy, Lycoming county. 30. Small-pox at Pittsburg, Allegheny county. 31. Typhoid fever at New Hope, Bucks county. 32. Typhoid fever at Military Academy, Chester, Delaware county. 33. Typhoid fever at Homewood, Allegheny county. 34. Typhoid fever at South Fork, Cambria county. 35. Floods at Titusville, Oil City and Meadville. 36. Small-pox at Coudersport, Potter county. 38. Small-pox at Garland, Warren county. 40. Slaughter house at Greensburg, Westmoreland county. 41. Stagnant ponds at Morrisville, Bucks county. 42. Insanitary conditions at Wayne, Delaware county. 43. Minor nuisances at Greensburg, etc., Westmoreland county. 44. Impure water at Birdsboro, Berks county. 45. Small-pox at Bunola, Allegheny county. 46. Diphtheria at Kirkwood, Lancaster county. 47. Diphtheria at Chadd's Ford, Delaware county. 48. Small-pox at Pittsburg, Allegheny county. 49. Dysentery at Lunatic Hospital, Norristown, Montgomery county. 50. Slaughter house at Muncy, Lycoming county. 51. Complaint of local board, Norristown, Montgomery county. 52. Diphtheria at Trainer, Delaware county. 53. Pollution of water supply at Allegheny City, Allegheny county. 54. Drainage of Johnstown, Elk county. 55. Small-pox at Newcastle, Lawrence county. 58. Slaughter house at Morrellville, Cambria county. 59. Condition of line of Wilkes-Barre and Eastern railroad. 60. Water supply of Royersford, Montgomery county. 64. Small-pox at Allentown, Lehigh county. 65. Dumping of garbage near Pittsburg, Allegheny county. 66. Drainage into abandoned coal mines. 67. Carnegie's Steel Works, Allegheny county. 68. Slaughter house, Knoxville, Tioga county. 69. Drainage, Irvona, Clearfield county. 70. Slaughter house, West Grove, Chester county. 71. Hog-pen, Fallsington, Bucks county. 72. Slaughter house, Falls Creek, Jefferson county. 73. Tannery drainage, Millerstown, Perry county. 74. Pollution of stream, Huntingdon, Huntingdon county. 75. Sewer, Punxsutawney, Jefferson county. 76. Pollution of creek, South Bethlehem, Northampton county. 77. Slaughter house, Cresson, Cambria county. 78. Slaughter house, New Salem, Fayette county. 79. Impure water, Bridgeton, Montgomery county. 80. Pollution of stream, Leechburg, Armstrong county. 81. Slaughter house, Catasauqua, Lehigh county. 82. Drainage, Suterville, Westmoreland county. 83. Slaughter house, Apollo, Armstrong county. 84. Cesspools, Narbeth, Montgomery county. 85. Insanitary conditions, Wallingford, Delaware county. 86. Insanitary conditions, Clearfield, Clearfield county. 87. Pig-pen, Wayne. 88. Insanitary conditions, Spring Forge, York county. 89. Pollution of river, Steelton, Dauphin county. 90. Creamery, Hopbottom, Susquehanna county. 91. Slaughter house, Perkiomen Junction, Montgomery county. 92. Pig-pen, Pottstown, Montgomery county. 93. Pollution of stream, Mill City, Wyoming county. 94. Slaughter house, Millevale, Allegheny county. 95. Drainage, Susquehanna, Susquehanna county. 96. Impure water, Washington, Washington county. 97. Open sewer, Braddock, Allegheny county. |