Show BAD SANITARY conditions dr dalby describes the filthy dilthy state of the city typhoid fever Is unusually prevalent an and the ralo for or the past few months has been increased inci eased about 60 per cent over that of 0 corresponding months of oc last year health commissioner dalby in response to an inquiry on the subject yesterday explained matters with nith considerable vehemence the sanitary conditions of a city depend entirely upon cleanliness he said bald the attitude ot of a place or its natural conditions make but very tittle little difference it if the most careful attention Is not given to tho the disposition ot of refuse yes it Is truo true that the death rate Is increasing here why Is this because equipped as the health department Is now with but one inspector when ullen there should be seven we e are arc simply powerless flowerless to act you would be surprised to know how filthy this city Is right now whole backyards back yards filled with soothing seething filthy masses ot of corruption are common nighta cow yards open cesspools ces spools neglected catch basins bagins putrid heaps ot of offal odal and all sorts and kinds ot of places exist for or the breeding and nourishing of 0 the typhoid bacilli as ai deadly as the bobros cobras fang now why do those exist simply be because callae we have not enough men to properly handle the matter As it used to be with a goodly force of inspectors people who nho neglected their premises were out and summarily dealt with the result was a clean tow tom n an instance where a vigilant inspector could have done considerable good bood came to my notice just recently A case of typhoid fever was reported vaa front from a house on eighth eight it west t r street ree t and a man was sent to investigate he found four members of a milk mans family sick w ith typhoid fever and tho the head ot of the family still plying ilia blu vocation as it a vendor of the fluid it Is a well macli known tact fact that no substance Is as susceptible to germs germa as milk consequently the danger was great to add to this the barnyard barn yard at the place was isas a perfect mass of putrid decayed and decaying offal of all kinds the man was a 1 dered to stop slop selling milk at once a and n d his cows coms were turned over to another dairyman T the he first day ot of the present month realizing tile the great need ot of more vigilance I 1 wrote a letter to tho the council asking tho the appointment of one adal inspector no action has been taken on tills this as yet and our position Is readily to be seen the prevalence of bowel trouble for the past two months continued dr dalby 1 I attribute largely to the water and in this line let me suggest av as the patrolling of the creeks does not come under tinder our that more rigid patrolling of parleys creek lie be the order of the future 1 asked as a s to other diseases th doctor said scarlet fever which has been P prevalent re valent li 19 about under control to tn my knowledge there are just two to cases now in tile the city and these are under quarantine |