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Show WBXBE AKK TH E SANITARY 1NSPECT-OKS 1NSPECT-OKS ? It is about time the health department depart-ment got a genuine spring-tide move on. There is a lot of work belore it and not by any means the le;ist important im-portant is that of keeping a watchful eye on the vaultsjand cess-pools. There are in various parts of the city cesspools, cess-pools, recently dug. J,hat are in use in direct violation of the ordinance which reqnires their inspection aud approval by the health department. depart-ment. This must be largely charged up to the inspectors and those gentlemen need a shaking up. They have been too much in the habit of regarding re-garding their positions as entailiug on them only the duty of drawing a salary. sal-ary. In one block in this city there are at least halt' a dozen cess-pools that do not come within the provisions of the city ordinance on the subject, and iu the same block is reported a case of diphtheria. This matter needs looking into. |