its waste water into said stream, as it has no other way or means by which it can dispose of its waste water. THE T. A. SNYDER PRES. CO. STATE OF INDIANA, TIPTON COUNTY, SS: Comes now, Isaac M. Taylor, who, being duly sworn, upon his oath says that he is now and has been for more than three years last past the local superintendent of the T. A. Suyder Preserve Company, at its factory at Tipton, Indiana, and that all the foregoing statements are true as he verily believes. ISAAC M. TAYLOR. Subscribed and sworn to before me this the 3d day of November, 1906. My commission expires Sept. 24, 1910. STATE OF INDIANA, TIPTON COUNTY, SS: Comes now, Isaac M. Taylor, and being duly sworn, upon his oath says that he is now, and has been continuously for more than three years last past, the local superintendent for the T. A. Snyder Preserve Co., at its factory at Tipton, Indiana. That there has been practically no change in the manner of disposing of the waste water from said factory for more than a year last past. That said waste water passes through three screens into a settling vat or pit and then through a five-inch tile outlet about three feet above the bottom of said pit into a large city sewer and through it into Cicero Creek. That said five-inch tile is covered with a screen in said pit, the holes or meshes in said screen being about large enough to let a pea pass therethrough. The said factory is kept and run as carefully and cleanly as the same can be done, and great care is taken to prevent as little vegetable matter from passing into said city sewer as possible. ISAAC M. TAYLOR. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3d day of November, 1906. My commission expires Sept. 24, 1910. REPORT OF INSPECTION OF THE T. A. SNYDER PRESERVE COMPANY'S FACTORY, TIPTON, IND. Gentlemen-In response to a request from the T. A. Snyder Preserve Co., asking for a renewal of their permit to empty the waste water from their factory at Tipton, Ind., into Cicero Creek, I was instructed by Dr. Hurty to make an inspection of their factory and note any changes that may have been made in the past year. On November 13 I visited Tipton, and in company with Drs. A. W. Gifford and J. T. Tresidder, the county and city health officers, made a thorough inspection of their factory. The buildings are situated about one-half mile east of the L. E. & W. railway crossing on the north side of the tracks, in the northeast part of the city, and consist of a two-story brick building, 65x175 feet, and a onestory brick boiler room, 16x30, at the northeast corner. The latter has cement floors. North of the boiler room is a coal shed covered with corrugated iron. The company owns twelve acres of ground abutting on the railway right of way and have the use of 200 acres adjoining upon which to dump their waste and refuse. The nearest residence to the factory was about 200 yards southwest, on the south side of the railroad tracks, and the second nearest is a farm house about one-fourth mile northeast of the factory. The work at the factory consists in making catsup exclusively, which is bottled and barreled, and their daily capacity is 125 gross of bottles and 150 barrels of the finished product. At the time of our inspection, the fruit season was ended and they were working up the second grade products made from the pumice. Everything was in first-class condition and as clean as it was possible to keep it. The washing, cooking and shredding is done in the east end of the building and all tanks are connected with a cement trough which empties through a tile sewer into a catch basin near the southeast corner of the building. The bottom of this catch basin is about three feet lower than the outlet and any seeds or large pieces of vegetable that manage to pass through the wooden screens at the end of the trough, have a chance to settle at the bottom of the basin, which is cleared out two or three times a week during the busy season. There is also a wire screen over the outlet of this basin which prevents anything but liquids from flowing into the city sanitary sewer, with which it is connected by a tile carried under the L. E. & W. railway tracks, about 200 feet south of the tracks, and the waste water is carried by that sewer about one mile south to its outlet into Cicero Creek. There is another catch basin near the southwest corner of the factory which receives all the waste water from the boiler rooms, bottling rooms and heating tanks where the filled bottles are boiled, which is also connected with the sanitary sewer. There was no odor from the heaps of refuse on the dupming ground north of the building, although the ground was well covered with the waste from the vegetables. An inspection of the outlet of the sewer at Cicero Creek failed to reveal any odor of vegetable matter or trace of factory refuse. The manager in charge showed us over the factory and explained the details of their work very fully and seemed desirous that we should see everything connected with its sanitary arrangements. Cicero Creek is the outlet for all the city storm water and sewage, and is a small, shallow stream flowing from southeast to northwest across the south and west part of the city, and at the time of my visit was so low that there was very little current perceptible. In my opinion, it is a benefit to the city to allow the waste water from the Snyder factory to empty into the sanitary sewer, thus assisting in diluting and flushing the sewer. I recommend the granting of the permit as asked for. After discussion, the following resolution and order was passed: PERMIT TO DISCHARGE WASTE WATER INTO CICERO CREEK. Whereas, The T. A. Snyder Preserve Company, a corporation owning a plant in Tipton, Indiana, has presented a verificd application in writing asking permission to discharge waste matter from their factory into a five-inch sewer which empties into the city sewer, and which city sewer empties into Cicero Creek, and Whereas, The State Board of Health has made an inspection at and below the point of discharge into Cicero Creek, and finds that the said waste may be safely discharged into said stream without injury to the public, therefore, it is Ordered, That the T. A. Snyder Preserve Company is permitted to discharge its waste matters, consisting of washings from the factory, into Cicero Creek, through the sewer before named until January 1st, 1908. Attest: President. Unanimously passed, November 16th, 1906. Bookcase The secretary reported lack of bookcase space and asked permission to have additional cases constructed to occupy the wall space in the northwest corner of room No. 24. The situation was inspected and discussed, and it was ordered that the secretary should have the needed cases built. The secretary reported that according to the authority given him, he had appointed Dr. J. B. Rucker, assistant in the hygiene laboratory of the University of Pennsylvania, to the position of bacteriologist and pathologist in the State Laboratory of Hygiene at an annual salary of $1,500, Dr. Rucker to take the position December 1st, 1906. Appointment was unanimously confirmed. The manuscripts for the reports to the Governor of the work of the Board, the fiscal accounts, and the records of the work of both divisions of the State Laboratory of Hygiene were submitted. The said manuscripts were read and discussed, and with a few minor changes were adopted, duly signed by all members of the Board, and ordered presented to the Governor. First Regular Meeting. REGULAR QUARTERLY MEETING OF THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. January 11, 1907. AFFAIRS CONSIDERED OF THE FIRST FISCAL QUARTER OF 1906-7 AND THE LAST CALENDAR QUARTER OF 1906. Called to order by President Davis at 2 p. m. Present: Drs. Davis, McCoy, Wishard, Tucker, Hurty. Minutes of the last regular meeting held October 12, 1906, and the special meeting held November 16, 1906, read and approved. President called for the report of the Secretary for the calendar quarter, ending December 31, 1906. REPORT OF SECRETARY FOR THE CALENDAR QUARTER, ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1906. I have the honor to report that the affairs of the office proceeded satisfactorily during the calendar quarter ending December 31st. The Secretary made seven visits, as follows: November 1st.-Tipton, account of invitation of city government to consult in regard to sanitary matters and to deliver an address in the evening on the "Prevention and Cure of Tuberculosis.” November 2d.-Madison, account of smallpox, being invited by the city authorities. November 20th.-Mexico City, to attend the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, as per permission of the Board. December 19th.-Shelbyville, account of invitation of the local Board of Health to visit slaughter houses and meat shops, and to deliver a lecture in the afternoon upon the public health before the Shelby County Farmers' Institute, and in the evening to give a popular lecture upon "The Prevention and Cure of Tuberculosis. December 31st.-Martinsville, account of invitation of local health officer to help forward the cause of school sanitation and to confer with the mayor and city council upon such subjects. Full reports of the above visits are herewith given: Tipton November 1st I visited Tipton and spent the afternoon in inspecting the sanitary conditions of the city, and later conferred with the mayor and committee of health of the council. Much com plaint had been made against a ketchup factory belonging to the Snyder Preserve Co. The washwater and drainings which flow into a city sewer are finally emptied into a small creek. Farmers living on the creek had made complaint that the refuse from the ketchup factory ruined the waters of the creek, making them unfit for cattle to drink and otherwise doing their lands injury. This matter has once been tried in the courts and the first suit was settled by acquitting the defendant. The management of the factory asserts that nothing but scrubbings and floor washings find their way into the sewer, the closets not even being connected with said sewer, but pits in the ground being used. Inspection at the mouth of the sewer showed that the sewage of the city was discharged into a small creek and really constituted a nuisance, ruining the waters of the creek, but there is no relief from any pollution caused by a city. The high school building was inspected, found to be old and in every way unsanitary. In every room the children were surrounded by unsanitary conditions. Not one room in the building is properly lighted or properly ventilated. All of the facts pertaining to this building were presented to the authorities and it was found that the public was decidedly in favor of erecting a new building, but had been prevented by injunctions and the opposition of a few. In the evening I delivered a lecture in a church to an audience which overflowed the room. It was entirely popular and given under the auspices of the local Medical Society. I took occasion to deliver a plea in regard to their school houses and told them that their children had for years lived under adverse conditions and that said adverse conditions were getting worse. It is very probable that Tipton will have a new school building within another year. A kind resolution of thanks was passed by the audience for the lecture, and said resolution expressed confidence in and encouragement for the work of the State Board of Health. Madison-On November 2d I visited Madison on account of smallpox. The disease had again taken hold of that city and I found twenty-three cases in the schoolhouses and four cases under quarantine in houses in the city. Only five of these cases were at all severe; others varied from very mild indeed to moderately severe. As is usual in these epidemics, certain physicians had denied that smallpox existed, and it was this fact that led to the complications. |