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Home My WebLink About10/26/1944 195 REGULi\R MONTHLY MEETING BOARD OF HEiJ.TH HElD IN OFFICE OF OOliliD OCTOBER 26, 1944 Present: Mr. Addison Hewlett, Chainnan, !.Iayor W. Ronald Lane, Dr. J. C. Wessell and Mr. H. M. Roland. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The Health Officer presented the monthly reports. Mr. H. E. Longley and his Manager, Mr. McKenzie, appeared before the Board to ask approval of the Orangeburg Fibre Pipe (wood fibre treated with pitch) for use in sewer connections from a point five feet beyond the house to the City mains. Mr. Longley presented a sample of the material and the names of numerous cities and state health departments that had approved this materal as a substitute for cast iron or terra cotta in plumbing work. It waS moved by Dr. Wessell, seconded by Mayor Lane, that the Board take this re~uest under consideration and write selected places in order to get all possible data on this material. They especially asked on length of time such departments had been using this material and if they were still using it. Mr. Roland reported that the Board of Education had not had a meeting since the communication from the Health Department regarding X-raying of school teachers in this County; therefore, he had no official report but stated that all of the COloments from private individuals had been favorable. The Health Officer asked the Board's approval on the Typhus Control Unit proceeding with the proofing of the K. C. Sidbury property on South Second Street and the I. Shain property on North Fourth Street. In this connection the danger of using up the revolving fund if too many places were proofed without the owner's consent waS discussed,and it was sug- gested that the City Attomey be asked if there is not some way to make these people do the work themselves rather than have the Typhus Unit pay for all materials and labor and then possibly be delayed a long time in the collection for this material abd labor. There being no further business the meeting adjoumed. APproved~ cr 1944 ~~~ Clerk .