03/09/1939
53
REGULAR MON'lHLY MEETING, BOARD OF REAL'lH
REID IN OFFICE OF BOARD
MARCH 9, 1939
"
Present: Chainnen Addiaon Hewlett, Mr. H. M. Rolend, Dr. J. C.
Wessell, end Dr. W. Houaton Moore.
Minutes of last meeting ware read and approved.
Tha monthly reports were presented by the Health Officer.
It was moved by Dr. Wessell, seconded by Dr. Moore, that the
Board of Health approved and gave its support to the cancar control
program being led locally by Mrs. louis Goodmen. Carried.
It was moved by Dr. Wessall, saconded by Dr. Moore, that the Health
Officer be given a three or four weeks leave of absence (Dr. Wessell
agreeing to look after the executive affairs in his absence). Carried.
and carr ied,
It was moved by Dr. Wessell, seconded by Dr. Moore,/that the following
ordinance covering septic tanks and tile fields be adopted:
Any person, firm or cOrporation, before installing a septic tank must
obtain permit from the Board of Health. The capacity shall ba not less than
500 gallons and the tile not lass then 100 feet. In case of hotela, boarding
houses, etc., tha capecity of the tank and the amount of tile shall be
determined by the Health Officer or the plumbing inspector. Any residence,
hotel, boarding house, etc., using septic tenks for sewaga disposal will ba
required to use" "rease trap for kitchen wasta. Such grease trap and tile
line must meet the epproval of the plumbing inspector. All tile line for
septic tank end grease trap must be laid as near the surface of the ground
as is practicable at a grade to be approved by the inspector and underlaid
and overlaid with cinders, rock, or oyster shells in quentities to be approved
in each individual locelity by the plumbing inspector. Each septic tank and
grease trap shall be counted as one fixture -as regeTds' inspection fees.
There being no further business, the Board adjourned.
I
I
l
I
Approvad
~I!c~
Clerk