The Southern California practitioner . a room inthe attic of the City Hall, a part of theroom used by the library girls for theirlunch apartment, was secured for thepurpose of a laboratory for the ex-amination of milk. Dairy inspectionsand milk analyses wrere made by theHealth Officer. In January, 1895, the first case whichreceived the antitoxin treatment fordiphtheria was Thomas Hanlon, of 147Hayes street, a patient of Dr. M. The antitoxin which was se-cured from the Pasteur Institute inNew York City, was administered byDr. L. M. Powers. In January, 1895, Drs. S. S. Salisbury,E. R.
The Southern California practitioner . a room inthe attic of the City Hall, a part of theroom used by the library girls for theirlunch apartment, was secured for thepurpose of a laboratory for the ex-amination of milk. Dairy inspectionsand milk analyses wrere made by theHealth Officer. In January, 1895, the first case whichreceived the antitoxin treatment fordiphtheria was Thomas Hanlon, of 147Hayes street, a patient of Dr. M. The antitoxin which was se-cured from the Pasteur Institute inNew York City, was administered byDr. L. M. Powers. In January, 1895, Drs. S. S. Salisbury,E. R. Smith and Carl Kurtz, and Moore were elected members of *.lieBoard of Health, and Dr. F. W. Sted-dom was elected Health Officer. During this year the meat inspectorwas made also milk inspector. In theannual report the Plealth Officer says:There was 152 cases of diphtheria te-ported to the office, twenty-eight ofwhich proved fatal, showing the percent-age of deaths to be ; under the lira- LOS ANGELES HEALTH DEPARTMENT HISTORY. i EX HEALTH OFFICERS T-Pj LOS ANGELES HEALTH DEPARTMENT —HISTORY. ited used of antitoxin, the death alehas been reduced from per cent,last year, to [ per cent, this yiEnough antitoxin has been used to pnconclusively that it has saved the livesof many of our children. Accordingto the reports obtained, antitoxin wasused in about 50 per cent, of the casesreported. In the report of dairy inspection, wesee that there were five cows condemnedand killed because of tuberculosis. CheHealth Department secured the passageof an anti-expectorating ordinance. In [897, Dr. J. E Cowles, ih\ JohnR. Colburn, Dr. M. L. Moore, and S. Salisbur} were elected members ofthe Board of 1 tealth ; Dr. L. M. Powerswas elected Health Officer. The inspection of milk and meat wascontinued under difficulties. The firsteight much of the time was con-sumed in settling the question as to wlhad the right to the appointment of uiesanitary inspectors, the Boa
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