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DR. R. CHAMBERS HEALTH OFFICER
C. C. McMICHAEL B. H. SHEPP HEALTH INSPECTORS
T. F. MURRAY J. F. HENDERSON M. M. LYDON HEALTH COMMITTEE
CITY OF FORT WORTH T. J. POWELL, MAYOR
OFFICE: 600 MAIN STREET, UP-STAIRS
ESTIMATED POPULATION, 40,000
MONTHLY REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH For Month of Aug 1904
FORT WORTH, TEXAS 1st Sept 1904
DEATHS
| WHITE | COLORED | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | RESIDENT | NON-RESIDENT |
| 16 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 11 |
| Total | 29 | 9 | 38 |
| CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES REPORTED | HOSPITAL AND PAUPERS | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Small-Pox | 4 Patients treated in Hospital at a cost of | $37.85 | |
| Varicella | |||
| Diphtheria | 1 | Drug bills out door patients and prisoners | 28.50 |
| Pseudo-Membrane Croup | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | ||
| Typhoid Fever | 7 | Drug Bill and supplies acct. Pest House | |
| Measles | |||
| Mumps | |||
| Whooping Cough | |||
| Total | 10 | Total | $66.35 |
| BIRTHS | REPORT OF HEALTH | ||||
| WHITE | COLORED | Number premises inspected | 1040 | ||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Number Notices Given | 218 |
| 18 | 22 | 2 | 2 | Number nuisances summarily abated | 65 |
| Total | 40 | 4 | 44 | Number sewer connections ordered | 6 |
| Number closet nuisances abated | 954 | ||||
| Number trash cans emptied by City Scavenger | 100 | ||||
| Number loads manure, trash and slops removed | 225 | ||||
| Number fumigations | none | ||||
| " Dead Animals & Fowls Removed | 120 | ||||
| " Gals Oil use | 20 |
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Oct 21 1904
To the Hon Mayor & City Council
Gentlemen
We your Committee on Finance recommend That the Mayor and City Secy be authorized and instructed to execute 4 notes of the City in favor to The Neptune MEter Co for the sum of $15675 each dated June 1st 1904 to become are in one two three and four years after date respectively and to bear interest at the rate of 6 percent per annum payable semi annually said notes being for four fifths of the purchase price of 55 meters delivered to the Water Wks Dept and now in use.
WG Newby Q.T. Moreland
Finance Committee
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DUPUTIES: R.G. LITTLEJOHN. W.B.MARTEL.
OFFICE OF W. J. GILVIN, City Assessor and Collector.
Fort Worth, Texas, October 7,1904.
To the Honorable Mayor and City City Council,
Gentlemen:-
I return herewith the tax list for the year 1904,showing the following totals, to wit
Real Estate ...................... $15,140,005. Personal Property ............ 6,262,881. Banks .............................. 1,442,191 Railroads ......................... 1,248,973. Total ................................ $24,103,040.
Very Respectfully, W.J. Gilvin Assessor and Collector. per R.G. Littlejohn (Deputy).