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J~no 24th. !g41.
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<br /> 6th - "In April of this year, !~ir. Butt~ Director of Public Welfare, started
<br />negotiations with the State Hes~th Department, looking to the securing of assist~mce for our
<br />growing hes~th problem. The State Health Department is well aware of our need in this connec-
<br />tion, and has been able to offe~ us the following personnel, through the United States Public
<br />Health Service:
<br /> i. They will furnish the City, at no cost~ a doctor, who
<br /> is a Senior Surgeon in the U~S. Public Health Service
<br /> .Reserve, ~th a degree in oublio hes~th work~ end ~no
<br /> will be capable of directihg a health pre. gram in
<br /> · o rtsmouth.
<br /> 2. They will furnish a Public Health Nurse with a degree
<br /> in public health nursing, at no cost to the City.
<br /> Our present public health facilities are based on a population wlnioh
<br />does not contemplate the great increase we have ex!perienced in the last two years~ nor does it
<br />contemplate the congestion and attendant health menace created by o~_is larger population crowd-
<br />ed into the City. As recently as five years ago, the Department of Public ~f~lfare was able to
<br />devote~most of its time and personnel to health problems, but since the creation of the vast
<br />Social Security program, the situation has more or less been reversed and there is a danger
<br />that the health program, unless augmented and freed, can not receive the attention it deserves.
<br />If we use our vit8l s~atistics for the month of May, 1933 and compare them %%th the month of
<br />lL~y, 19~l, it %~ll indicate, on a percentage basis~ that oUr health activities are now a prob-
<br />lem for a city of 64,000 people, as against a population of 46~OOO in 1933-
<br /> I will therefore recommend that the City M~nager be authorized to ac -
<br />cept the offer of the State Health Deoart~ent to fu. rnish, free of cost, to the City,
<br />vices of a Public Health Officer e~d ~k Puolic Health nurse; further, that the Council concur
<br />in the City l~Ianager~s de'ire to separate the Health Department from th~ Department of Public
<br />Welfare, at this time, and at least for the period of t~e ~aticna! Emergency.
<br /> t~e S,-a~?_e~ Heston D~partm~nt that t~_e --ealth Of
<br /> I have caen assured by
<br />fleer and Healt_h Nurse ~_!1 report to the City ~s~ager. in tree 'sempe manner ~s any other Depart-
<br />ment head on ti~e C~ty~s payroll. These two peoole %~dll be ~ity employees in every respect,
<br />exceot for the fact that they w~ll be comoensatea oy the F~Jderal ~ove~nment.
<br /> ' - I am indebted to %he State Wealth~DePartment for sympathetic under -
<br />standzn of our roblems sm_d I am assured by them that ~%her~assistance will follow, ~_f it is
<br />possible to be secured."
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<br /> ~iotion of Mr. Hut~Ins to concur in the Manager's recommendation, was adopted.
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<br />UNFINISHED BUSINESS -
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<br /> Kecuest of the Nanager for an appropriation Of $3,500.00 to purchase a cater -
<br />oillarbulldozer left on table at last meeting, was taken ~.
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<br /> Motion o. f Er. Fox to appropriate $3~5OO.OO for said put?cee, was adopted, and
<br />by the fol!o~ng rate:
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<br /> Ayes: Fox~ C-rimes, P~I~ Howard~ Hut~nina~ L~.~¢~renoe, ~ilson
<br /> Nays: None
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<br /> The request of the l,~muager for an appropriation of ~Z~8OO~O0 for a P~creation
<br />Director~ w?m will be responsible to theOity, laid on table at last meeting, was taken up.
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<br /> Nation of Mr. Hutchins to appropriate $1,800,00 for said purpose, was adopted~
<br />and by the following vote:
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<br />U~ ~nd read:
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<br /> Ayes: Fox, Grimes,
<br /> Nays: N6ne
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<br />The folio~.~ng ordinance,
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<br />Hal!~ Howa~d~ Hutchins, Lawrence, ~ilson
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<br />placed on its first reading at!est meeting~ was taken
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<br />~AN ORDIN.~CE TO CLOSE T~T PORTION 0 F DUKE STREET AND
<br />~D ALLEYS FOUR FEET WIDE~ LYING WEST OF CF3J3TAUQUA AVenUE."
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<br />On motion of t~ir. Hall~ said ordinance was adopted, smd by the following vote~
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<br />Ayes. Fox, G_mmes, ~!l~ Howard, Hutchins~ Lawrence, Wilson
<br />Nays: None
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<br /> The following ordinance, placed on its first reading at last meeting, was
<br />taken up and
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<br />~AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE PARKING OF VEHIOLES ON THE %;EST
<br />SIDE OF CRAWFORD STB2~ET, BE55~EN ~LIGH~ND COUNTY ST~3~ETS."
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<br />on motion of Hr. Fox~ said ordinance was adopted, a~ud by the following vote:
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<br />in~ ordinance~
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<br /> ~es: Fox, Grimes, P~ll, ~oware~ nutck_~s, Lawrence, %~Ii!son
<br /> Nays: None
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<br />the direction of the City Council, the City.Attorney presenee the follow-
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<br /> ~A.N ORDINANCE PROVIDING POR THE NOTICE TO VIOLATORS OP THE
<br /> PARKING REGULATIONS OF TF~ MOTO~ VEHICLES CODE OF THE CITY."
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