MYFBS, MAY(R - the Digital Library of Georgia

MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 175Unfortunately, they deal with yards, vaults, underhouses, etc., and their work, good or bad, is not ondress parade like other employes of the city, wherethe work and its results are before the public eye.For these men who do their work as it should bedone, and there are such men, they should be wellpaid for their services ; their pay, at the present time,$50 per month, but should be $65 to $75, to be gradedon merit and length of service.Mr. C. J. Melvin, Sanitary Inspector, in additionto his work of supervising and directing the sanitaryinspections, has immediate charge of the disinfectionof infected houses. His work in disinfection of infectedhouses shows up in the following table :Houses disinfected tor scarlet fever.............174Houses disinfected for small-pox........ ........125Houses disinfected for diphtheria........ ......... 20—319City Wastes.The city is to be congratulated that the new systemof house drainage has been completed and that privyvaults will soon be abandoned, but it is questionableif that part of the city west of West Broad streetshould have been included in the system.The majority of the people living in the sectionnamed will not only use, but abuse the water closetsystem ; certainly that portion of this section knownas "Yamacraw" is inhabited by people, 75 per cent,of whom could not use a water closet intelligently.To property owners this must incur serious expense.