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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 June 1904
FORT WORTH, TEXAS 1st July 1904
DEATHS
| WHITE | COLORED | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | RESIDENT | NON-RESIDENT |
| 16 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 32 | 14 |
| 24 | 23 | 47 |
| CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES REPORTED | HOSPITAL AND PAUPERS | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Small-Pox | 14 | 4 Patients treated in Hospital at a cost of | $53.45 |
| Varicella | |||
| Diphtheria | Drug bills out door patients and prisoners | 13.10 | |
| Pseudo-Membrane Croup | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | ||
| Typhoid Fever | 14 | Drug Bill and supplies acct. Pest House | 6.45 |
| Measles | |||
| Mumps | |||
| Whooping Cough | |||
| Total | 29 | Total | $73.00 |
| BIRTHS | REPORT OF HEALTH | ||||
| WHITE | COLORED | Number premises inspected | 1096 | ||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Number Notices Given | 280 |
| 20 | 17 | 1 | 3 | Number nuisances summarily abated | 86 |
| 37 | 4 | 41 | Number sewer connections ordered | 7 | |
| Number closet nuisances abated | 1125 | ||||
| Number trash cans emptied by City Scavenger | 100 | ||||
| Number loads manure, trash and slops removed | 235 | ||||
| Number fumigations | 6 | ||||
| " Dead Animals & Fowls Removed | 125 | ||||
| " Galons Oil use | 7 |
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Auditor's Office.
Fort Worth, Texas, July 15 1904
To the Hon Mayor & City Coucil
Gentlemen:-
We, your committee on Claims recommend that the following Claims duly approved by the City Auditor be allowed and warrants drawn on the funds to which they properly belong, to wit:-
| -- | -- |
|---|---|
| Street Department- Pay Roll | 180.75 |
| Interest Current | 452.50 |
| Water Supply | 21.75 |
| Water Works Department | 1184.65 |
| Total | $1839.65 |
Q.T. Moreland
Claims Committee
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To the Honorable CIty Council of Fort Worth:
Your petitioner, R. J. Hutchison, respectfully represents:
That he is the owner of 52 by 115 feet out of the south west part of Block No. 28, of Tucker's Addition to the City of Fort Worth, Texas:
That he purchased the said lot during the year 1899, and after the first day of January of said year, paying therfor the sum of $475.
That at the time of his said purchase he erected a one story cottage on said lot of land which up to said time and on said first day of January 1899 was unimproved.
That the reasonable value of said lot o n the first day of January 1899 was the sum of $475.
That neither your petitioner vendor nor your petitioner assessed the said lot for the year 1899 for taxes to the City of Fort Worth:
That the tax Collector of the City of Fort Worth is claiming that there is due to the said City of Fort Worth $27.72, being $15. taxes and $9.72 interest on said petitioners lot for the year 1899, which lot for the said year was assessed by the Tax Assessor of Fort Worth at the sum of $1200.
Your petitioner represents that if it is the petitioners lot for which these taxes are claimed, that then the Tax Assessor assessed said lot together with the improvements thereon at the sum of $1200. which was a reasonable assessment for the said lot and improvements for the said year, provided the said improvements had been subject to assessment for the year 1899, but your petitioner avers and alleges that the said improvements were not on said lot for the said year 1899, and that the tax Assessor in assessing the same erred in that he had no right to assess the said improvements as the same were not in existence on teh first day of January 1899, and were not subject to assessment for taxes for the said year.
Therefore, your petitioner asks that the said error be corrected, and that he be allowed to pay the taxes on said lot for the year 1899 at a reasonable value therefor which your petitioner avers is $475., and that the balance of the said tax assessment being on the improvements, if at all, be cancelled.
Your petitioner offers in settlement of said claim, waiving any and all defects that may exist in said assessment, if your petitioners proposition is accepted, to pay taxes on said lot at the said valuation in settlement of the said claim for taxes.
Respectfully submitted,
R.J. Hutchison By J.B. Davies