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no machinery capable of carrying out their statutes. The 

 amount of money spent, for example, by the water de- 

 partment of the city of Galesburg, according to the 1921 

 tax levy order, is |3.19 per capita. The fire department 

 spent $1,158 per capita. The police department spent 

 .976 per capita. The health department, which consists 

 of the mayor, a health commissioner and a city physi- 

 cian, spends only .177 per capita. In a comparison with 

 a number of other cities of the same size in the United 

 States, Galesburg stands at the foot of the list in the 

 amount of money spent for health protection. Fortu- 

 nately for the city there are a number of health organi- 

 zations, such as the Red Cross, a Visiting Nurse Asso- 

 ciation, a Day Nursery, The Associated Charities, The 

 Free Kindergarten and the Salvation Army, all of whom 

 aid indirectly in maintaining the health of the city. Two 

 school nurses are provided also by the Board of Educa- 

 tion. The city of Galesburg should change its present 

 method of health expenditure and obtain the services of 

 a full time health officer who would have jurisdiction 

 over milk and food supplies as well as public health sta- 

 tistics and other health matters. 



Sewage Disposal. Galesburg has been criticised as a 

 city with an open sewer. No time will be spent here in 

 discussing this situation, as an adequate report has been 

 made by Paul Hansen in his article entitled "The Pol- 

 lution of Cedar Creek by Galesburg", pages 196-224, Uni- 

 versity of Illinois Bulletin, Vol. 13, number 19, Jan. 10th, 

 1916. 



Garbage and Refuse Disposal. The city of Galesburg 

 possesses an incinerator which is capable of burning 

 about 25 tons of garbage daily. At the present time this 

 incinerator, which is located within the city limits, is do- 

 ing its work in a manner offensive to the people of the 

 neighborhood. The garbage collection is also inadequate- 

 ly taken care of, some parts of the city in particular re- 

 ceiving extremely poor service. The garbage disposal 

 force should be increased and the incinerator either be 

 moved to a location outside the city limits or some smoke- 

 consuming device should be installed which would pre- 

 vent the odors now being given out. 



