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Ashes are not collected by the city. Tn most cases they 

 remain on the premises during the winter and are col- 

 lected and dumped during the spring. 



Food Inspection. So far as can be learned little or no 

 attention is given by local health authorities to inspection 

 of foods or manufacturing plants in which foods are 

 handled. Some manufactories and slaughter houses are 

 in need of attention by the proper authorities. A full 

 time health officer would remedy this condition. 



Housing. The housing conditions have been particu- 

 larly the object of investigation by the classes in public 

 health in Knox College for the past three years. In the 

 survey to date 327 out of a total of 506 city blocks have 

 been surveyed; 65^ intensively and satisfactorily. In 

 the surveyed area there are a total of 3,239 houses. Of 

 these 12.1% are brick; 87.9% are frame; 52% are classi- 

 fied as being in good condition; 24.7 % in fair condition 

 and 23.3% in poor condition. Turning to the sanitary 

 conditions of the environment we find that there are in 

 this area 395 localities where there were rubbish heaps, 

 containing either ashes, manure, or materials capable of 

 holding water. There were in the total area surveyed 

 1,828 privies and 1,854 wells, an average which means 

 a well and a privy for every third house. Of the total 

 number given 67% of the wells were within 100 feet of a 

 privy, and 42*7 of both wells and privies were in use. 



In this connection it is striking to note that the seventh 

 ward, which is located in the extreme southeast part of 

 the town and contains one of the two colleges of the town, 

 is found to contain the most wells and privies. This and 

 certain other similar wards are the ones that are served 

 least adequately by sewers and water mains. It is stated 

 also by physicians of the city that the typhoid outbreaks, 

 which occurred in the years 1910, 19li, 1918, and 1919, 

 were traced in most cases to the areas having the most 

 wells and privies. 



THE INTENSIVE SURVEY 



General Housing Conditions. Galesburg has within 

 its relatively small limits sanitary conditions of both 

 extremes. The best residential district is found in the 



