City death rate judged very low in annual health report
City Health Officer C T Pigal reports on population 48 000 with a death rate of 12 08 per 1 000. total city county deaths 901 and births 688. He urges an emergency hospital and a contagious disease pavilion, cites diphtheria and smallpox cases, vaccination impact, and calls for milk meat and food inspector, modern incinerating plant and waste disposal improvements.