"Seventh. Should the sewage of a building be deposited within its founda tion walls?"

Your committee would state that it feels it unneccessary to answer categorically the above questions. There are certain principles in house plumbing that we believe to be upon a solid basis and dangerous to depart from. The foremost of them is that in the removal of the sewage, it shall be done through the medium of heavy iron pipes proportioned to the work to be done, starting from a point at least five (5) feet exterior to the walls of the house, and extending from that point through the house and out of the top to a height determined by surrounding circumstances. Its course should be as direct as possible, and its position, where its inspection would at all times be a matter of observation; in other words, as much in sight as possible.

The question of any trap upon the outfall may be debatable, but your committee think it desirable and especially so from the fact that certain advantages claimed for its absence are much more fully realized by the fresh air inlet. Your committee consider the fresh air inlet an essential. Its action is two-fold. The current of air which it stimulates is a preventive to the formation of gases, and is a medium of safe removal of such as may form. The arrangement of the inlet to prevent freezing is easily provided for, and such a difficulty is in no sense a valid objection to its use. In regard to the large sewer, a part of the city system, we are at a loss to understand the necessity of its location within the walls of the State House building, but if such is the case it undoubtedly should be of heavy iron pipe. Bricks and cement mortar furnish but an imperfect opposition to the passage of sewer gas, and their use within the walls of a habitation as a container, as is the case in a large unventilated sewer, or as both container and conductor, as when the soil pipe is entered into a chimney flue, is of the most reprehen sible character.

The data in the fifth question, for its specific application in this case, are insufficient. In general terms it would be answered in the affirmative. We have not thought it necessary to discuss to any considerable degree the rea sons for our condemnation of the methods pursued in the Indiana State House, or for those recommended, because it is common knowledge to those who have made themselves competent to judge that the principles in the first case are known to be and found to be vitally defective, while on the other hand those recommended may be considered to have passed through the speculative and experimental period and become fairly fundamental.

We commend the action of the State Board of Health of Indiana in its endeavors to bring about a correction of the errors so manifest in the principles that appear to have guided the plumbing of their new State House, and upon its insistence that the plumbing of its State buildings should always conform to and keep pace with the advances made in sanitary science.

All of which is respectfully submitted.

E. C. JORDAN, C. E.
WM. CANNIFF, M. D.
G. B. THORNTON, M. D.

6 Conf. St. Bds. Health.

It was voted to hold the next annual meeting of the Conference at Washington, D. C., in September, during the session of the International Medical Congress. Dr. Ralph Walsh was appointed chairman of local committee of arrangements.

Adjourned.

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APPENDIX.

SANITARY AUTHORITIES AND ASSOCIATIONS

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND CANADA.

AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION.

Dr. George M. Sternberg, U. S. A., Baltimore, Md., President; Dr. Irving A. Watson, Concord, N. H., Secretary.

NATIONAL CONFERERCE OF STATE BOARDS OF HEALTH.

Dr. J. N. McCormack, Bowling Green, Ky., President; Dr. Granville P. Conn., Concord, N. H., Secretary.

SANITARY COUNCIL OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.

Dr. John H. Rauch, Springfield, Ill., Secretary.

UNITED STATES MARINE HOSPITAL SERVICE.

Dr. John B. Hamilton, Washington, D. C.

STATE BOARDS OF HEALTH.

ALABAMA.

[The Alabama State Medical Association constitutes the State Board of Health.]

Dr. Jerome Cochran, Montgomery, Health Officer.

CALIFORNIA.

Dr. Henry S. Orme, Los Angeles, President; Dr. G. G. Tyrrell, Sacramento, Secretary; Dr. James Simpson, 234 Post St., San Francisco; Dr. R. Beverly Cole, 218 Post St., San Francisco; Dr. W. R. Cluness, Sacramento; Dr. H. C. Crowder, Williams; Dr. J. M. Briceland, Shasta.

CONNECTICUT.

Hon. A. E. Burr, Hartford, President; Prof. C. A. Lindsley, M. D., New Haven, Secretary; Dr. J. S. Butler, Hartford; Prof. Wm. H. Brewer, New Haven; Dr. G. H. Wilson, Meriden; Hon. E. Johnson, Hartford; Dr. R. S. Goodwin, Thomaston.

DELAWARE.

Dr. L. P. Bush, Wilmington, President; Dr. E. B. Fraser, Wilmington, Secretary; Dr. William Marshall, Milford; Dr. John K. Kane, Wilmington; Dr. George G. Chamberlain, Middleton; Dr. Albert Whiteley, Frederica; Dr. Edward Fowler, Laurel; Dr. David L. Mustard, Lewes; Dr. Wm. T. Skinner, Glasgow.

ILLINOIS.

Newton Bateman, LL. D., Galesburg, President; Dr. John H. Rauch, Chicago, Secretary; Dr. A. L. Clark, Elgin, Treasurer; Dr. W. A. Haskell, Alton; Dr. W. R. Mackenzie, Chester; Dr. G. N. Kreider, Springfield; Dr. R. Ludlam, Chicago; A. W. H. Reen, Peoria.

INDIANA.

Dr. Samuel R. Seawright, Lafayette, President; Dr. C. N. Metcalf, Indianapolis, Secretary and Executive Officer; Dr. Wm. Lomax, Marion; Dr. W. A. Fritsch, Evansville; Dr. S. S. Boots, Greenfield.

IOWA.

Dr. Wm. S. Robertson, Muscatine, President; Dr. J. F. Kennedy, Des Moines, Secretary; L. F. Andrews, Assistant Secretary; Andrew J. Baker, Attorney General, ex-officio; M. Stalker, State Veterinary Surgeon, Ames, ex officio; Dr. Wilmot H. Dickinson, Des Moines; Dr. S. B Olney, Fort Dodge; Dr. Justin M. Hull, Sioux City; Dr. Philip W. Lewellen, Clarinda; Dr. Ephriam M. Reynolds, Centerville; Henry H. Clark, McGregor; James L. Loring, C. E., Dallas Center.

KANSAS.

Dr. G. H. T. Johnson, Atchison, President; Dr. J. W. Redden, Topeka, Secretary; Dr. C. H. Guibor, Beloit; Dr. D. Surber, Perry; Dr D. W. Stormont, Topeka; Dr. J. Milton Welch, Wichita; Dr. H. S. Roberts, Manhat tan; Dr. J. W. Jenny, Salina; Dr. W. L. Schenck, Osage City; Dr. J F. Lewis, Howard.

KENTUCKY.

Dr. Pinckney Thompson, Henderson, President; Dr. J. N. McCormack, Bowling Green, Seoretary; Dr. Robert Walker, Scottville; Dr. J. O. McReynolds, Elkton; Dr. W. L: Breyfogle, Louisville; Dr. J. A. Lucy, Georgetown; Dr. J. M. Poyntz, Richmond.

LOUISIANA.

Dr. Joseph Holt, President, New Orleans; Dr. L. F. Salomon, New Orleans, Secretary; Charles E. Kells, D. D. S., New Orleans; Dr. Ludwig H. Von Gohren, New Orleans; Dr. Samuel R. Olliphant, New Orleans; Hon. Joseph A. Shakspeare, New Orleans; Joseph Kohn, Esq., New Orleans; John J. Barr, Esq., New Orleans; Hon. Albert Voorhies, New Orleans; John J. Mellon, Esq., New Orleans.

MAINE.

Dr. Frederic H. Gerrish, Portland, President; Dr. A. G. Young, Augusta, Secretary; Hon. Lewis Barker, Bangor; Hon. Stephen J. Young, Brunswick; Dr. O. A. Horr, Lewiston; E. C. Jordan, C. E., Portland; Dr. J. O. Webster, Augusta.

MARYLAND.

Dr. Jackson Piper, Towson, President; Dr. C. W. Chancellor, Baltimore, Secretary and Executive Officer; J. Crawford Neilson, C, E., Baltimore; Dr. J. M. H. Bateman, Easton; Dr. John Morris, Baltimore; Dr. James A. Steuart, Health Commissioner of Baltimore City, Baltimore, ex-officio; Hon. Charles B. Roberts, Attorney General, ex-officio, Westminster.

MASSACHUSETTS.

Dr. Henry P. Walcott, Cambridge, Chairman; Dr. Samuel W. Abbott, Wakefield, Secretary; Dr. Elijah U. Jones, Taunton; Julius H. Appleton, Springfield; Thornton K. Lothrop, Esq., Beverly Farms; Dr. Frank W. Draper, Boston; Hiram F. Mills, C. E., Lawrence; James White, Boston; F. P. Stearns, C. E., Engineer.

MICHIGAN.

Dr. John Avery, Greenville, President; Dr. Henry B. Baker, Lansing, Secretary; Dr. Arthur Hazelwood, Grand Rapids; Dr. Victor C. Vaughan, Ann Arbor; Dr. C. V. Tyler, Bay City; Dr. Henry F. Lyster, Detroit; Dr. John H. Kellogg, Battle Creek.

MINNESOTA.

Dr. D. W. Hand, St. Paul, President; Dr. Charles N. Hewitt, Red Wing, Secretary; Dr. V. Smith, Duluth; Dr. Franklin Staples, Winona; Dr. E. J. Davis, Mankato; Dr. Ch. Gronvold, Norway; Dr. W. H. Leonard, Minneapolis.

MISSISSIPPI.

Dr. E. P. Sale, Aberdeen, President; Dr Wirt Johnson, Jackson, Secretary; Dr. F. W. Dancy, Holly Springs; Dr. D. L. Phares, Agricultural College; Dr. J. M. Taylor, Corinth; Dr. W. F. Hyer, Holly Springs; Dr. John Wright, Sardis: Dr. S. V. D. Hill, Macon; Dr. B. F. Kittrell, Black Hawk; Dr. J. H. Blanks, Meridian; Dr. J. P. Moore, Gazoo City; Dr. Robert Kells, Jackson; Dr. J. W. Bennett, Brookhaven; Dr. R. T. Edwards, Vicksburg; Dr. R. S. Toombs, Greenville.

MISSOURI.

Wm. Gentry, Sedalia, President; Dr. Albert Merrell, St. Louis, Vice-President; Dr. George Homan, St. Louis, Secretary; Dr. J. D. Griffith, Kansa City, Treasurer; Dr. George M. Cox, Springfield; James B. Prather, Mary ville; Dr. G. A. Goben, Kirksville.

NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Dr. Granville P. Jonn, Concord, President; Dr. Irving A. Watson, Concord, Secretary and Executive Officer; Governor Moody Cnrrier, Manchester, ex-officio; Hon. James A. Weston, Manchester, Attorney General; Hon. Daniel Barnard, Franklin, ex-officio; Dr. Elwin T. Hubbard, Rochester.

Dr. C. F. Brackett, Princeton, President; Dr. Ezra M. Hunt, Trenton, Secretary; F. A. Osborn, C. E., Recording Clerk, Middletown; Hon. Henry C. Kelsey, Secretary of State, ex-officio; Hon. John P. Stockton, AttorneyGeneral, ex-officio; George H. Cook, State Geologist, ex-officio; F. S. Atwater, Esq., Elizabeth; Dr. Laban Dennis, Newark; Dr. Franklin Gauntt, Burlington; Prof. A. R. Leeds, Ph. D., Hoboken.