The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-03-26
CARING FOR THE pEtpLFS WELFARE.
Annual Meeting of she state Board
of Health.
Evidences of Public Appreciation OF
the Work Accomplished.
Special Attention To Be Paid to tne
Subject of Ventilation.
Special to the fress.l


AUGUSTA, March 25.-The annual meot
Ing of the State Board Of Health was neiu
at Augusta today. There were present DTS
Horr and Webster, and Secretary Young
Messrs. Lewis Barker, f. G. jordan anu
Prof. F. @. Robinson. Mr.. Robinso q Is Ihs
new member that takes the place Of rroi'
Stephen Young whose term recently ex-
pired.
DR.. F. II. Gerish was unanimously elected
president for the ensuing year. The forma-
tion Of some Of the standing committees are
as follows
Excreta-Dr. +. ii. Gerrlsh.
Ventilation-Dr. Horr, L. C. jordan and DIR.
Sewerage and Dralnage-E. G. Jordan and
wa, ers and Water supplIes--Prof. Robinson
School House HygIene-Dr Webster and DR..
Young.
summer Resorts-Dr Young and Mr.. Jordan.
Young.
Supervision of circulars and otner publications
Young.
The report of the secretary shows that
there is marked appreciation by the public
Of the work done by the Board. This is es-
peclally evident by the large number Of ap-
plications for the analysis of domestic water
supplies. The secretary is now well equipped
for this purpose and the policy has been
outlined to encourage proposed water supply
companies and communities to submit sam
Piles of the source OF supply before pro-
ceeding with the construction of works. The
service Is gratuitous on the part of the Board
1t was voted to furnish the Sanitary In
speetor, edited by the secretary, to the
local boards free. This will place a copy in
each town in the State, and it ought as it
undoubtedly will, result in making each
Board canvasser for a few copies in their
locality. The Inspector has been received
with much favor, and way OF extending its
usefulness is to inclose twenty-five cents in
stamps Tor years subscription.
complete report Of the expenditures for
1888 was made to the board. The total ex-
penditures for the year were 81, 1914 thus
leaving balance OF the appropriation un-
expended Of S63256.
A year or two ago one Of the lepers In the
leprosy lazaretto in Tracadie, N. B., made
his escape and his whereabouts were un-
known. Sometime ago the secretary OF the
Board was in correspondence with the Pro-
yincial Board Of Health of New Brunswick,
In regard TO discovering the whereabouts Of
the patient, but nothing could be learned in
regard to him, and the authorities at the
lazeretto could not get any clue OF him. AS
II was lately reported that 1t had been
learned where he is at the lazeretto. the cor
respondenee has been reopened
The Board will make special endeavor
this year to call the attention of the people
to the general subject Of ventilation, and es-
pecially its applications 10 public buildings.
Before the meeting of the last legislature
they took steps looking toward an effective
scheme for ventilatiDg the State Capitol
building. DIR. Billings, the emilent special
ist on ventilation, says that when given
amount of warm pure ail is wanted at any
given place, and certain amount of foul
air Is not wanted in the same place the
problem is simply to thrust one in and haul
the other out" The scheme that the Board
had in mind to suggest to the State officials
this past winter was Of that nature /. Q. me-
chanical ventilation, fans that propel air
through ducts to any given point. The
Board thought it the part Of wisdom not to
be conspicuous in the late capital troubles,
but they hope to see their Investigation of
the subject engrafted with the improvements
about to take place in the old Capitol.
The Board endorsed a substitute for the
cumulative privy, as presented by Prof. An=
gell. 1t will fill a certain need at summer
resorts.