Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-03-28
COMMITTEES NAMED.
State Board Of Health Holds Annual
Meeting, Monday.
Action of Local Boards in the Smallpo,
Outbreak Commended.


Board Of Health held, yesterday, at
| its rooms in the State House, all
the members were present. DR.. c. D.
Smith was unanimously elected Presi
dent for the ensuing year. The stand
! ing committees for the year are as fol-
| lows:
| Finance-F c. Robinson, NJ. c.
| Wedgewood, +. {. Jordan and the Sec
| retary.
Circulars and other publications-G
| NJ. Woodcock, A. r. G. Smith and the
secretary.
| Sewerage and drainage and the dis
posal of eXcreta-E. c. Jordan, F.~C.
| Robinson. A. r. G. Smith and q. Nj.
Woodcock.
Ventilation-M. c. Wedgewood and
E. c. Jordan.
Summer resorts-M C. Wedgewood
E. c. Jordan and the President.
Water and water supplies-F. G.
Robinson. NJ. c. Wedgewood and the
secretary.
School houses and school hygiene-F.
c. Robinson, c. NJ. WOOdcock and the
secretary.
Ouarantine-The President. NJ. c.
Wedgewood, G.. NJ. Woodcock and the
secretary.
Legislation-The secretary. the Presl-
dent and NJ. c. Wedgewood.
Disinfection and disinfectants-F. c.
Robinson. c. D. Smith and the secre-
tary.
The production and use of vaccine
lymph, antitoXin, and other lnoculatlon
material-C. D. Smith.
A large part Of the session was occu-
pied by the secretary and the president
in narratng to the board the events
which have occurred in connection
with the outbreak of smallpox and the
measures which have been taken by
the State board, and by the local
boards of health in dealing with the
epidemic The board expressed the
opinion that the prompt and efficient
work which had been done by the To-
cal boards of health, in all the places
in which outbreaks have occurred. is
very creditable to them and speaks
we'll for the sanitary organization of
the State as a whole. At the present
time it appears to be only question
of few days before smallpox has
completely disappeared from the State.
TIE board considered the question
fSSending a delegate to the meeting
ofsIhe conference of State and Prov
incial boards to be held in Richmond,
Va, May 80 and 81: and although it
was deemed advisable to do so, it was
thought impossible to incur the eX-
pense of representation.
The advisablity of still further ed
ucational work with the public in re-
gard to the urgent need of disinfection
in connection with cases of pulmonary
tuberculosis Consumption was ex-
pressed. In a case where the head of
a family declined to disinfect. as the
local board had advised, after death
from consumption, the secretary of the
State board gave the following in
structions: In the cases esofhouseholders
who own their own homes and who re-
fuse to disinfect after death has oc-
CURED from pulmonary tuberculosis, it
is at present inexpedient to take legal
action as you probably might do under
Sections and in the act establishing
local boards of health. If, on the other
hand, death occurs in rented
house, it is advisable for the
local board of health to have the house
disinfected after the family in which
the death occurs leaves the house, and
before another family is permitted to
occupy the tenement" This letter re-
ceived the approval of the board and
the advice therein given was deemed
anpropriate as a rule of action for local
boards generally.
Prof. Robinson was requested TO
make arrangements, if he can DO SO
without too much cost, to still further
carry on his Investigations of the action
of certain disinfecting agents as ap-
piled to certain special purposes.
uae Received No Notice.