Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-03
BOARD OF HEALTH
Nants Physicians to Report Cases of
 Tuberculosis.

IuDcICu1oolG.
 The recommendation of the boaru of pubic healIn ashinS tAat an .. oiu nance be framed competing pnysiclah9 to report cases Of JuDercuiooiS''ol eot suuption, to une board ot HedllA' "-'i ylew to fumlgal luS liouses @
 such patients uie, AaS occaoioieu oott Slueraule talk, and Willie sonIe pe0F favor it. others pronounce IL aAo'-1ei of the same kInu u1 IoOI1sn ieSo - u dations such as has emanateu lio-h that board during tne past new Se1'i0' IT is said by those Wno knoN soiiiS thing aDout conSulnpt4ol thdC III oioo to fumigate house that hsio oeSi ~ cupieu Dy a conSumptIHe, the Dr
 Wousd have to be buIned to the SAoNHD and this is something few peopi9 .,I-4 afford to have done, and IL Is uouo ful if the public would De "lHin7 +,So make good the lo~ me germs .-,t-6 ot diyease are so widely d4sseln lllli teI that they are as likely to be emDeuueu in the wood. and more so. where lleS cannot be reached by disinfecIln2' tnui' % in suy other part of the mousse anu, in any case. if proper regaro IS pau to the sanitary condition of the nouse, there is no need Of such prccaullon aS the board of health suggests '9uL, Eoht. such as we enjoy to-day. WotlH do more towards killing the germs oi tuberculosis than the sanitary lnspFG tor could accomplish with hls hetOII in q lifetime. The patients are not like those afflicted with other kil'lS of infectious diseases. Most of them are on their feet until short tune before dissolution sets in, and in con sequence the sputum is as likely to De in the hallway or on the rear Nefahqa as in the bedroom, so that the ohlE thing that can be done to guard against the spread of the m2laqE Ill this way is by observing the strlctcSt system of sanitation at all times anu bearing in mind the fact that there Is nothing better than sunlight and ven tilation.
 Another question people arc asking in relation to this matter is. does tie board of public health intend to plHcard houses where persons afflicted With consumption live: If so the h@nocrat or some other printing concern vii! make a fortune in the business ol printing cards. and the houses that will not be adorned with one Of them will be few and far between. They will have to be renewed from time to time, for many cOnSumpuVcs live to d ripe old age, and the elements would wear out quite a few sets of cards be- fore the inspector would have chance to get on the inside and do his fumigating.
 The board of health has also rec commended to the aldermen that an or dinance be framed which will put the health authorities IQ position to lh- spect the barber shops and see that the razors. combs, towels and other arl- cles used in such places are kept in condition so that there will be no dan ger of the spread of disease from the ronsorial rooms. It is said that the idea originated with Donate Aleo, Wno feels that there is lots of room for i'm proyement in the sanitary rules in vogue in the barber shops ip this town and makes no bones of the statement that. if clothed with authority. he could accomplish much good Ill the business of inspecting shops where the laws of sanitation are entirely lG- nored. Mr Meo talked this up among some of the prominent DarDerS of the city but. so far as can be learned. none of them thought favOrlbly of 1T. and the chances are that they are indifer- ent about the thing anywty. One Of them said to-day that no law that the aldermen could pass would compel some barbers to keep clean shops. and that the rest of them need no inspec- tor to tell them what to do in this re- spcct- Their customers are sharp in- spectors and it requires the greatest care on their part to keep things in shape so that the most eXacting win see nothing to find fault with. EO doubt there are many men in Water bury and elsewhere who have no fit ness for the barbering business. but what are you going to do with them: The same thing might be said of every other line of business in the world. All have their botches, but perhaps there is no profession or calling under heav- en in which the difference between men who understand their business and those who do not is so marked as in the barbering trade. It does not re- quire q college education to tell wheth- CT razor pulls or not. so that any man can judge for himself and if he does not think enough of his face to have it shaved in the right kind of shop. that's nothing the public can helD.
 One tonsorial artist says that if razors are to be disinfncted they will need sharnenin" after the nrocess and as this means considerable time he would like to know who is going 10 pay for it.