The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-11
WATER SUPPLY INSPECTION
ITS ADTYSABILITY BEING CONSID- FRED BY THE HEALTH BOARD.

Discussed at tho Meeting Yesterday Afternoon Saltonstnll Watershed Said to he Full of Contagion- Finance Board to be Asked to Appropriate l Money to Pay for the Inspection Much Typhoid in the Fifteenth Ward l At the meeting of the board or health yesterday afternoon Dr. Flelschnef Just | before adjournment brought up Tor dls- | cussion by the board one of the most | important matters that has engaged the attention of the board of health Tor
 some time After the regular business
 of the meeting had been transacted pr. Fleischner said that he desired to bring up for discussion the matter or the city's water supply. He said that the
 matter had been already discussed py the New Haven Medical society, ana that the opinion there was that the water supply should be inspected. Dr. Fleischner thought that the Foxon watershed of Lake Saltonstall was full
 of contagion. He said that the poaro
 of health had power, and asked II It
 should not have means, to inspect the water supply and condemn such as IS found to be contaminated. He asked II the proper procedure would be to go
 before the board of finance and ask that money to pay for inspection or the water supply be appropriated at once. before an epidemic breaks out. The doctor said that he spoke spe-
 cially in regard to what is to be done
 at Lake Saltonstall, but generally or
 the whole water supply of the city. lie
 said that his idea was to have means to
 have the water examined at any tllne
 and to ask the finance board for an i'm
 mediate appropriation.
 pr. Maher one of the health commits
 sioners. asked if the board of health
 had power to go out side of the city, as
 to Lake Saltonstall, and inspect ana
 condemn water. The opinion express
 ed by Dr. Fleischner, Dr. Sullivan ana
 Dr. Bissell was that the board could
 inspect any water used for the city sup
 ply and if any was found to be con-
 taminated to forbid bringing 1t into the
 city.
 Then. on motion, of pr. Maher, it was
 voted to appoint a committee to LOOK into the matter of examining the water
 supply, to appear before the poaro oI finance in reference to an appropria- ton if such action was deemed neces- sary. and to report back to the health board. Dr. Sullivan, president Of the board. appointed Dr. Fleischner and Dr. Maher members of the committed
 If was also decided to have an infor- nal meeting of the board in committee of the whole at Dr Maher's office last evening. This meeting was held and at it's close Dr. Maher said that the only thing done was to discuss more in de- tail the same points taken up at the af- ternoon meeting
 About two weeks ago the health board sent to the board of education letter suggesting that, flor sanitary reasons, the opening of the city schools be de- ferred until about the middle of Sep tember. Yesterday a reply to this com munication was received from the board of education in which that board re- uuested an explanation of the meaning to be attached to the phrase for sa1t- tary reasons" The reply also contain- ed the following: With the responsi- bility that rests with the board of edu- cation in the discharge of Its duty to parents, to taxpayers and to the chil- dren in the public schools 1t must rely whenever it feels called upon to unite with the board of education in a joint effort for the welfare of the common city"
 Dr. Fleischner and Dr. Bissell were appointed committee to formulate an answer and to reply to the note from the board of education. The sanitary referred to are said to be that complaints have been received to the effect that young children should not be kept in the schoolhouses during hot weather and brought in from the coun- try, where many of them have been staying, to attend school while hot weather lasts.
 Health Officer Wright reported cases of contagious diseases during August as follows: Diphtheria seven, scarlet fever nine, typhoid fever thirty eight Of the cases of typhoid fourteen were in the Fifteenth ward and Dr. Wright said that the cause might be traced to a spring from which each of the four. teen patients drank.
 On recommendation of the court of council the board voted to is- sue to H. l.. Handy x Go. a permit to kill not more than eight calves day at the company's premises on Cedar street.
 Fines of s2 in each case were imposed for eleven cases of violation of contract by garbage collectors, the violations in failure and refusal to col feet garbage the cases being reported by the householders affected.
 Further complaint has been made of the overflow of water from the Imperi- al laundry, and the board voted to place the matter in the hands of the city at- torney.