The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-06
HEALTH OFFICERS MEETING
REG ULAR MEETING LARGELY AT
 PENDED YESTERDAY
Important Resolutions on the Question of Tuberculosis Passed-Interestfng Papers and Discussions.

The regular meeting of the New Ha
 ven County Health Officers association
 was held yesterday and every town in
 the state, with the exception of Vol
 colt, Prospect and Wallingford were
 represented by the different health off,
 cers of Connecticut. The state board of
 health was represented by it's presi-
 dent, Professor William H. Brewer; pr.
 c. A. Linsley, the secretary, and Dr. c.
 A. Linsley, the secretary, and pr. c.
 H. Mckenzie of Southington. The
 county health officers present were w.
 A. King of Windham county, c. E.
 Hoadley of New Haven county Wesley
 U. Pearne of MiddleseX county Edwin
 w. Higgins of New London county,
 and E. M. Yeomens of Holland county.
 There were also present Dr. l.. F.
 Jones, the borough health officer of Greenwich; Dr. H. A. Ramsdell. the
 town health officer of Huntington; Dr.
 w. P. Donaldson, the town health of ficer of Southport and several other health officers of New Haven county.
 At 12 o'clock at the Garde hotel the
 meeting of the New Haven county
 public health association was called to
 order by the president C.. E. Hoadley, of this city, and during the course of
 the afternoon what is regarded as one of the most important moves in med ical line in Connecticut for many years was made. It was after a discussion of the paper of pr. o. T. Osborne on Tuberculosis, It's Causes and Control and Should Reporting be Insisted Upon." The discussion was upon the advisability of voluntary reporting of cases of tuberculosis by the physicians to the health officers and the discussion was led by Professor Brewer who was not of the opinion that there should be law prohibiting the issuing of mar riage certificates to people who are sup posed to have recovered from the dis ease. Professor Brewer said that he thought that it was impossible to re- strain people who have suffered from the disease from marrying, but that he thought that the time might come when the real danger that arises from such marriages will be avoided by educa- tion rather than by law. As a result of the discussion the following import ant resolutions were passed:
 1. Every physician is requested to report In writing to the city health off, ficer all cases of tuberculosis occurring in his practice. that a record of the same may be kept for the purpose of controlling the disease.
 ?. A room or apartment that has been occupied by a person suffering with tuberculosis, shall not again be used or occupied after the removal or death of the patient until the same has been disinfected under the super vision of the board of health.
 3. Any person who owns, controls or has charge of a room of apartment that has been occupied by such tuber- culosis person, and allows the same again to be used or occupied before be- ing disinfected accrding to section 2, shall be fined not more than fifty nor less than five dollars.
 An interesting paper was read by F.. M. Yeomens, health officer of Holland on the legal duties of the town health officer. He said he thought that a health officer should have absolute power oyer matters that might be brought up in his line in his particular town and that neither he nor the town should be held responsible. After a of this paper an address by Dr. Linsley was given. and it was most He spoke on the meaning of the quarantine, as it used to be and as it is to-day. He also spoke on the different disinfectants that are in use and made certain recommendations in the use of them. His address was fol- lowed by Dr. Wright of this.city, which was not finished. but will be taken up at the next regular meeting of the so- ciety in March. Subjects were assigned for that meeting as follows: "Ought the Local Health Officers to be Qualified w. U. Pearne; Ought the Health Officers to Investigate Cases of Contagious Diseases When the At tending Physician Does Not Report | Promptly or Correctly?" Dr. w. P. | School Hygiene Dr. Wright, and "The Relations of the Health Officer to the Community" pr. Lewis Barnes of Oxford.