Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-29
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Provision Made for Medical Inspectors
 in Public Schools.

l
 in Public Schools.
 l In the appropriations for the school department for next year provision ls made for the creation of two new orn- cers. to be called or known as school medical inspectors. The board of ed ucation held meeting last evening to take action on the appropriations Tor next year and the above action was made by Commissioners Goodenough. i It will cost for the present only $SOO year to maintain these two proposed ouIcers. In making the recommends ton to the other members of the board l Commissioner Goodenough said that l five years ago the local health oncers l made recommendation for the crea- tion of such an office. A year or TWO later the recommendation was en- ] dQrsed by the county health board anu he thought it was time that somethlng 1 should be done about it. He pointed to the condition of things in Nauga- l tuck last summer when some of the schools had to be closed on account of ] the spread of scarlet fever in that place The duties of the medical in sspectors. according to Commissioners Goodenough, will be to look for con 1 tagious diseases among school chll- dren; to attend the schools daily and 10 | prevent the spread of diseases peculiar l to children such as scarlet fever, dlpn- l theria, whooping cough, measles, etc. I Commissioner Goodenough said that very many children have been found l at school who should have been at home. They were sent to school by l their parents after having scarlet lever 1 and before the "peeling' process was ] over. Children are sent from houses l where diphtheria has been before the I premises had been thoroughly fumi- l gated and in other ways contagion IS l spread broadcast among the children. This idea is carried out in all large cities. It is of great assistance to the l health officer and the board of health. l It was the commissioners duty to make the medical inspectors non-partisan by appointing one from each party.
 Commissioner Kent who presided, asked if the idea of Appointing an oc- mist and a dentist had occurred to l Commissioner Goodenough, who re piled that he-inspectors would look | out for such matters as would come un- l der the notice of the oculfst and dentist. At present the teachers do some of this kind of work. So the recomm endation of Commissioners Goodeough was incorporated in the es- 1 inmates.
 The condition of most of the schools regarding sanitaries and heating and ventilating was discussed thoroughly. Bank street school, for instance, Is in a bad way. It takes 125 tons of coal to heat that building, while 1t takes ] only sevehty-five tons to heat the Bar | - -T1.- Ne,S,n ar size as the Bank.
 It was also decided to complete the Mulcahy school, as it would be cheaL CT and better in every way to complete the remaining rooms at once than to ] finish them one by one.
 The matter of laying aside means to build school every year or two was taken up. In Bridgeport and other l places, Superintendent Tinker said, it l was the custom to lay aside one mill l of the tax every year and by that way when a school building is undertaken every second or third year, or what ever time is found necessary, the f school is built, furnished and paid for I at the same time. Mulcahy school was built in sections.
 It was voted to have Superintendent l Tinker and Commissioner Chapman ap- pear before the board of aldermen and board Of finance on behalf of the es- inmates, which are as follows:
 Teachers Salaries. Payroll, September, 19o3.. IS 1s,48o. .oO % Ten months, 1904 ......... 134,3OO Regular increases, fall term 1,500.O0 New teachers @, fall term 1,120.O0 Evening school salaries .... 3,0OO.OO 2 vT 4lr- IA. wrnr each pupil in average attendance.
 Officers
 4 Clerk ......... ...........$ 1,UUU.OU inspector ........ ......... I,IUU.OO Truant officer ... ...... 100000 Two medical inspectors ..: S0O.OO ' Total .5. .$4, ,o00. .0o j Furniture and Janitors' Supplies.
 One room, Mulcahy. Driggs, Bishop I and Walsh schools, $175 each, $700. l Regular supplies, $1,300.
 To replace old worn out furniture, I $70o: kindergartens (2) 5000; total
 Gnc $300) .......s.. .$3, O0.OO l Fuel and lights .OO 1 Textbooks and Library Accounts.
 Textbooks. $s,OOO ($1.10 per pupiD de
 crease per pupil; library $500. Based
 on state apportionment, the city re- l ceiving an equal amount from the l state. Total Gnc $100). .$8, ,900.00 Stationery and supplies Gnc $200) To
 be used in supplying pupils with part of the necessary supplies, also office I and teachers supplies. $12,900.0O Janitors Payroll .......... SIS, ,60O.OO 1 Expense:
 | Printing $ 10000