Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-07-12
Two Sessions of Health Officers
School Given Up to Discus
sion of the Disease.
SOME INTERESTING PAPERS
Address on the Treatment Of the Dis
ease Followed by an Outline Of the
Plans for the New State Sana-
tOrium at Pittsford-Some
Officers Elected.

Yesterday mornings session of the
health officers school was devoted to two
papers with discussions following each
the concluding feature of the session
being a question box.
The first paper was entitled "Advis-
ability of Notification in Torslitis Pneu-
monia and Cerebro-SpInal Meningitis
and was presented by ,Dy. r. II. Miner
OF Rutland. DIR. Miner urged the health
officers to labor to secure the observance
or existing regulations in regard tc
pneumonia and cerebro-spinal meningitis
with emphasis on the necessity of isola-
tion of patients from other members of
the family and recommended the thorough
disinfection of dishes and other articles
leaving the sick room. He said the dis
infection of the upper air passages by
means of antiseptic gargles and nasal
douches should also be strongly recon-
mended. to those coming in contact with
the patients
AS many are very susceptible to the
contagion of tonsilitis, n placard posted
on the house would work harm to no
ono and would serve as an effective warn
ing to the general public while If sub
sequent developments showed the case
to be one of diphthcria the danger OF
the spread of the disease would have
been reduced to the minimum.
The discussion of Dr. Miners paper
was opened by DIR. William Lindsey Of
Montpelier and continued by DIR. d. C.
Noble of Middlebury. DR. c. S. Caverly
of Rutland DR.. G. q. Hall of Woodbury..
II. L. stlll5on of Bennington, Or. w. l..
Havens of Chester, Dr. f. S. Albee of
Bellows Falls, DR. c. NJ. Ferrin of Essex
Junction. DIR. f. Z. Ellis of Brookfield.
Dr. c. H. Beechcr Of Burlington. DIR. f.
f. Whitaker of Newport. DR.. II. A.
Buck of Burlington, h. G. Smith Of Man
chester and Or. II y. Holtcs1 of Brattle
boro. The author Of the paper. DIR. Miner.
brought the discussion to n close.
SANITARY LAWS.
Sanitary Laws was the subject of n
paper presented by states Attorney r.
A. Lawrence of Rutland. Mr. Lawrence
defined civilization as the subjection of
the individual to the greater needs of
the community and commended as wise.
the liberal wording of the statutes
which makes the power of the health
boards and health officers almost unlim-
tied. He en,pha sized the Importance of
the duties which local health officers
have to perform in handling infectious
and contagious diseases and told how
the law provides that the heads Of fam
mes must report To the health officer
all cases of such diseases while the at
tending physician must also report
them and arrange for quarantine. He
read a great many of the health stat
utes and explained what their provis-
ions included.
The hour following the delivery of
Mr.. Lawrence's address was devoted 70
a question box, Mr. Lawrence cnliph.-
ei Ing all who cared to interrogate hin,
on tho Interpretation of the laws. He
explained in detail the provisions of
the various laws and gave counsel MS
10 the proper action to be taken bv
health officers to insure the safety of
the public in times of actual or threat
cned epidemics, ana in the removal and
disposition OF dead bodies.