The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-14

seription S3,5OO, and have purchased lot 100 by 150 feet on the corner of Campbell avenue and Eum street, to be used exclusively for library pur- poses We also have to our credit 1t Home Trust Go, in Hoboken, N. Jp $l0,000 given by Andrew Carnegie to put up library building We have just selected an architect and pracu- cally decided on the plans for the building, so that we expect soon to break ground and hope to have all completed by spring"
 pr C. A. Bevan, the health officer, reported as follows
 Health Officers Report.
 During the year past reports of oonta- gious diseases have been few in mum Der, and 80 far as known none have been fatal. Three cases of tyhoid fever have occurred in the town, and in every case they were discovered by the health authorities of New Haven before being reported to the health officer Tho reason for this Is that q number of typhoid cases developed along tho route of a milk vendor and these be- Ing reported to the board of health, they were at once traced to their prop CT source. while the attending physi- clan was getting a report of his blood test from the state laboratory at Mid dletown, sometimes making more than one test before reaction could be ob talned This delays the health officer in placing proper restrictions on the disposition of milk, and instructing the family in regard to management of the disease
 Only three complaints have been re- celved, and these were abated without tho necessity of serving an order, lt being the first year in the service of the present health officer in which no order has been served.
 It seems necessary at this time to call the attention of the citizens resld- Ing in the different districts of our town to the condition of school property. II Is evident that the committees of the several districts do not fully compre. hend their duties, especially the one that places in their care the school buildings. Of course. there are excep- tlons to the above statement, but as a rule the buildings are badly kept Ger. toinly the school houses are not So large that it need entail a very great expense to go over them once in two or three years with coat of paint, Paint Is q great preservation Oi wood, and consequently saves taxes beside all this nicely kept school. lhousc. with outhouses standing upright and kept in a Cleanly condition, Is ar ornament 10 the town and district. do not believe there Is property own, CT in the town who would allow hlS buildings to degenerate to the condl tiou of the district school,
 There are four lee ponds located 1T the town of Orange, and all are |, good condition A thorough inspection does not reveal anything detrimental to the ice supply.
 Nearly all deaths from intestinal dls eases ot infants are due to impur , milk IL, therefore, is the duty of ever, producer of milk Co see that his owl supply ls absolutely pure and nelthe wittinEly or unwittlngly be a part to the slaughter of the lnnocents. tn der the present imperfect system Q milk inspection the infant mortallt , has been reduced uearly one-half, Who this Is considered what would be th result were there a cordial co operatlo between the inspector and the pro , ducer