The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-06-16
GARBAGE DISPOSAL
TO BE DISCUSSED
At a Meeting of the Bailiffs
This Evening.
PUBLIC HEALTH IS ENDANGERED
Health Officer Henry Tucker VIII Lay
the Problem Before Municipal Fa'
theirs and Suggest Immediate Steps
Be Taken to Remedy the Situation.

Health Officer Henry Tucker believes
that the public health Is being endangered
through the system now prevailing N re-
gard to the disposal OF garbage in this VII.
lage. lie has put the matter up to the
halliiis and Chairman II. 6. Barber has
called a meeting OF the board tins evening.
DR. Tucker will be present aud tell the
halliifs a few things about the way that
the garbage is allowed 10 collect in many
Bratteboro homes for the reason that there
is no way 10 dispose OF it. The need Of a
public dump for ashes and other dry refuse
will be presented 10 the bailiifs 10y the
health officer and that official will suggest
to the bailiiis that a special meeting OF the
voters OF the village he called to take
some sort Of action in the matter. The
health officer points out the fact that there
Is no place suitable for dumping ashes with.
in a reasonable distance "a tins village and
that the disposal OF swlll and other kinds
OF moist garbage Is assuming serious
phase 4 few farmers, who raise SWINE.
make irregular trips through certain see
tions of the town gathering mp swill but
the amount of garbage thus removed is
small compared with the amount produced
every week The poorer sections Of the
town are not visited by these irregular gar.
hage gatherers with the result that there
are perhaps hundreds OF toul-smelllng
,will receptaces to be found near back
doors around which swarms OF disease.
breeding flies hover.
Though the health officer does not eN'
pcct that Brattleboro will vote to install
modern neincrating plant to handle it,
garbage he will suggest that some attempt
be made toward solving this problem which
has not only become a troublesome one
but is fast approaching a stage where the
public health is being jeopardlzed, DIR
Tucker will suggest that something be
done in a systematic way to remove ashes
and other debris at stated periods from
all homes where the owner l. unable TO
stand the expense. He will suggest that
in the disposal OF such dry refuse it may
be possible to dispose of a large part OF
the swill and other moist garbage by mix
ing the two together at some point suifi-
GENTLY isolated TO protect the community
from noXous odorS
While many housewives burn the swill
accumulating from day to day the home
that uses gas, gasoline or kerosene stoves
exclusively to do summer cooking Is unable
to dispose of garbage in such a manner II
is to protect hundreds of such homes as
these and to protect the health of the en-
tire community that the health officer will
urge the bailiffs to take some action rel
ative to bringing this matter before the
citizens of the village With the present
haphazard method Of gathering garbage
at irregular intervals without the least
attempt at exercising police or board OF
health restrictions over such irresponsible
swill gatherers such disposition of even
small amount of the village garbage be
comes a menace to the public health.