The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-03
State Board of Health to Com
bat tuberculosis Again
TO GIVE DEMONSTRATIONS
Accompanying This Announcement To
City Council Was Report of Barre
Health Officer Showing of IL
Deaths Were From This Cause.

| HuuHccHleHI lo the clty councll ldst
night that the state board OF health is
to give a demonstration and instruc-
tion on tuberculosis in Barre during the
middle of the month was accompanied
with a report from the health officer for
the month OF August, showing that the
cause Of three of the eleven deaths in
Barre was pulmonary tuberculosis.
4 Therefore, the need of the demonstra-
tion and instruction was at once ap-
parent.
The health officer stated that the state
board OF health had been stirred to ae-
tivity by the reports at the recent health
officers school Of the large number of
tuberculosis cases in Washington coun.
i ty. This exhibition is to be given in
the Montpelier city hall, Sept 10, II
and ~, and the state board wished to
have the local exhibition take place in
some suitable hall, the health officer sug
gesting the opera house if it can be se-
cured for the dates, September Is and
| IL. TIE council fell in with the idea,
and referred the matter to the health
committee and the health officer to make
such local arrangements as are neees-
sary.
! In addition to the three cases of pull
menary tuberculosis, the causes Of
death of Barre for the past month were:
/ Senile debility |. cerebral hemorrhage
| l. arterial schlerosis !, fatal injury on
quarry /, accidental burns 2. measles
and general paralysis /, Addison's dis
ease l. still born 2. The health officer
4 -.z.1
disease had been reported to him, as
/ follows: scarlet fever 3, measles and
! chickenpox 3, all of which had been
quarantined
Report from the state laboratory of
hygiene, he further reported, had stat
ed that the city water supply is in
good condition.
Miscellaneous Acts of Council
Some minor building permits wer.
granted by the council. as follows; Mrs.
Katherine Dineen, TO reshingle house at
23 Pike street; property committee of
the city council. to cover roof Of old
city building; Merlo Bros, to remodel
roof at 307 North Main street Smith,
Whiteomb & Cook to repair roof on
North Main street; James Ahern, to
cover a roof at II Blackwell street.
Building Inspector Rand reported that
he had granted go minor permits during
the month of August
A large number of monthly warrants
were read by the clerk, and the money
was ordered paid. Included in the num-
Der was one warrant to pay the school
treasurer $4,000 for school support
and resolution relating to depart
| ,Yaptal ions a.-htab baI
passed to second reading, was adopt
ed. Later in the meeting Mayor Thurs.
ton cautioned the aldermen that the APP
preparations in all departments were
running low and that there is need for
caution in expenditure.
BY vote of the council, the Peoples
Gas company of this city viii be Civ
en- chance TO make demonstration of
gas street lightning. The fire commit
tee and the fire chief were instructed to
place a hydrant at the corner of Camp
and fremont streets and the fire com
mittee was instructed to confer with |
the Barre & Montpelier Power & Trac- /
ton company relative to stopping street
ears when the fire alarm sounds. un-
I'll such time as the apparatus has |
passed. IL was stated that much COM
pIdiIlt WIS bftdSlOItu Yesterday NtlPf-
noon because a ear had run ahead of the |
apparatus.
Mayor Thurston Sought information.
Toward the close of the meeting. May |
or Thurston touched a live wire when /
he inquired about the bill for the auto
IRE truck. which was said to bear the
date of order as April %, ~. II didn't
think il looked well in print, and want
some hight on the matter" said the
mayor Continuing, he said: ut don't
look right to me to have the date stand
like that. the date being before the
demonstration
At this point the bill was produced,
and it showed the date of order as 4,
26, IL. alderman Rossi stated that the
best way would be to have the clerk
write the company and find out what
was meant by the date. as the machine,
he said, was not contracted for until
July 2j
Alderman Dawson. turning to Alder
man Rossi, inquired did the name
plates come with the machine?" to which
Alderman Rossi replied. No and said
he had heard the same report about
town.
Alderman Brown: al think the date
on the bill may have been the date the
was informed of the city's de-
sire for demonstration"
Alderman Ward: at might be thai
the date was when the company re-
ceived an order from one of its agents -
Alderman Dawson: That bill curro-
horates all the reports ! have heard that
the auto fire truck was ordered before
the demonstration"
Alderman Ward: DO you believe. Al
herman Dawson. that the auto was or
iered on the date named in the bill?"
Alderman Dawson: II am forced TO
believe il by the BILL
Alderman Ward: "You don't place
much reliance on your fire committee, ,,
10 you?"
Alderman Dawson: Il don't place any ,
reliance in anybody"
There were further suggestions. but A.,
he upshot of the discussion was that
he clerk was instructed to write the
-aFrance company to find out what the
late means, Alderman Rossi making the