Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-25
JEWETT CITY.

JEWETT CITY. Health Officer Jennings Report Ready
 School Visitor A. c. Burdick Re-
 ports Progress During Year-Meetins
 of Missionary Society.
 hcer, has prepared his, annual report, Which will be printed in the town re- port In 1t he says:
 Health Officers Report.
 There was one case of diphtheria reported in September. Whooping cough was reported in April and June; seven cases only. Measles were prevalent from June to August; 2l cases were reported This represents only portion of cases as many fami- lies cared for their children without calling a ph% sician.
 No complaint of a nuisance was re- ceived
 During the summer vacation the buildings in the several districts were inspected. The schoolhOuses were found to be in good condition. The sanitaries, with one exception, were in need of attention. The district com mittees were interviewed and the necessary work was promised to be done.
 Twenty -four samples of milk were collected from dealers and sent to the state laboratory; one was deficient in fat; four mad an unsatisfactory num- Der of bacteria; all other samples were good.
 Blanks have been furnished to phy- sicians, druggists and dentists for use in ordering narcotics according to the law recently enacted; copies of the law were also sent them.
 The committee having in charge the
 
 sent two patients to the county sana- torium, all charges being met by the fund raised for this purpose.
 School Visitors Report.
 A. c. Burdick, secretary and acting school visitor. makes the following re- port, in which he says:
 The school year 1912-13 has been d. period of steady healthy growth in all the activities of secondary education. During the year under review 20 pu- pilS from Grisw old were enrolled in the Norwich Free Academy, and IS at tended the entire year. This shows d gain of two pupils over last years att tendance. The cost of tuition was S1,150, and of transportation $61023. The amount received from the state as reimbursement for tuition was S577.67, and fOI transportation $30512. The net cost to the town was $S77.44.
 Supplementing the statistical table, which according to the usual custom concludes this report, we have deemed 1t advisable 10 insert the following:
 Total cost of public schools, inClud- ing teachers wages. fuel. janitOr, inci- dentals free text books, truant officer, flags, transportation of children and school visitors, SIS, ,58010: high school tuition $1, 150; high school transporta- ton, $61023 total expenditure for all schools $15, 340.33. Deduct state emu meration grant, $1,94S50; high school tuition, $577.67; high school transpor- tation, $305.12, total, S2,831.29. Net cost to the town for all schools. S12,-
 Meeting of W.. F. M. S.
 The Woman's Foreign Missionary so- ciety of the Congregational church met at the home of Mrs. H. N. WheelOCS Tuesday afternoon. The Branch Bulle- tin was read by Mrs D. A. Faust and Mrs. Fl. N. WheeIock The following programme was in charge of Mrs. G. W. Robinson, the subject being bio graphical sketches of western women in eastern lands who were engaged in mission schools and hospital work: Mrs. L. \. PantOn read of the noble work of Mrs Thomas Doremus, Mrs. Faust of the work of Charlotte Tucker, who was called lady of England and a lady of India Miss Martha Bothwell read about Miss Clara Swain, who was the first medical missionary in India; NrS. M. l.. NTIduL LOAQ dDOuL llAC Wpl n of Isabella Thurbum, who was the first to open a girls school in India, which grew to a womans college; Mrs. F. E. Robinson told of Miss Ellen Chesnut a missionary martyr. The programme committee for the next meeting la Mrs. H. H. Burnham.
 Copies of Public Acts Received.
 Town Clerk John Welsh has received a large number of copies of the public acts of 1913 which are placed in the clerks office for distribution.
 Miss Martha Bothwel went to Will Evansville Wednesday to visit her sis ter.
 A. A. Young. Jr., entered the New York military school at Cornwall on- the Hudson Tuesday.
 Attending Riverside.
 A number of children from. out of town are attending the Riverside grammar school. They are Carl Me loni, George Phillips, Helen Phillips Jesse Wilcox, Gladys Jeffers, Venna Robertson, Ellen Wilcox, Gerald Wolfe, Lima Wheeler, Enid Spidell of Lisbon. Grace Smith of South Canter- bury and Dorothy Scott of Preston