The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-07-24
HEALTH OFFICERS SCHOOL
LAW Requires that Officials Must
Attend.

| GERS, to be held here August to z,
| inclusive, are the most elaborate
ever made The policy OF the state
| board this year is to make the
| school instructive, not only to the
| health officers alone, but to the pub
| lie as well, and an invitation has
| been extended to all. II people in gen
! eral know what is essential to pub
| lice health and sanitation" says a
| member OF the board, the pressure Of
public opinion will force the various
| local health officials to do their full
tduty." Select men, members Of
| school boards, city officials and all
| public administrators are especially
urged to attend the sessions of the
four days. This fact is being widely
advertised in daily newspapers of
| the state, the advertising campaign
being another new feature OF the
state boards work this year.
Attendance OF city and town
health officers will be strictly require
| ed, his illness being the only excsue
| fer non-attendance that will be nc
cepted from health officer This
year, for the first time, health Off
GERS expenses for attendance at the
school will be paid by the state.
Each officer will be provided with
special attendance card, which must
| be presented to the doorkeeper and
punched by him at the opening of
each smi,daily or evening session,
and each officer must also fill out
blank statement form showing his
expenses in detail. This he is to
present to the treasurer of the
board, duly receipted. No health of
ncer will be paid for time when he
is absent from session, but will re-
ceiVe 81 a day for actual attendance
Several changes have been neces-
sary in the tentative program as an
nounced in these columns several
weeks ago. The first schedule is as
| follows.
The opening session will begin
Monday evening, August 4, at s o.
| clock in the Edmunds high school
| building, where the other sessions
| dent OF the state board Of health.
| will respond with an address.
will also be held. Mayor James +.
| Burke, who has been making an &C.
| tive effort in favor of cleaner Bur
| lington. will believer the address OF
| welcome. and Gov. Fletcher will
speak on behalf of the state. DR..
| Charles S. Caverly of Rutland presi-
The general subject Tuesday will
| be contagious diseases. DR.. Bingham
/ II. Stone. director of the state labora
Laboratory Diagosic OF Contagious
tory OF hygiene, VIII read a paper ON
| Diseases" Discussion by Drs. vii
liam Lindsay OF Montpelier and b. ID.
| Colby of Sudbury will follow.
| Reporting and Quarantning Con
! tagious Diseases" will be the subject
OF an address by DR. Charles +. Dal
ton, secretary of the state board of
health. with discussion by Drs. John
| II. Woodruff of Barre and +. S. Lane
OF North Ferrisburg.
The afternoon session will open
with an important paper upon "The
| Transmission and Prevention of Con
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| tagicus Diseases" by DR.. w. c. Ruck
or OF Washington. assistant surgeon
| general OF the United States public
health service DR.. II. c. Tinkham
dean OF the University Of Vermont
College OF Medicine and DR.. w. l..
llavens. OF Chester Depot will discuss
tho address.
At the same session DR.. s. s. Eddy
OF Middlebury will speak upon AN
Epidemic OF Septic Sore Throat" his
paper being discussed by Drs. I
Francis Crowley of Readsboro and
F. 5. Hartman OF St Johnsbury.
Tuesday evening w. l.. Saunders
1 nj NpW York lan1fpo os,,fI
Will give & stereoptican lecture upon
Sanitation of The Panama Canal"
followed by motion pictures from the
state tuberculosis exhibit. entitled
"rhe Awakening OF John Bond"
Hope and "A Durable Disease"
| Farm hygiene will be the general
\ subject Wednesday morning, opening
with 4 paper on "The Importance OF
Efficient Health Administration i'm
Plural Districts" by DR.. Lyman A.
Jones, state inspector of health i'm
North Adams. Mass. Dr. II. A. Ladd.
Inspector OF the Vermont state board
of health, and DR.. A. NJ. Butterfield
OF North Troy will lead the discus.
sion. a stereoptican lecture. "rhe
Scoring OF Diaries" by a. A. Borland
professor OF dairy husbandry at the
University OF Vermont, will be dis
oussed by DIR. J. +. Blanchard of New
port and Hugh L. Thompson, Burlins
ton milk Inspector
In the afternoon "The School Prol
lem will be taken up and Prof. NJ. n
Hillegas OF Columbia university. New
York city. who is special investigate
ior the Vermont educational commits
sion, will deliver an important ad
dress upon The Present State O
Vermont School Houses. and HOY
They Can BE Improved" Supt. II
{. Stcughton of the Rochester unto
district Supt Harvey Burbank q
Danville and Prof. j. w. Votey. san
tary engineer OF the state board q
health, will discuss the paper.
DIR. Fred II. Gebhardt. health OF
Ger OF Rutland. will follow with
paper. Management OF School Epid,
mics" discussed by DIR. d. p NolaI
health officer OF Remington and ID
H. y. Somers OF West Derby.
Il, Wednesday evening DR.. Rucke
- will give an illustrated address upo
} The Role of Insects in Carrying ID
sease.' and motion pictures. "Th
Fly Pest" and Boil Your Water.
u will follow. Thursday morning. a
n the final session. States Attorney "
A. button Of Hardwick will spea
I'm re Health Oficers." and answe
I legal questions.
1 Visiting ladies' are invited 10 a