New Britain herald., 1914-06-03
WANTS FUND 10 WAGE
 "SWAT THE FlY' WAR
Dr. Reeks VIII Ask Health Board
 10 Cooperate With Him.
NEW STABLE ORDINANCE DRAWN UP

Nuisance If Not Removed in Ten
 Days-Physicians Criticised For
 Not Reporting Contagious Diseases.
 Health Superintendent T. Eben Reeks, M. D, will ask the board or health at it's meeting this evening to assist him in swat the fly cam paign by appropriating a sum or money to pay for newspaper advertis- ing by which the readers will be in- formed how to rid the community of the fly.
 As spreader of disease, the appar- ently harmless fly is recognized as a leader by the medical fraternity ana as thousands of offspring are pro- < duced by each fly, its possibilities as germ carrier can be appreciated. Swat the fly and swat him hard" will be the slogan if pr. Reeks' plan is adopted.
 New Stable Ordinance Ready.
 While the campaign to kill the fly is being pushed, Dr. Reeks has a plan to prevent the birth of the fly and will ask the board to approve or an ordinance which he and Corpor- ation Counsel J. k. Cooper drew up this morning requiring the removal every ten days of refuse from stables. This will include private stables.
 Dr. Reeks explains that there is no more fertile field for the production of the fly family than refuse from stables. At present the board may declare a nuisance where it believes one exists but the provisions or the new ordinances would create nuisance where the refuse is not re- moved every ten days If the board approves of the ordinance it will be presented to the common council at it's June meeting. Dr. Reeks says ,that there are two stables within stones throw of city hall regarding which he has received complaints.
 Physicians Not Reporting Diseases.
 Criticism of physicians who do not report cases of contagious diseases was made by Dr. Reeks. He said he had signed fourteen permits for chil- dren who had chickenpox to return to school when only two eases had been reported to him in May. Three new eases of chickenpox were reported to him today, making about half doz- en this month. The disease is not in- cluded in the category of dangerous diseases but deaths have been known tog result from it. If no physician is called to attend child afflicted with chickenpox the case is supposed to be reported to the school teacher in whose class the patient is and in that way the report finds its way back to the superintendent of health.
 reminder of their duties under the law was sent out to physicians to- day by Dr. Reeks in the form of printed postal cards, calling their at tention to the fact that they are ex- pected to report imm ediately any cases of typhoid fever or pulmonary tuberculosis that come under their observation It is necessary that any eases of typhoid be reported at once at this time of the year, the superi1- tendent of health says
 Garbage Collector Handicapped.
 Assistant Sanitary Inspector John O,Brien stated this afternoon that the board of health would consider it favor if the public would make a re- port when garbage at their homes has not been collected for one week instead of allowing it to accumulate for three or four weeks.
 A large number of complaints have been received, MT. O'Brien said, but this was not due to negligence on the part of Henry Thurman, the col- Iector Only two teams are in com mission, the third being in the repair shop. The other wagons will be ready soon and conditions will be rem edied, MT. O'Brien said.