The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-18
NEW JERSEYS HEALTH BOARD.
President Newton Replies TO Certain AZ.
tacks on Its Practices.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir. Ny
attention has been called TO two articles in
THE SuS auimadverting upon the New
Jersey state Board Of Health. on De
cembvr I ! WAS quoted as calling the
board IAN Old mems home" beg to
refer YOU to the enclosed clipping from
the Globe OF october 80. which distinctly
denies that ] made such a statement.
! also said at the same time. Il wish
IL thoroughly understood that however in
effective the work of the state Board OF
Health is, my personal relations with Il
are most pleasant, and do not want any
thing that ! have said to he interpreted
as reflection on any member of that
board"
AS 10 the article OF December IS. thi,
is So malicious in tone and SO misleading
In statement that rope that one or moro
of my colleagues on tn. board will prove
to your satisfaction that a number of
the statements therein have no founda-
ton in fact. as regards either the present
board or its predecessor.
Mr.. Chew was a member. ] believe. OF
the health board that was abol shed when
the present body was formed. At all
vents he was member OF the old State
Sewerage Commission. and is fully APP
pr!sed OF the facts in connection with the
service and the character OF the work
done. Mr.. Chew is a gentleman whose
character and ability in pubic and pri-
waite lie have. ! believe. never been ques-
toned, unless possibly by some political
enemy lie IS the senior member OF our
board and its vice-pre sident. and by rea-
son OF his longer service in public oic.
can answer some OF these charges and
innuendoes better than ! can. have
urged him TO do this. as 7 feel sattshed
that he will make no statement OF fact.
which HIS colleagues in tho board cannot
heartily subscribe To-
~,
than the assertion that the members o.
the state Board OF Health seldom com.
| to Trenton except when the Legislature
~ In session would BE- hard to imagine
In the three and ouc-hif years that
Eave been on the board we have held
meetings every Tuesday, except on Holt
days, and for d while in midsummer
when We held them every other Tuesday
So far as | can recoilcct have missed
just three meetings In that time. and hav.
never attended a meeting at which al
Least quorum Of four members was MOI
| present We have had number OF extra
| meetings and hearings So far u.s. know
! only on" such extra meeting or hearing
! vas adjourned because the requisite mum,
! bcr OF members OF the board was not
present.
Tho assertion that our employees. shirl
heir work Is, TO the best OF my belief
| equally unfounded l know that Over
| il'''' spttliIitHS VI culluItS from tnrOdts
| suspected OF infection with d!phtherla
were examined In our laboratory in a few
DAYS time with an Inadequate force TIL,
! chief Of the bureau and hts assistant. d F.,
prodicious amount OF work ard gave
up their evenings and Sundays As
! IN organization our bureau has received
| high praise recently from SO good ar
| authority rs DR.. Chaplin. the Health ON
! Ger of Providence, r. T.
No. do not believe in the svste II
! under which We are endeavor,ng effe.,
/ lively 10 caro- for the health of the PEG
! pie Of this state ! have said repcatedl,
| that IN my opinion not the best santa r
! ians in the world could do what the PEG
! pie OF our stat" want done and wha
/ ought tn he done under our present or
/ Ganizdtion
/ Ru ! doubt whether personal abuse q,
/ uutouuded statements rcra riding our per
sonnet viii help matters. and | am sorr,
that any remarks OF mine should hav,
| been so construed as 70 injure or beltttl,
! my comrades or myself while trying I,
do our duty to the state with inadeuuat
! facilities,
! RICHARD COLE NEWTON.
| President New Jersey State Roar
| % Health
MoNrcLAIR, y. J., peceMhcr ~.