The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-01-07
APPROPRIATIONS

families. and business enterprises is the ad.
justment Of expenditures TO the receipts, the
outgo TO the income. In the MANAGEMENT OF
the States fiscal affairs there should be estab-
lished business-like principles. II Is wrong for
each session Of the General Assembly to make
appropriations far In excess Of the revenue
imposing upon the Governor the responsibility
OF reducing the amounts to reasonable limits
INVENTORY OF REAL AND PERSONAL
PROPERTY
In order that an inventory might lie made
Of the tangible assets Of the Commonwealth
i appointed an inventory commission 10 pre-
pare an inventory Of all the tangible assets OF
the Commonwealth. as Of May 81, 1914 This
work has been performed with diligence and
ability. with the result that for the first time
the Commonwealth Ia in position TO determine
the value Of these assets. The totals In this
inventory aggregate S62.743, SIC .35 divided A,
follows; Real Estate. sis. .356. .392s4: Personal
Property, S5,625. .766.35; General Fund and
Sinking Fund in the State Treasury, s7,76i,.
7l7.i6.
HEALTH
The Department Of Health has rendered in.
valuable services to the people of the Com.
monwealth-in fact, II enjoys an enviable in.
ternational reputation. The work performed
at Austin. after that municipality was washed
away. and at Gettysburg In looking after the
sanitary and hospital conditions at the time
Of the Reunion Of the Blues and the Grays
is especially worthy of notice.
In its tuberculosis work the department,
makes its biological products after it's own
formula; its sanatoria buildings have been
planned to furnish the greatest possi.
bic amount Of air and sunlight; and from ia
lis dispensaries have not only come the ma.
tients for these Sanatoria, the capacity of
which has been trebled In the last four years
but their nurses enter the homes Of our people
and help them to protect themselves against
the spread OF disease. Thousands Of patients
have been discharged from the Sanatoria nm.
mar vi thafr a
BY establishing and maintaining quarantine
In rural districts supervising and assisting in
the suppression Of epidemics at the reques
Of local authorities: cleaning up the premises
and purifying the water supplies. the danger
10 the people from epidemcs OF contagious
disease has been greatly reduced. Trained
inspectors have policed watersheds and divert.
ed many thousands Of pollutions from streams
Sewage-disposal plants have been constructed
TO care for municipal sewage. Filtration plants
are now furnishing filtered water TO more than
one:half Of the population OF the State.
The records of the Bureau Of Vital Statistics
show decrease OF almost 20 per cent In the
death rate from typhoid fever since the estab-
fishing Of the Department Of Health. and a
IL per cent.
by constant use Of sane and practical meth
ods, though at very considerable expense, ow-
ing TO the lack Of compulsory vaccination law,
epidemics OF smallpox have been prevented
emily being carried into our State from outside
sources.
Diphtheria Antltoxin furnished free TO the
poor has saved more than 10000 lives that
would have been lost II this wonderful rene.
dy could not have been readily obtained.
school inspection in fourth class districts
under the provisions Of the School Code. has
been success. In 1911 two-thrds Of the dis
tricts rejected III, inspection. During the
present year It has been accented by 90 per
cent OF the same districts. Follow-up work
Tor three years shows rs 900 cases where de.
ieets found by inspectors have been remedied
by the parents after notice received from the
Department of Health.
Through Its educational features exhibits
lectures and publications department has
gwen the general public better understand.
Ing Of health laws and the value Of fresh air
OF sunlight and sanitary SURROUNDINGS. and
has greatly improved housing conditions. Pri.
vate and public corporations have instituted
improved methods recommended by the depart
ment
PURE FOOD
Pennsylvania's pure food laws are probably
the best in this country. They are enforced
vigorously and efficiently. II Is the duty Of a
State TO see to II that measures are enacted
Tor securing and maintaining pure and
wholesome food SUPPLY. TO facilitate Its dstri-
button to safeguard its quality, and TO prohib-
u absolutely any and every adulteration in
food and drink
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
The Bureau OF Vocational Education has
In twenty-eight counties organized and estab-
lished schools with agricultural and vocational
departments. introduced courses In domestic
science and the household arts In many Of the
school districts, and supervised the establish.
ment OF schools for the education Of miners
many OF whom are not conversant with the
English language. As soon as the workmen
learn to read. write and understand English
and acquire some knowledge of ventilation
and other mining problems. the number of ac-
cidents is diminished.
In the growing eenters OF population the d.
rectors have difficulty In erecting school
buildings rapidly enough to accommodate the
school children. The system Of public instruc-
ton is growing In efficiency and is attaining
colossal proportions.
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
The comprehensive law creating the Depart
ment Of Labor and Industry enacted at the