New Britain herald., 1915-03-10
RECOMMENDS CHANCE
 TO BOARD OF HEALTH
Would Hold Tenement House Oc- Cupants Responsible for Yards.

pr. Reeks at the meeting of the board of health last night. secured the passage of measure which recom- mends an ordinance change that will hold tenants of a two family house responsible for the sanitary condition or their back yards. Under the tene- ment house law the owner of a three family building is held responsible for the condition of the yard, but in two family houses there is a chance to evade the responsibility. Dr. Reek's recommendation is to have the ordi- ! nance read similar to the snow and ice ordinance holding the tenants re- sponsible.
 The committee on examination. If plumbers will investigate and report at the next meeting on the question of the payment of plumbers fees. The boards wants its fees paid at some uni form time, but at present the plumbers pay only when they feel so disposed A fragrant disregard for the plumbing ordinances was reported by the inspector and this matter will be thoroughly investigated and a prose- cution will be made.
 Dr. Reek's Report
 pr. T. Eben Reeks, superintendent of health, presented his monthly re- port as follows:
 Diseases reported Scarlet fever, d1phtheria, tuberculosis, whoopinS . cough, and typhoid fever.
 Fumigations. rooms repainted or repapered because of infectious dis eases.
 Laboratory report: Tuberculosis ex- summation seventeen of which four teen were negative; diagnosis of diph- therla of which two were positive and eighteen negative; release from diph- theria sixteen, for which eleven were negative and five positive; typhoid negative, six.
 Summary of sanitary work; garbage cans, seventy-six; garbage can covers, sixty-four; complaints about garba ge; {; tWenty-four; removal of garbage, ashes and rubbish none removal Of manure, five; install manure recep- tacles, eleven; defective plumbing eight; toilets, thirteen; new toilets, twelve; new lights installed, twenty one; ventilation, fourteen; connections with sewer, none; connection with city water, none, closing up outhouses and cesspools, three, none; remove animals three; order clean gardens, 191; re- pair plaster, three; paper, none, brok- en windows, one; dirty walls and ceil- ings, eight; meteorological examina- tions, seventy-three.
 Plumbing Inspectors Statement.
 Plumbing Inspector Weiant re- ported seven permits for work in new buildings and twenty-nine permits for work in old buildings. Five exampl les of work in new buildings were tested and eleven jobs approved. Sixty jobs were inspected in old buildings and three jobs were reinspected. Fifty-slx jobs in old buildings were approved. Three pieces of sewer work were in spected.
 With the Milk Inspector. r
 Dr. George Crowley, milk and food inspector, reported having given out five permits to sell milk, having col lected thirty samples of milk and Analyzed them of which five were be- low standard and one was adulterated. He inspected twenty-six barns and dairies and 326 cows. He also made I 164 food inspections.
 The inspector found that those sell ing milk below standard were: Jacob Shapiro, J. Miecyowski, A. Marchesi, the Warsaw Grocery company, M. Kederdovick and T. Tuskowski, the last named selling adulterated milk.