New Britain herald., 1915-02-13
FEW ARE VACC|NATfD, BAD TEETH NUMEROUS That is Conditions in Some Schools,
 Physician Reports,

Conditions that few persons lmag-
 ined could exist in 1915 were discov-
 cred by" pr. Clifton N. Cooley be-
 tween November 16 and December
 IS in the East street, Smith, North
 end, Lincoln and Monroe street ' schools, according to his report at the meeting of the board of education yesterday. In that time, Dr. Cooley, who is one of the school physicians, discovered that of 1,OS2 pupils eN- amined ninety, per cent. were not vac- cinated and forty per cent had de- cayed teeth.
 The general health of the scholars was good and pr. Cooley found those in the limited or backward classes in remarkably sturdy health. But he noticed that their facial aspect was listless and dul.'
 During the month of January, Dr. Cooley made, forty eight visits He paid some attention to the plumbing and ventiIating also and reported that conditions in the toilets in the East street school could be improved. He was instrumental in having one boy sent to the Open Air school.
 Dr, George H. Dalton reported making no visits in December and January and he recommended that improvements be made in the toilets in the Burritt school. Dr. Waterman Lyon reported examing 534 pupils in January. He recommended that ground glass be used in the windows in the Elm street school, especially those on the east side.
 Slap for the Health Commission.
 That the board. was not in sympa- thy with the request of the health commission which is seeking greater cooperation between it and the school physicians was shown by the remarks of several members.
 Dr. E. T. Fromen, chairman of the committee on health and sanita- tion, reported that the school physi- clans are now so greatly engrossed in the work assigned them that they will be unable to cooperate as the health commission requested and take two cultures of any infectious disease that might come under their notice.
 pr. J. F. Martin said that legally the physicians would have no right to enter the homes of pupils afflicted with infectious disease and because of ethical reasons they would not care to do so. He believed that it would be unethical for the school physicians to deprive other physicians, of a livei- 1 hood. He remarked that in it's report the health and sanitation committee, was polite enough to say that the school physicians could not attend to the matter because of pressure of business.
 That's the diplomatic way of say ing it," said President B.. F. Calf ney.
 pr. John L. Kelly concurred in the view of his fellow physicians and said the school examiners would have their hands full if they. complied l with the reauirem ents of the board of i 
 l.. Hoyt Pease, chairman of the f- l nance committee, reported bills of ST. 1 895.05 and they were ordered paid.
 Budget of $27o,276.
 MT. Pease presented the budget for ] the coming fiscal year and it was | voted to present it to the board of l finance and taxation. The budget has ! already been printed in the Herald. It 1 totals $272,276.
 Dr. Fromen questioned whether l s2,o00 would be sufficient for the 1 Open Air sch ool whose appropriation l this year was overdrawn $500. Su- ! perintendent Holmes replied that the 1 overdraft was due to repairs and al- l terations on the building.
 It occurred to E. o. kilbourne that l il might he well to ask for more | money than is needed rather than for the exact amount, which, may mean 1 an overhaul.
 The board of finance and taxation will cut it out, l can assure you, if l it finds any padding" said President affney. who is a, member of the board of finance and taxation.
 President Gaffney called the atten- tion of the members to the fact that an item that has never apeared in the budget is prominent this year, that for $575 for the widow of Joseph 1 Hackney, the janitor at the Burritt 1 school who died as the result of blood poisoning received while at work. This annual award was ordered ! by the compensation commissioner
 Before adjourning the board au- thoriZed the finance committee to sign the contracts for the erection of the Vocational High school.
 HOLY FAMILY CIRCLE WHIST