New Britain herald., 1916-10-05
|0 KEEP WELL, HELP
 THE HEALTH BOARD
Lack of Cooperation Invites Spread of Disease


 AM6vell well,' the Monthly Bulletin of 8h he health department, issued today, Bays:
 M One of the greatest obstacles to the Brogress of a health department is #he lack of cooperation because the M alue of health conservation is not ap- reciated by many members of the # Community. The question of personal nconvenience and expense is dwelt 8pon rather than the benefit to be erived by making the city more @ ealthful. At times it appears as hough there were a wilful desire to elittle conscientious efforts of the M apartment to secure the health rights #Nf others. "a "Sometimes the necessary measures M 0 safeguard health are irksome to barry out, as in the passing epidemic &@f paralysis; yet such measures as nay tend to protect the health of the naj jority must be adhered to regard Y less Of the peevishness exhibited by > 3ome people. An active board of # health is fully aware of the primary inconvenience caused by it's orders. < likewise, 1t is aware of the invariable Satisfaction caused to all when the < rder is compiled with. #M '"The greatest benefit is often de- &S1ved from an apparent hardship. 8Take the school attendance for in- tance: The matter of reducing school W ttendance by the keeping of probable 4&arriers of contagious diseases out of chool for 9 short period of time in
 rder to safeguard the well, may ap- | ear a hardship to those affected, but
 Do thinking person would risk the
 anger of school epidemics merely to Sncrease school attendance by a frac- 1&ional degree To do so might halve 8he attendance.
 A'No official, whether he be official f health, police, school, fire, or any ther departm has any right to vait until the worst has occurred be- lore acting.
 .'The education of the public in the
 re of keeping well is a work worth while. If you are one who appreciates he value of health, help your com- nunity by word and action. # up to October 1st, fourteen cases
 f infantiIe paralysis have been re- & orted in New Britain. Nearly all the ases have been very mild ones, and E O deaths have occurred among them. M Report of Work. M Reports of departmental work for @he past month is contained in the # blowing tabulations:
 M Communicable Diseases. @ Tuberculosis, 12; diphtheria car Y CTS, 5; typhoid fever, 3; whooping x ough, 3.
 Bacteriologist's Report. M Cultures examined, 99; first culture HE xamined, 12; second and more cul- s tres examined, GA; first culture show lg diphtheria B, 8; second culture Mhowing diphtheria B, 19; vidal # food test for typhoid, g; positive re- &@ @ctions obtained, 4; sputum examina- W ons, 10; sputum showing tubercular M positive,' 5; miscellaneous examina- 8 ons, 4.
 Sanitary Reports.
 Dwellings inspected, g; dwellings re- Inspected, 45; defective plumbing other than toilet plumbing) ordered epaired, 8; defective toilets ordered paired, A. new toilets installed in
 aIIed, 2; light ordered instilled in 1ilets, 2; ventilation ordered installed toilets, l yards inspected, $40;
 ards re-inspected, POP; yards ordered Y eaned, 119; garbage cans ordered,
 3: garbage can covers ordered 4; arns inspected, 8; barns re-inspect- d, 3.
 F# Barns ordered cleaned, 3; manure R rd cred removed, 12; animals ordered M emoved (too near dwelling houses), # dumps inspected, 6; dumps ordered l eaned, 2; nuisances from overflow 2 ice-boxes ordered abated, '; stag mt pools or water ordered abolished, # chicken-coCps and runWays in E oected, 13; chicken-coOps ordered W eaned, 6; complaints found unwar- anted, 4; garbage complaints received 5S office, 67; miscellaneous orders, '; j. Prosecutions, 1.
 @ Plumbing Inspectors Report. @ Number applications received, 64; ' ernaits issued for work in new build
 gs, A; permits-old buildings, 50; @ @e rmits issued for new sinks in old #uildings, 23.
 Permits issued for new toilets in old Buildings, 54; permits issued for new ath-tubs in old buildings, Il; per- hits issued for new Wash-boWls in old buildings, 8.
 # Permits issued for new laundry
 avs in old buildings, 10; plum ping in #eW buildings tested, It; pumping &pproved in new buildings, SO; final Inspection in new buildings, Il; final @ new buildings, Il; final inspection
 lspection in old buildigs, 32. |ss6 Work approved in old buildings, 85:
 ewer connections inspected, 6; defects & Dund and remedied, 3; total inspec- FEE ons, 146; sewer permits issued, 16. S Tuberculosis Department.
 Cases carried from previous month
 68; new eases reported, 12; cases
 Exchanged, 2; deaths, 4; cases under
 hre, 164; cases at sanatoria, 37; ases set to sanatoria, 5; cases dis arged from sanatoria, 6. x Gases now at sanatoria, 36; cases
 ipplied with milk, 10; eases supplied