New Britain herald., 1916-04-13

second year under the reOrganized board, due in part, at least, to the fact that the system of work has been established one year. Further reasons for progress are: the awaken ing interest in our work on the part of many citizens, our having more help. thus enabling each worker to specialize more along one line; and the continued enthusiasm of the working force.
 AS the reports from the various bureaus will show, work started last year has been sufficiently developed so that results are noticeable, not only to those interested, but to those who are not acquainted with our work. New lines of work have been started and will be continued until the results wanted are obtained.
 During the past year each employe has had his desk and office hour in the rooms provided by the board. This has proven advantageous to the work in general. The office hours were ar ranged so that someone was in charge of the office from 8 a. m. to 5 D. m. However, this year we eX- pect to conform to the other flee hours in City hall by closing our office at D. m.
 The growth of the department in two years time from two whole time and two part time employees to six whole time and two part time em- ployes should be extremely gratify- ing to the commissioners, who are re- spOnsible for the growth. Next year there will be ten employees, all told. The need of additional help has been brought about by the increased knowledge of existing insanitary con- ditions; the enforcing of laws gov crning health matters; and the un- dertaking of new lines of work. So far as possible each employe has been detailed to one line of work in order to obtain greater efficiency. This has not been possible owing to lack of help as, for instance, in the inspection of food stores. For four months past the two sanitary inspec- tors have spent five days of each week inspecting food stores. Today, we have a fairly good record of every such store in the city so that the new store inspector, who will take up the work alone during the coming year, will have the past records to go by. The sanitary inspectors will then de- vote their whole time to their own line of work, viz, one doing tenement house inspection, the other doing sanitary inspection in and about property other than tenement houses
 The interest that each of you takes in the work of the department makes it unnecessary for me to outline the work undertaken by each one of the force. The reports appended hereto, yIrho 7scI~ during the year. Yet, in nearly hardly more than statistical and do put into the work.
 During the year the Board has been called to twelve regular and two special meetings. Of the regular meetings called, two wanted a quorum for the transaction of busi- ness.
 In July the Board and it's em- ployees suffered a serious loss in the death of Commissioner T. E. Burns His son was appointed to fill out the unexpired time.
 The scope of the work passed upon at the meetings was as follows: hearings given to milk dealers and plumbers, against whom charges had keen brought by the department; ; formulating and recommending either new laws or changes in the existing ones affecting our work; in vestigating the need of new lines of work, such as, municipal control of slaughtering, store inspection, and securing whole time services of a plumbing inspector Matters of in- terest to the department were dis cussed at each meeting The secur- ing of an appropriation for a muni- cipal slaughter house was the result of considerable work on the part of the board, and the advanta ges to the Community from this one sec- ton cannot be over estimated.
 Financial Report.
 Receipts.
 Appropriation ........$ 10,774.00 Plumbers fees and mis-
 celIaneous .......... 74.3 5 heCelpLS } lU, S4S. 5 3 Expenditures.
 Garbage collection ......s 2,951.96 Maintenance of office and
 laboratory 945. .61 1 Drugs and disinfectants 221.15 | TIlnIlng supplies etc., 2S2.7 1 Wagon repairs ....... 17O.85 . Salaries .............. 2,751.0O 1 Milk Meat and Food and
 l Plumbing ...... 6S.16
 Transportation ........ 60O.OO | Care of tuberculosis
 patients .......... 1,887.74 l Burial of dead animals Al OO ] Deposited with the Citv
 Treasurer ......... 7435 | Balance unused ..... S53 70 10,S4S.3E
 Laboratory Work and Contagious Diseases.
 The value of the laboratory as ar