The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-29
Vast Changes in City's Sys- tenn of Combating Disease Urged By Expert Pro- poses New Hospital, Health Department Build ing and Nightly Street Flushing.
Only Three Cases of Polio myelitis Reported in Week Two Suspects Recorded Today Insurance Com pany Has 40 Inspectors Doing Sanitation Work in This City.

fnent system of Bridgeport, regardless of expense, are proposed by pr. Asra- Jham Sophian. the health expert Fol lowing are Improvements. which, he eaid today, are absolutely necessary To the welfare of Bridgeport:
 City hospital for contagious and infectious disease cases.
 Health department building.
 Bacteriologicn laboratory.
 Clinics, separate from health v department offices.
 sf New and sanitary slaughter
 house.
 Flushing streets every night
 with fire hose. #s
 Checking up on all physicians
 report of contagious and fnfec- !
 tious diseases.
 Supervision by health depart
 ment of all quarantines. PasteuriEation of all milk.
 .The city should provide for ita ,sick," said Dr. Sophian, this morn-' Ing.
 Bridgeport will never be a Spot less jTown in my opinion. but there are certain things that can be done, and should be done, which will im- prove the situation. There are three things that matter in>life, as sec itT health, Aducaticn and business. A. ter all. life Is nothing else but Sthese three Health is the most impor- tant. Without 1t, the others couldn't .sEvery % city of any size has sts city hospital. Many cities smaller than Bridgeport have them SYou have two private hospitals here. but there are some cases they won't take. That's perfectly proper. But what would i've have done in this outbreak of in fantile paralysis had the new Hillside home not been Sonstructed? The lrituation was met only by chance, and ct that through the kindness of the ycharitieG department allowing the use
 we couldn't have taken these children to ! private hospital. The Isolation hospital is all right fs far as. it goes, but how far does 1t go? lit isn't equipped for this Kind of work. The old aImshouSe was i'm possible. It Is frame building; yer Imin n-ridden, 1and we would have no right to take children from their homes and expose them to the dan -Igers of such place.
 Z ssWe need q health department ilbuilding. These officers are abso- ilutely inadequate. I have been told that in the other building the clinic Tor skim disease was condycted in lthe department ofices. That's an im- possible state of affasrs.
 sThe streets of the city should be flushed every night with fire hose. lespecial1y nov. They will be made lcleaner that way thar if they were dcrubbed.r
 zIndtcating by his words that Di- rectorNpf Public Works J. A. Courtade 'jcontinues to maintain his attitude of indifference to public need of demand. lpr. gophian said:
 s.H is not q question whether you're . better street cleaner than MT. Cour-' ltade. 1t is q question of health. Those lstreets should be clean It would be idne if the 1lremen would do 1t, but in any event, men will be obtained to do the work, starting tonight 2
 Dr. sophian called up Mayor Will son this morning when he learned ,Courtade, hadn't compiled with his request. The mayor promised to do Isomething about 1t. .
 The health inspectors bid fair to make MT. Courtade's department sit up and take notice, if Dr. Sbphian's orders are carried out. He. .saad today he will have them look over the streets and find things that should be reme- died by the public works department. then make report to MT. Courtade in the expectation--or hope, that he Will improve the conditions.
 We don't do, this to call attention of anyone to his errors. want the fire- men, the policemen and others to call attention of the board of health to whats needed, ar what is undone by the department. In that way we will have ! multitude of inspectors work ing for us, doing the work a large stan couldn't do.
 The new slaughter house. of course, I1s necessary. I understand the man who holds the garbage reduction con- tract has agreed to build one. A veterinarian will be established there 10 inspect the animals, before and after killing.
 We have already arranged for bac- Pathological examinations. A srafr of girls will be employed under an eff fcfent supervisor. for the work, These girls will be trained and efficient -ve have made tentative agreement with a bacteriologist to take the position. A man. capable. probably will be en. raxed provided his credentials are found good. We have dropped nego- tiations with the woman bacterioiogist 1n New York.
 Another thing we snail institute is absolute supervision of quarantines by the health department. Hitherto phy- eicians have lifted the quarantines. The health department hereafter will \ designate the dates for lifting them.
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