Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-03
NEW LONDON NOI. GaE MAN I01|N
People Still Control the Affairs A. the Healsh Officer salary sMatta Shows = Diphtheria Epidemic u Present Time.

himelf and was disposed Co give <F~ cry man a square deal, and <It4f 11<- urally he expected fair dealing /rEu the representatives p1 labor just 1s he There has been no response Co fI4 mayors letter, and ft therelpE1 i1 be- iieved the chapter Concerning the z1I / ary of the dealth officer is closed for at least one year. So mote if be.
 No, the end is not yet, for pr. Black
 has come back and is now the eH1r
 on Horseback.n There is an euiraf1ici of dfphtheria in New London. and
 there have been three deaths from the
 the people were wondering whether
 Dr. Black was suiking and not per- forming the duties of health officer even If the salary was not to hiE liE ing, and permitting the disease 10 spread without any effort on his part to check 1t. There was some talk on the subject, and then some m0r1- A1 a result Mayor Rogers called a meet ing of the health department officials and members of the school board. It was quickly learned that there Waa friction between the medical fnapec- tors of schools and the health officer. and Dr.. Black declared that in a61f- tipn, he could not get the police as sistance required to enforce Quara1,- tiiio, that the money required to carry o:l campaign against the disease Was net available, under the existing con dttIons, and that instead of supportina I ths health department and the health officer they were held up for unjust criticism and ridicule. Dr. Black said the spread of the disease could be checked. but not without a>proper sup | port of the health department Be would undertake the work provided 1 there was no interference on the part of the school inspectors who ought to be connected with the health instead l of the school department, If he was guaranteed police support and sup pied with money sufficient to carry on tho work properly. Dr. Black was as- 1 tion with the present epidemic would ! be complied with, and the school bard representatives waived their rights to name the medical inspectors of schools It was agreed that Dr. Black should succeed to the command I of the situation.
 | pr. Black immediately appoinfsd some of his medical friends as school
 inspectors. issued orders that no chii- dren under sixteen be admitted to places of public amusement, and he issued a set of regulations for general observance, and he has commenced his active work. in his own way. and with tue guaranteed support of the mayor. who is the chief of police. Dr. Black said that the spread of the disease is due in the main to the careless meth ocs of the school inspectors. He ac- knuwiedged. however. that he had full authority4o intervene, but he declared that he got through making enemies and now proposed to make some frieEds. However, he was now ready to perform his full duty as health of ficer. without fear or favor, in the in-
 ter est of public health, provided there was no undue interference by city of fcials who considered few dollars. or their political advancement, above the
 public health, especially the health of
 the children, who were threatened i with death by a most malignant dis I ease, Yes. now Dr. Black Is in the
 saddle. and he will put his opponents
 to the test, for he proposes to light
 the spread of diphtheria, and win
 court criticism, Dr. Black has come back into his own, and the doctor is
 himself again, the real health officer
 II of the city.