Milford chronicle., 1916-03-24
FIRST REGULAR MEETING OF
CUR new BOARD OF HEALTH

The first regular meeting of tn
Board of Health appointed for thl
year 1916 was held on March 16, 1916
) The organization Of the board is al
follows: Paul Poetschke, president
p. r. Carlisle, Jr., NJ. d., physician
g. c. Pierce, secretary; George Z
Roach and John W. Welch. The com
pensation of the secretary was fixeC
/, at $4,000 per annum, and William
Viereck was appointed to serve a,
clerk of the board for the coming
year, the salary of the secretary t.
be paid to him for his services. Mr.
Viereck attends all meetings of the
board and takes care of all the cler.
ical work. Regular meetings of the
Board will be held on the first Friday
evening of each month"; at o'clock
1t is requested that all complaints
whenever possible. be made to the
secretary of the board of health in
writing.
A special meeting of the board was
held on Tuesday evening. March 21,
1916. full board and clerk being pres
ent.
The following regulations were
adopted;
No Hogs to be Raised.
The Board Of Health will not issue
any permits for the keeping OF hogs
within the limits Of the town of Mil
ford.
The spreading and curing Of pea
vines will be prohibited within the
limits of the town of Milford.
A committee was appointed to in
vestigate the conditions pertaining to
a Frta 1,1
perty of A. j. Ross, in order to deter
mine whose sewage empties into the
ditch, and to make a full report at
the next meeting.
Garbage TO be Collected.
The president was authorized to ad-
vertise for the free collection of gar
bage and refuse. and anyone who is
interested in this matter should take
it up at once and apply to the secre- |
tapy of the board in writing. Ar
rangements will he made for the pro-
per separation Of garbage and refuse
and the sole right to collect garbage
will be given to anyone who will
collect it, Garbage so col |
lected can be used for feeding hogs |
and anyone interested in this propo-
sition will find it profitable to make |
such collections for the town. There |
is a good deal of property which |
could be filled in by refuse collected |
and the sole right will be given to |
any individual who wishes to use the |
refuse for filling in property. Appli |
cations should be made to the secre |
-ary of the board of health for the priv
lege.
Two offenders Of the ordinance
with reference to hogs were notified
70 remove the hogs from town limits
md this already has been carried out
MIX Dealers Must Get Permit.
The board of health will prohibit
he sale Of milk within the town of
Milford by a dairyman or other indi-
'idual, unless said dairyman or other
shall procure, from the
BOARD of health a permit, to be revo-
able at the option of the Board at
my time, a nominal fee to be charged
or the permit. This will be enforced
IN the first day of April, 1916. and ev-
,ryOne desiring to sell milk within
he town of Milford should immediate
Y make application to the secretary
# the board of health for such per-
nit
NO Splttlng on the Streets
Splitting on the streets and public
,laces of Milford will be prohibited. /
nd the proper signs will be posted
n the same manner as last year.
Health Officer for Milford.
A resolution was introduced to pc {
ition the Town Council of Milford !
D appoint an officer of the board of {
ealth, to spend two full days each ,
-eek in the service of the board. Ii
This is a very important petition f
nd should receive the support of the {
eople, because it is the only way in
-hich the town can be cleaned up. III
is hoped in this way to make Mil
)rd the cleanest town in the state \
T Delaware and if the Town Council e
ives the board of health the services
an officer. It will enable them to en-
,rce all regulations. which under {
resent conditions is practically inn d
Ossible.- The support of the people fl
this matter is earnestly requested. s
Must Report Contagious Diseases. n
The physicians of the town of Mil y
'rd are notified that they must send a
.ports of all contagious diseases to
ie local board of health at the same "
lAS NAu SA tAAS SahAS SaA Ao 40 AplA-
,ations are sent to the State Board h
Health.
Photos Taken Of Nulsances.
Photographs were exhibited show :,
& filthy conditions in the rear of Y
aces of business Of a number of D
ores located in the town and the "
cretary was ordered to instruct all W
ese offenders to clean up. al
Filthy conditions we're reported in
e case of six individuals and the o.
cretary was ordered to notify these o
lenders through the officers of the y
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