Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-13

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DR.. Holton. then secretary of the board,
| in answer to a query. "As complaints
continued to come in" said DR..
Wheeler, 1--WE purchased some fine
combs. visited the worst school, exam
ined all of the pupils heads with
combs which we disinfected by dipping
in petroleum as we went from pupil
| to pupil" Finally, after several weeks
the selectmen themselves visited sew
| eral homes. but met with resistance.
They consulted the States attorney
| who told them 1--WE have more power
than the Car of Russia" One house
| had to be placarded and when the
| card was taken off the family left
| town.
Last April the disease" broke out
again and several pupils had to be sent
home. "Our people are educated to
the point where it would be no great
hardship" concluded Mr. Wheeler, ito
quarantine and placard upon complaint
the same as in all other infectious
cases"
The paper was discussed by DR..
II. S. Martyr, health officer of Shrews
bury. and l.. W. Bush. health officer
| of Brcoklne.
VILLAGE SEWAGE DISPOSAL.
Sewage Disposal for Small vii
lagos" was the topic of paper read
by Prof. J. w. Votcy. sanitary en-
gineer of tho board. The problem of
disposal was complicated. the author
showed. by the presence of different
sorts of industries and factories in a
village. Most of the larger Vermont
streams were receiving waste from viii
lagos on their banks. The defect of
such method was that the volume of
sewage was often too great for the
volume of water in the stream.
/ Professor Notey described some OF
the standard methods of disposal. The
settling tank, he said. was cleaned al
regular intervals. the other form OF
tank only once in two or three years
Contact beds We're often used in con-
junction with the tanks. The percolat-
ing or trickling filter was another
method. The sewage was aerated by
being sprayed over the bed. which was
provided with a coarscr material thar
that used in the contact bed. Disinfec-
ton was necessary if the sewage
found its way into stream used foi
bathing or drinking purposes.
| Professor Notey described at length
the common septic tank. The Inhof
or two-story tank, in his opinion
made possible the highest degree OF
publication. Any method employing a
tank had the merit usually Of cheap
ness. The speaker recommended the
employment of a competent engineer
by any village which contemplated in.
, stalling a new system.
Dr. r. ID. Worden of Montgomer,
, and DR.. C. r. Dean Of Salisbury. health
IrA
vcintes.
NUISANCE ABATEMENT.
DIR. A. H. Wright. health officer a
. Wilmington spoke of "Nuisances and
: Their Abatement" DR.. Ladd discussing
the paper at the conclusion of the
reading.
DR.. Wright classified nuisances int
two groups. one of which included tn.
less public. the other the more publ,
sort Condemning Of dwelling house.
and schoolhouses in villages, thu
smoke nuisance. etc. were examples
Of the latter kind. The manure pile
! one of the former class. was danger
Gus because 1t bred flies and rats
= which were carriers of disease. TIL,
throwing of dead animals into stream
, was a greater menace still to public
health. 1t endangered the health o
5 cattle we'll as man. The dish clotl
harbored a variety Of germs. and /
should be boiled in hot water dali,
and then hung out to dry in the sun
Refrigerators should be cleaned ant
= exposed to sunshine daily. But tn
: worst of all nuisances was splitting.
mere habit and not necessary even 70
I smokers.
n u .;1rl,
ing of a personal communication t,
the guilty person with request that tn
l letter he acknowledged. Tact an,
= diplomacy" We're invalua BILE. he said, IL
: spite of the power which the Stat
D gave its health officers.
INFANTILE PARALYSIS DISCUSSED
lnfantile paralysis was the sub
. ject for the evening meeting. Tn
first speaker WAS Dr. c. s. Caverly
t president Of the State board of health
whose talk was illustrated with stereop
ticon slides. DR. Caverly gave histor,
OF the disease as 1t has been made in Yer
mont. He had many charts thrown o,
the screen which showed the relation o
weather conditions upon the past epidem
= les.
=. The next speaker was DR.. Robert W
:, Lovett surgeon of the Children's hosplte
, nj Boston. DR.. Lovett gave history of tn
. | discoveries he has made in connection
. with the disea So after the year and one
half he has devoted to Us study in Yer
mont. He gave il as his opinion that tn
method taken by the state Of Vernon
. was the best. He visited several centra
points throughout the State where he he'll
4 clinics. examining the cases which wer