The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28
STATE HEALTH j ] ,! ] I
 BOARD URGING
 MANY CHANGES
Want New Sanitary Code, Bigger Staff and Much
 Wider Powers.

A66OA k0UcSAA CcAAA ASANSAA
 Wider Powers.
 Strong recommendations for a new sanitary code for Connecticut are contained in the annual report of the state board of health. : fi According to the report, legislation Is deemed advisable to give the board authority to, adopt and enforce a san itafy code, to fix standards and qual- if1cations for health officers and to appoint certain division heads and health officers. # ;1
 The report would also provide for an epidemfologist and sanitary en- gineeri and fore,four deputy state 4ofs icers who may be assigned to dis tricts with necessary clerical force. It would also permit 4the nomination of local health officers by local town of #ficers and tWouid also make ~it% possi- ble for adjoining towns to. consolidate for the purpose sof employing a-full time health officer. It would define the duties and sreIatio ionships of vari ous health officials for the develop ment of arl effective and harmonious organization.
 ' the esapproprfatfon must be material 5 lyincreased, if the above plan of reorganization is adopted The pres ent appropriation is equivalent to, a tax of 2 cents per capita and it is .es- timatedg that the X new systems- will add to this 21a cents per. capita for each year for the state bureau. This a isgl cent per capita less than the f1,n sesopv pl&pose made byl all other New Eng la{ {d states.
 Eha report to p, the governor. ' will { sal that the. state has outgrown it's p1 saI1t health system.- and, that the rd idly changing social and economic < ca %ditions, coupled with recent dis coVeries in science and sanitation have placed certain responsibilities Z on- the board which cannot be met under the present organization. Ac- cording to. the report, the board must have more than advisory power, a close relationship must be establish Ised. between the board and the local health officers and uniformity of reg ulations must be imperative. VI ll The, report will deal extensively With the recent. epidemic of infantile
 
 lhad the board been endowed with 1.-the power to institute and carry out protective measures the chaotic con- ditions and extraordinary expense in i the various towns of the state would have been avoided, the confidence of the public would have been re- taired and health authorities would < have been saved humiliation.
 1n ion of the dairy and food department with the health board the report will say that there are certain problems which will have tofbe met for which no provision is made at the present time. The control of spring and bot tiled waters is by law delegated. to the state board as we'll as the anaW- sis of milk but the problems which must be met and for which provis- ions should be made are the inspec- tinn of oysters and oyster grounds, the inspection of meat and meat products and the regulation of cold storage. lf
 The report will say that with the passage Of acts concerning sewage disposal and the pollution of water supplies additional powers were conferred on the state board of health and the responsibility and work demanded increased. No specific ! Appropriation to carry out the intent 2of the acts was made and the efforts of the board have been confined to considering plans for future opera tons. A plan of organization to en- force the acts effectively has been s made and the board is prepared to go forward with it is soon as the state. makes the necessary appropria- A ton.
 Particularly has the need of con- trol over the operation of water puri- f1cation and sewage treatment works been shown. Large sums have been expended by municipalities and towns in installing works for the treatment of sewage which, so far as conserving the purities of our waters because of lack of skilled supervision and intelli- gent operation might just as we'll have never been constructed. Out of Is municipal and town sewage treat ment plants inithe state but three are delivering stable effuent and some s immediate action should be forth coming. :. Parties developing suburban plots of land should be required to I pT0yluo fadSQudl6 WaIeT aHu sewage service. The need of. authority to conserve and protect the rights of smaller towns o-a pure and liberal supply Of water and the insistence on ths recognition of this right by the larger municipalities and companies when making provisions for increas- ing supplies is imperative. Some more definite control over the schools and public institutions of the state from 2 sanitary standpoint is desired and @ specific power in treating nuisances such as abbatcirs, rendering and other industrial plants which are lia- ble to pollute the air and water of the community is very much to be AAsfred
 THE, WEATHEn :.