The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-28
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HEALTH BOARDS ACQUISITION IS
 GIVEN SLASH|NC
No Cash for Assistant In spectors-Dr. Sherman
 To Be Let Out

Despite the assertion by Health Of ficer Dr. Walter H. Brown that a slight recurrence of the infantile par alysis scourge is possible next sum mer the board of apportionment and taxation yesterday refused to sanction appropriations for sanitary inspectors, school nurses and other health depart
 ment attaches. Mayor Wilson and Health Commissioner William L. Zepp argued for the appropriations asked, but the board thought them unwar-
 ranted and refused to grant more money for salaries to cOntinue the work now being done by the assistant
 sanitary inspectors.
 | Commissioners William E. Burnham and Sigmund .Loewith said these in l spectors were appointed during the infantile paralysis epidemic; now that l the epidemic has passed they are no longer required.
 In answer to a question from Com
 missioner Fred D. Keeler, Dr. Brown said that eminent health authorities held that a slight recurrence. of an epidemic usually followed in the re- 1 curing season. He recounted the epi- idemics of septic Nsore. throat, spinal minigitis and poIiomyelitis which had
 visited Bridgeport last summer and said the sanitary inspectors, by their 1 work, would in a large measure pre- vent a recurrence of these visitations. It developed at the meeting that when the term of Dr. Florence A. Sherman, medical inspector of schools, expires April 1 she will not be reap pointed. The board refused to allow appropriations to pay Third Assistant 1<x
 1,036 It also refused to allow for the
 salaries of Henry Kollmansperger Ashton Sanford, Michael CoIonary and
 spectors, who receive s936 per year each.
 In reply to a question from Com
 missioner William E. Bur1lham, Dr. Brown said it was not the intention of
 the health board to continue Dr. Sher- man in her position after April l. Incompa tibility,". was given by Dr. Brown as the reason for replacing Dr. Sherman. The health officer said that Dr. Sherman did not get along with any of the attaches in the health de- partment nor with any of the teachers or the officials of the school board with which her duties brought her in con- tact. When Commissioner Burnham
 suggested that it was strange it had
 taken seven years to find this out, Dr. Brown said he was open to conviction to the contrary. He said pr. Sherman was not making reports or doing work that was aiding him in building up the department. He intimated that Dr.
 Sherman's disposition was to do as she
 pleased without regard to the bearing her work had on the other branches of
 the department.
 T suppose you already have picked her successor?' Commissioner Burn ham asked.
 No, sir replied Dr. Brown. ''Ab- solutely no. We have not even con- sidered anyone
 pr. Brown said the increase in sal ary from $1,800 to $2,0O0 for the school medical inspector was based
 on the condition that in securing a successor to Dr. Sherman the board had to go into the open market and an officer specially trained for school work could not be procured for Ness money. The board cut out the item for the salary increase.
 The board cut out the assistant san- itary inspectors as stated above, re- fused proposed. increases in salaries of the milk and meat inspector and the assistant clerk. Instead of $7,550 for school nurses S6.7OO was allowed. 4 salary of $1,20O instead of $1,500 was allowed for supervisor of school | nurses. The total appropriation of 1 the board listed as regular" was cut