New Britain herald., 1917-07-10
HIGGINS BOWS TO
 HEALTH BOARD WILL
Orders Tenants to YaCate Win-
 throp Street House

house owned by John J. Higgins o authorities have taken action becaus of alleged inSanitary conditions. Tn report will state that Mir. Higgins ha decided to close the house and Ina already ordered the tenants to va cate. A new health ordinance wi also be recommended which will pro vide that all restaurants, drug store and other places selling milk mus fill their glasses from closed an sanitary receptacle. Another new or dinance to be recommended will pei init the slaughtering of calves on tn farm. instead of having to take ther to the municipal slaughter house.
 Control of Poliomyeltis,
 The monthly bulletin of the healt issued today. has tn following to state concerning the cor trol of poliomyeltis, or infantile par a lysiS:
 It will undoubtedly prove of
 interest to the people of New
 Britain to know the decision
 reached at a conference of the
 state boards of health of North
 America last month regarding
 the measures for the control of
 poliomyeltis, and suggestions as
 minimum requirements for the
 control of the disease
 Briefly it is as follows:
 First That an isolation period
 for the patient of not less than
 two weeks nor more than three
 weeks from the onset be re-
 Quired unless the temperature
 has not not returned to normal
 in the meantime.
 Second. That children in the
 same household in contact with
 a patient be restricted from
 places of public assembly for a
 period of. fourteen days from last
 date of contact. as determined by
 health officer
 Third. That an adult of the
 household. if the patient is prop
 erly isolated, may continue his
 vocation, provided it does not
 bring him into contact with chill
 dren at any time.
 For Disinfectfon the Rule fs
 First. That the discharges from nose. throat and bow els of the patient be disinfest- ed promptly; second the care taker shall wash her hands with soap and hot water promptly af- ter handling said discharges, or
 waiting upon patient; third, iso- lation shall be terminated by a thorough washing of the entire - body and hair of the patient, and the room shall be cleaned With soap and hot water, and stunned: fourth, sick-room precaution should include the usual atten- ton to cleaning and disinfection of eating utensils, personal and bed clothing, rugs. door knobs. and other things handled by the patient or caretaker
 Board Favors Isolation.
 Regarding the control of infanti, paralysis. the New Britain healt board has issued the following state nent of it's views:
 The committee approves the remo\ Il to hospitals of patients affecte with poiomyelitis when proper isola ion and satisfactory care for the pa tent cannot be secured in the home put the committee believes that dur ng the early stage of the disease tn patient needs rest in bed and tha transfer to a hospital may be detr] mental to his welfare.
 Other suggested measures desisne 10 control the disease are:
 (a) The committee does not recon mend the use of travel certificate. out travel and contact with childre should be discouraged.
 (b) Surveillance for persons com ng from infected districts, in tn opinion of your committee is not nee assary, unless the person has bee definitely exposed to infection.
 (d) Expert diagnosticians shoul be provided and the use of lumba puncture urged.
 f) Where poliomy occurs in school your committee advises tha the school be not closed, but that tn daily medical supervision be instttut ed.
 (g) Efficient screening and the us of approved insecticides should b so that the insects shall nc have access to the patient or his ex cretions.
 Other routine reports of the healt board contain interesting records The slaughter house report shows tn income for the month of June to hay been $52. The milk inspector collect ed 217 samples during the month an also inspected 229 COWS, of whic number three were ordered destroye because of disease. In nine cases tn milk was ordered condemned pendin the recovery of the animal.