New Britain herald., 1918-05-21
DEPT. SEEKS lFOR NEW CHAIRMAN
bnnot Persuade Dr. BodIey to i Serve Another Year

NRThe, health department is experi- 8cing. considerable difficulty in secur- @ g a man who is fitted for the posi- Nbn, Vet who can spare sufficient < sne, to act as chairman of the board. H& the adjourned annual meeting, yes h8rday, 3Dr. George H. Bodley reit- B#ated his previous destinations to s $rve again, and when the other com- 8#issioners essayed to persuade him to 8Bsain take the office, he positively re- Nhsed, explaining that with his private Practice, his hospital work and his H8utie@t as chairman of the medical Advisory board, it would be impossible Moth Dr. T. E. Rocks and Dr. H. T. Kay have also found it impossible to Frye. pr. Bodley will act as tenn sRorary chairman until the next meet kSg on June 10, when he will definitely Hky aside the reins of the department. Dr.. NIoore's Recommendations.
 M pr. H. F. Moore, superintendent of #ealth !. read his recommendations |pcludjng the financial reports as lloW3A
 ITO me, it seems that the following Eaters should have the earnest at
 Rntion of the board of health during Hhe coming year: CD Control and ex- 1Rnsion of the work now being carried |An by the Infant Welfare station: this Fork is of great importance, in view .Sf the effort being made toward the Conservation of infant life, and espe- Rally when the nation must inevitably Wffer in population in it's effort to Mnake the world safe for democracy: 12) for the control of epidemic dis Masses, the erection of an isolation hos
 Rital is becoming imperative; (3) nally, control and elaboration to q lore thorough form of medical in
 8pection of the school children; from | superficial examination of the chil- $ren who appear at this office with Requests for school permits, I know
 That there exists today among the 8ising generation of New Britain Rauch. preventable disease; for exam.
 Ne, chronically enlarged and often in
 Bcted tonsils, adenoids, cervial adeni,
 Els and foul teeth. All these are DOT
 3als 1f entry for disease germs, anG
 s.ey Soften directly or indirectly han. k1icap the children mentally and phy. Ssically so that as men and women theS Twill afterward be of less economic
 value to themselves and to their coun. Atry than they would be had theil Troubles been rectified early in life The financial report of the depart Ament was: Receipts available for the Rdepartm ent's use: Plumbers license sfees,~ $105; license fees, $3450 Aslaughter house fees, $1,099.40; mis scellaneous, $9.26; total, $1,24S.16; ap kpropriation, $17,53O. Expenditures ROfice and laboratory maintenance Ss1 ,328.95; collection of garbage $S5 ,404.O9; wagon repairs, S25t print ling, $194.31; road and maintenance O. slaughter house, $1,261.59; salaries fol RheIp fRot on the salary list, $498O tuberculosis work, S975.11; trans portation, $589.13; disinfectants, drug land quarantine, $508.14; incidenta
 kaccount, $1,147.51; milk station lS250; balance, $866.17; total, $17,530 Other Annual Reports.
 I The yearly report of Plumbing In spector Thomas Quinlivan showed that he has made 2,212 inspections 1,257 fixtures have been installed ir new buildings and 1,149 installed il old b&ildings, all of which have beer Inspected, Other items were: 2Ot pieces of plumbing repaired; +9.s7;