New Britain herald., 1918-01-23
HEALTH OFFICER
 COMPLETES REPORT
Only Three Gases Of Pneumonia
 So Far This Winter
DOCTOR BULL SATISFIED

Convention Of Advent Christian
 Church Opens F'riday-vacation
 Days Are E1ndcd--EuneraI of Sarah
 Jane Johnson Held Today
 The monthly report of the Plain vile health officer pr. J. N. Bull is given below, and gives proof to the healthy condition of the town. Only one case of diphtheria was reported in the town and this case was imme- diately left to the proper authorities and the patient removed to the isO- lation hospital in Hartford. It will be surprising to the townspeople to learn that with all the bad weather exper- fenced there were only three eases of pneumonia, and not one of them re- suited in death. Pneumonia is now classed with contagious diseases and for this reason the patients are kept in quarantine during the time of ill., ness. There was a total of ten cases of scarlet fever, and not one of them was of a serious nature except for the one at the home of M. Bosco, which resulted in the death of young child. There was also an epidemic of humps which affected both the young and old people of the town. Dr. Bull made the statement that the general health of the town was satisfactory in every respect and that this has been one of the easiest winters for sick ness as far as it has gone, even though some hard weather has been experienced.
 Advent Christian Convention.
 The special quarterly session of the Connecticut and West Massachusetts Advent Christian conference will be held in the Plainville A. c. church Friday afternoon and evening. The ministerial committee will meet at Il a. m. to make an examination of all candidates for the ministry. The business session will be held at o'clock in the afternoon. At o'clock an address will be made and at 6:30 o'clock there will be a social given in honor of those in charge of the conference by the memb bers of the church. An interesting address is scheduled for s o'clock in the evening and it is expected that a large dele 1 gation of visitors and those in charge be served at 5:30 o'clock by the 1
 
 Plainviuc Goes Back to Work.
 At o'clock this morning the fa- 1 miliar factory whistle was heard in and around the town of Plainville, l once more calling the people to their tasks after a vacation of five days. The heads of the concerns were just as anxious to open up the factories as the people were to return to work and it did not take long before things " ere running in the same shape as they were previous to the order of l Fuel Administrator Garfield, which caused the shutting down of all fac tories except those exempted for mil itary reasons The only local fac- l tory exempted was the Rockwell Drake company's plant which is en- Dloyed in the manufacture of impor- tant parts for machine guns and ne- cessary equipment of the United States military forces. The factories will continue to operate until Satur- day when they will again close down until the following Tuesday and con- tinue to do so for the time included in the closing order.
 Funeral of Sarah Jane Johnson
 The funeral of Sarah Jane John-
 
 this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from her late home. She was one of the oldest residents of Plainville, being G2 at the time of her death Rev. Ward officiated at the funeral and was in the West ceme- tery in Bristol
 Funeral of MargonolIi Child.
 The funeral of Anthony Margonol- Ii, the infant son of Frank Margon- olH was held this morning from the home. Burial was in Saint Joseph's cemetery.
 Letter From Earle Madeley.
 Tn answer to the great many re- quests for letters that are received by him in his mail from the pupils of the Plainville Grammar school, Corporal Earle Madeley has written a letter to the whole class in which he thanks them for their kind remembrances md explains just why it is impossible for him to answer all the letters that he gets from them. The following is his letter:
 "Somewherc in France,
 Dec. ', 1917. ITO the Pupils Of the PlainvilIe
 Grammar school
 Dear Girls and BOys:-
 Having received letters from sev- eral of you, and every one asking for an answer, I have decided to write ! letter to you for your benefit which will request MT. Judd to read to you. I will try to write a personal etter to all of you that write to me