New Britain herald., 1919-09-10

ItClay Hart Wcdu11S Tom mOFrON-NCw
 Minister For Advent Church
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 ice Men-Arthur Stanley Critically
 pr. J. N. Bull, health officer for the
 town of Plainville, has prepared his annual report for the state board of health. For the year ending Septem-
 Der 1, 1919, he reports the following cases of communicable infectious dis
 eases: Scarlet fever, 5 measles, 6; dlphtheria, 1; tuberculosis, l. 1obar pneumonia, 4. No malaria was re- ported during the year. There was no typhoid excepting the cases at the Plainville Camp Ground and no local cases were included in them Dr.
 Bull investigate and found that the trouble was not traceable to any local cause, the milk and water at the place being free from impurities
 The three cases of scarlet fever
 were traced to causes outside of PlainNtlle and were found to have been introduced by means of carriers. The six cases of measles were also traced to outside points and were probably brought to this town by car rlerS. In reading an army report of the number of rejections of men in cluded in the draft, Dr. Bull found a reference to Plainville and the report stated that 30 local men were rejected on account of tuberculosis. This state ment conflicts with the local health officers report but Dr. Bulls explana- tion of the case is that the army re- port includes all men from surround ing towns who were included in draft district No. which had it's headquar- terS in PlainVile. All men in the dis trlct were examined in Plainville and the mistake may have occurred in this manner. The health officers report contained only one case of tuberculo- SIS. The four cases of lobar pneu- monia were traced to pandemic in f1uenza which swept the country a year ago. The single case of diph- theria was untra ceable
 This leaves but one case of infec- tious disease which may possibly have it origin in town. According to Dr. Bulls statement, this is an unusual condition in a town with the popula-
 ton of Plainville.
 Dr. Dull reports that the influenza of the milk supply and finds that the product handled by all of the dealers is pure and is handled under sanitary conditions The water supply has also been examined and pr. Bull states that he found no contamination
 or impurities in either the reservoir supply or that obtained from the pumps used in the summer.
 An inspection of the school build ings and property showed them to be in excellent sanitary condition
 pr. Bull reports that the ifluenza epidemic of last year affected Plain- vile in the usual proportion as to the number Of cases reported but he adds that the death rate in this town was considerably lower than that in many surrounding communities In the opinion of the health officer, the in
 fluenza will not return this year as an epidemic, although it is almost certain that there will be scattered cases of the disease.
 pr. Bull stated that this years re- port to the state department is the
 best he has ever submitted despite the fact that for a number of years Plainville has had a very low percent age Of contagious and infectious dis eases.
 The health officers report again
 brings to mind the old arguments in favor of a sewage system for the town of Plainville. Dr. Bull states in his report that the position of health of- fcer in this town becomes at times a difficult and even an unpleasant task
 owing to the fact that there is no sewage system and no provision for the removal and disposition of garb- age and waste. He has received a number of complaints arising from the lack of rules and regulations cov- ering this and the question of con- struCtiOn and care of Outhouses. The question has been a source of asita- tion for a mum Der of years in Plain