The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-06-26
yERMONT'S NEW
HEALTH SYSTEM
District No. 3 Comprises Bennington
Country with Headquarters at Man
chester. DIR. Eliot Presiding 0ficer

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Country with Headquarters at Man
chester. DIR. Eliot Presiding Ofiicel
An inovation in Vermont is the sys
tenn Of public health regulation adopt
ed by the Legislature of 1919. Pro
ceeding the authority given it, tn,
State Board of Health announced the
division of the state into ten sanitary
districts, and also the appointment OF
nine of the District presiding officers
Under the provisions of this Act, all
physicians will be required to placard
houses in disease coming TO their at
tention. Placards for this purpose
will be placed in the Offices of the
town clerk so they will be readily OBJ
tainable by the physicians and others.
Heads of families in whose household
occur cases of communicable disease
which are not attended by physicians
will be required to report Immediately
TO the District Health Officer and also
under his order secure suitable placard
from the town clerk, which must be
placed on the house.
Cities and towns of five thousand
population and over may have the
services of their own local health
officer if they provide for the salary
and expenses of such an officer and, in
such cases, citizens should report to
their own local health officer instead of
to the District Health Officer.
The law providing for this system
goes into effect July 1st and arrange
ments are made for its operation in
all districts except comprising Rutland
county. If appointment is not made
in this district before July 1st, local
health officers of all town included in
the district will be continued in their
work until such appointment is made.
Maps showing divisions in the state
and headquarters of the District
Health Officers will be posted in pub
lie places in all towns so that the citi-
zens may be fully informed on the
subject.
Selection of District Health Officers
has been made with great care by the
State Board of Health, over forty ap-
plications having been considered for
the positions. All District Health
Officers will meet at the State Board
Of Health building in Burlington dur
ing the week beginning June 10th, at
which time every phase of the law,
will be gone over carefully in detail
and uniform method of procedure
and policy decided upon for all condi-
tions, Every man so far appointed is
fully alive to the responsibilities of
his Office, and it is expected that all
physicians and citizens will give their
entire cooperation to this work.
Vermont is one of the three states
n the Union to inaugurate the District
Health Officer system this year, the
,ther staes being Ohio and Alabama.
Several other states have such an or
yanization in prospect and it is prob
Ible that the new system will gradu-
lily extend. The Vermont organiza-
ion is, however, unique in several i'm
'ortant details and the whole country !
5, therefore, looking to this state for
of the benefits of such
n organization.
The list of town included in Dis {
rict No. 9 and the presiding officer of I
he district is as follows. t
Arlington, Bennington, Dandy, Dor S
ct, Glastonbury, Landgrove, Man S
hester, Mount Tabor, Pawlet, Peru, S
'ownal, Readsboro, Rupert, Sandgate, t
haftsbury, Stamford, Sunderland, v
Voodford. q
Headquarters at Manchester. DR.. !
Ienry w Eliot. Native of Connecti- I
ut; graduate if the University Of Yer
lont College Of Medicine in 1898. i
erved for ten years in the medical i
apartment of the United States t
.rmy and three years with the Board t
Health in the Philippine Islands. i
uring the European War, was com e
lissioned in the Medical Corps of the il