Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-02
Ss9Y WELFARE
CLINIC LIKELY
TOCOME HERE
Progress Also Made at Health
Board Meeting on venereal
Disease Clinic

j Further steps toward the open
ing of an infant welfare clinic and
a clinic for the treatment of ven
ereal diseases were taken at a
meeting of the Board of Health
last night when it was decided to
inspect rooms which are under
consideration as suitable for the
clinics.
The board will meet informally
this afternoon and look over a
suite in the National Bank Build
ing Smith street and New Bruins
wick avenue. The location was de-
cided upon as ideal, if satisfactory
terms can be obtained and if de-
sired alterations may be made in
the installation of plumbing and
partitions.
The health commissioners, all OF
whom were present with the excep-
ton of John Amaczi, were enthusias-
tic over the report of Health Officer
DR.. Charles S. Thompson and Edward
Dalton who made a trip to Keyport
last week to inspect the Infant We'll
fare station there. The station COW
ers all of Monmouth county and is
operated privately at the expense Of a
Mrs Thompson. The doctor in charge
has operated the clinic for nearly a
year and is about to retire now In
favor of another young physician. He
said that the equipment needed was
of the simplest and most inexpensive
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working at one of the stations should
make 1t a desirable opportunity for 9
young doctor, rather than an unpleas-
ant duty.
The Keyport physicians were all op-
posed to him when he first opened the
clinic, he said. and he had difficulty in
reaching the mothers and children.
At his suggestion he met the doctors
of the town at a joint conference and
finally won them over until now they
are unanimously in support of the
clinic. When he attempted to with
draw some weeks ago a petition sign
ed by nearly twelve hundred mothers
was circulated requesting him to come
back.
1t appeared to be the unanimous
sentiment of the board that station
could be operated in this city as sue
cessfully as in Keyport. The names
OIL SSNeTdI yOulS uOclOTS III lHo City
were suggested as able to take the
work which at first would amount to
only a few hours week.
After considerable discussion II
was decided to separate the infant
welfare station and the venereal
disease clinic. According to the plans
of last night there will probably be
three rooms, one general receiving
room, and the other two consultation
rooms for the welfare station and
clinic respectively.
1t is believed that If the rooms In
the bank building can be obtained
satisfactorily some agreement will be
reached in time to commence the in
stallation of apparatus without delay.
The Board instructed the secretary
to notify the garbage collector to get
a license to collect garbage, to keep
his wagons covered and to keep the
garbage dump at the end Of Penn
street covered. The motion was made
by Mr.. Dilts, who declared that con-
ditions at the dump were as bad as
they had been, pictured. According
to the state law a dumping ground In
the city must have the approval OF
the board of health as well as the
governing body of the municipality.
The health officer reported that he
had seen Mr.. McKeon and that he
had said that he would be present at
the meeting last night but the gar
bage contractor did not appear.