The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-16
An INOVATION
IN VERMONT s
HEALTH SYSTEM
Legislature of 1919 Inaugurated
District System
TWO MORE STATES HAVE IT
District No. 9 Comprises Bennington
county-Headquarters at Manehes-
ter-or. Eliot Presiding officer


An Innovation in Vermont is the
system of public health regulation
adopted by the legislature of 1919
Proceeding the authority given It.
the State Board CT Health announ-
ced the division of the state into
ten sanitary districts, and also the
appointment Of nine OF the District
visions of this Act, all physicians
win be reQuided to placard houses in
disease coming to their attention.
Piacards for this purpose will be
placed in the offices of the town
clerks so they will be readily OBJ
tainable by the physicians and others.
Heads of families in whose house
hold 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 Sc
cure 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 in
stead Of to the District Health OH
Ger.
The law providing for this system
goes into effect July LIST and arrange
ments are made for its operation in
all districts except comprising Rut-
land county. If appointment is not
made in this district before July 1st.,
local health officers Of all towns in
cluded in the district will be continu-
ed in their work until such appoint
meni is made. Maps showing divis-
ions in the state and headquarters Of
the District Health Officers win be
posted in public places in all towns so
that the citizens may be fully inform
ed on the subject
Se.setion CT District Health officers
has been made With great care by
the State oBard OF Health, over forty
applications having been considered
for the positions. Al District Health
Officers will meet at the State Board
Of Health building in Burlington dur
the week beginning June lG. at which
time every phase Of the law will be
gone over carefully in detail and a
uniform method of procedure and
policy decided upon for ali conditions.
Every man so far appointed Is fully
alive TO The responsibilities OF. his
office, and Il is expected that all
physicians and citizens will give their
entire cooperation 70 this work.
Vermont IS one Of the three states
in The Union 10 inaugurae the District
Health Oiieer system this year. the
other states being Ohio and Alabama.
Several other states have such an or
ganization in prospect and Il Is pro-
babe that the new system will grad
uaily extend. The Vermont organic.
alton is, however. unique in several
important details and the whole coun.
try is therefore, looking TO this state
for demonstration OF The benefits OF
such on organization.
The list OF Towns included In Dis
trict No. 0 and tho presiding officer
of the district is as follows:
Arlington, Bennington. Dandy. Dor
set Glastonbury, Landgrove, Manches,
ter Mount Tabor, Pawlet. Peru. Pow
nal, Readsboro. Rupert, Sandgate
SALISBURY Stamford Sunderland
i Woodford.
Headquarters at Manchester. Or
Henry W. Eliot Native of Connect
leut; graduate of the University OF
/ Vermont College Of Medicine in 1898
Served Ger ten years IN the medica
department of the United States Army
and three years with the Board Of
/ Health in tho Philippine Islands
During the European War, was com
mlssionod in the Medical Corps o
The army and served as sanitary Off
GER