The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-13
HEALTH OFFICER
SYSTEM STARTS
State Board Of Health An
nounces Appointments for
Nine of Ten Districts
DIR. CLARENCE H. BURR
IN BARRE DISTRICT
Cities and Towns Of 5000
Population May Have
Own Health Officer

The Vermont state board of health
announces the division of the state into
10 sanitary districts, according to the
district health officer law enacted by the
last legislature, and also the appoint
ment Of nine of the district health Off
GERS. Under the provisions of this act,
hll physicians will be required to placard
houses in which occur cases of COM
municable disease coming to their atten-
tion. Placards for this purpose will be
placed in the offices of the town clerks
so they will be readily obtainable by
physicians and Others Heads Of fam
lilies in whose household occur cases of
communicable disease which are not at
tended by physicians will be required to
report Immediately to the district health
officer and also under his orders secure
suitable placard from the town clerk,
which must be placed upon the house
Cities and towns of 5000 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 /, and arrangements are
made for its operation in all districts
except that comprising Rutland county
If appointment is not made in this dis
trict before July !, local health officers
of all towns 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 public places in all towns so
that the citizens 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 40 applications hay
ing been considered for the positions.
All district health officers will meet at
the state board of health building in
Burlington during the week beginning
june l6, at which time every phase Of
the law will be gone over carefully in
detail and uniform method of proceed
IRE and policy decided upon for all con-
dtions. Every man so far appointed is
fully alive to the responsibilities of his
office, and it is expected that all physl-
clans and citizens viii give their entire
cooperation to this work.
Vermont is one of the three states in
the union to inaugurate the district
health officer system this year, the other
states being Ohio and Alabama. Several
other states have such an organization
in prospect and it is probable that the
system will gradually extend. The Yer
mont organization, however, is unique in
several important details and the whole
country is, therefore, looking to this
state for demonstration Of the benefits
of such an organization.
The list of towns included in the dis
tricts and the health officers who will
preside in these districts is as follows;
Sanitary Districts.
District No. Bakersfield, Berkshire,
Enosburg, Fairfax, Fairfield, Fletcher,
Franklin, Georgia, Highgate, Milton,
Montgomery, Richford, st. Adams Town,
st. Adams City, Sheldon, Swanton.
District No ALBANY, Belvidere,
Cambridge, Coventry, Craftshury, Eden,
Gilmore, Glover, Greensboro, Hardwick,
Hyde Park, Irasburg, Jay, johnson, Low
ell, Morristown, Newport City, Newport
Town, Stannard, Stowe, Troy, Walden,
Waterville, Westfeld, Wolcott, Wood
bury
District No. 3-Averill, Barnet, Barton,
Bloomfield, Brighton, Bloomington,
Brunswick, Burke, Canaan, Charleston,
CRANKY, Guildhall, Holland, Lexington,
Lewis, Lunenbura, Lyndon, Kirby, Maid
stone, Morgan, Newark, Norton, Peach
am, st. Johnsbury, Sheffield, Sutton, Vic
tory, Waterford, Westmore, Wheelock.
District No. 4-Alburg, Bolton, Bur
lington, Charlotte, Colchester, Essex,
Grand Isle, Hnesburg, Huntington, Isle
La Motto, Jericho, North Hero, Rich
mond, St. George, Shelburne, South Bur
lugton, South Hero, Underhill, Water
bury, Westford, Williston.
District No. Barre Town, Barre
City, Berlin, Bradford, Brookfield, Cabot,
Calais, Chelsea, Corinth, Duxbury, East
Montpelier, Fairee, Fayston, Groton,
Marshfeld, Middlesex, Montpelier, More
town, Newbury, Mortified, Orange,
Plainfeld, Roxbury, Ryegate, STAFFORD,
Thetford, Topsham, Vershire, Waitsfeld,
Warren, Washington, West Fairlee,
Williamstown, Worcester,
District No. addison, Bridport,
Bristol, Cornwall Ferrisburg, Goshen,
Hancock, Leicester, Lincoln, Middlebury,
Monkton, New Haven, Orwell Panton,
Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham, Starksboro,
Nergennes, Waltham, Weybridge, Whit
ing.
District No. benson, Brandon, Cas-
tleton, Chittendan, Clarendon, Fair Ha-
ven, Hubbardton, Ira, Mendon, Mount
Holly, Pittsford Poultney, Proctor, Rut-
land City, Rutland Town, Shrewsbury,
Sudbury Tinmouth Wallngford, Wells,
West Haven, West Rutland.
District No. SBaltimore, Barnard,
Bethel, Braintree, Bridgewater, Caven
dish Granville, Hartford, Hartland, Lud-
low, Norwich, Pittsfeld, Plymouth, Pom
fret, Reading, Rochester, Royalton Shar
on, Sherburne, Stockbridge, Tunbrdge,
Weathersfeld, West Windsor, Windsor,
Woodstock.
District No. darlington, Bennington,
Dandy, Dorset, Glastonbury, Landgrove,
Manchester, Mount Tabor, Pawlet Peru,
Pownal, Readsboro, Rupert, Sandgate,