Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-06-18
IN TWO DISTRICTS.
New Health Law Splits County. St.
Johnsbury and Morrisville Doc
tors Our Officers.

The Vermont State Board of
Health announces the division of the
state into ten sanitary districts, ac-
cording to the district health officer
law enacted by the last legislature,
and also the appointment of nine of
the district health officers. Under
the provisions of this act, all physi-
clans will be required to placard
houses in which occur cases of COM
municable disease coming to their
attention. Placards for this purpose
will be placed in the offices of the
town clerks by physicians and others.
occur cases of communicable disease
which are not attended by physicians
will be required to report immediate
ly to the district health officer and
also under his orders secure suitable
placard from the town clerk, which
must be placed on the house.
The law providing for this system
goes into effect July l, and arrange
ments are made for its operation in
all districts.
The selection of district health
officers has been made with great
care by the state board of health,
over 40 applications having been con-
sidered for the positions.
Orleans county towns are included
in districts number two and three.
District number two includes the
following towns in the county as we'll
as number outside as named, with
Dr. W t Slayton of Morrisville. dis
trict officer. DR.. Slayton is the origi-
nator of the bill in the last session of
our legislature, creating this system.
DR.. William 7. Slayton is a graduate
of Harvard Medical school in 1896,
and from Guys hospital, London, En-
gland. Practiced in Hyde Park and
Morristown since 1897, serving as
health officer in both towns. Com
captain in the medical
corps of the United States army, with
special training at Camp Meade.
Maryland He Is also member of
the state board of health.
The towns in district No. 2 are:
Albany, Coventry, Craftsbury, GLOW
er, Greensboro, Irasburg, Jay, Lowell,
Newport City, Newport Town, Troy
and Westfield in Orleans county, and
Belvidere, Cambridge, Eden, Elmore.
Hardwick, Hyde Park, Johnson. Nor
ristown, Stannard, Stowe, Walden,
Waterville and Woodbury., outside.
DR.. Victor P. Genge of st. Johns
bury will preside over district num-
Der three. DR.. Genge has practiced
in Newport He was twenty months
in service in the United States army,
Ii months of which were spent in the
hospitals of England and France;
three months of special courses in
sanitation in camp; three months as
sanitary officer at Oswego, Syracuse
and Garden City, N. Y; six months
in charge of all contagious work in
United States hospital No. 50, Win
chester, England. This hospital treat
ed practically all contagious cases
arising among the American troops
stationed in or passing through En-
gland. Eight months in charge of
Air service hospital at the front and
received citation in general orders
for efficient work.
District No. 8 includes Orleans
county towns as follows: Barton,
Holland, Morgan and Westmore and
the following towns outside the coun-
ty: Averill, Barnet, Bloomfield.
Brighton, Brunswick, Burke, Canaan,
Concord, East Haven, Ferdinand,
CRANKY, Guildhall, Lexington, Lewis.
Lunenburg, Lyndon, Kirby, Maid
stone, Newark, Norton, Peacham, st,
Johnsbury, Sheffield, Sutton, Victory,
Waterford, and Wheelock.
Vermont is one of the three states
in the Union to inaugurate the dis
trict health officer system this year,
the other states being Ohio and Ala
bama. Several other states have
such an organization in prospect and
it is probable that the new system
will gradually extend. The Vermont
organization is, however, unique in
several important details and the
whole county, is therefore, looking
to this state for demonstration of the
benefits of such an organization.