Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-05-29
BOARD OF HEALTH
MOVING TO NEW HOME
Building at 2 Colchester Avenue
Entirely Remodeled and It's
~ Rooms Fitted up with APP.
paratus for Successful Con-
duct of Health Department

Before this week is ended. the State
Board of Health will be we'll established
In its new home at Q Colchester avenue,
which has been entirely remodeled for the
use Of the board. The remodeling includes
the entire Encouragement of the interior
Of the house, with rooms specially pre-
pared for the use of he officers of the
board and the State laboratory. the re-
decorating. both inside and outside, and
the putting in of such apparatus as is
necessary to make this building a thor
oughly up-to-date establishment for Ver-
mont's health department.
AS now arranged, the building contains
% rooms, 10 on the first floor, nine on the
second floor, and three on the top floor,
the latter to be used for the storage pur-
poses. All these rooms are finished in
white. with indirect lighting fixtures
throughout. The house will be paint
ed brown with ivory white trimmings.
The piazza on the front of the house
remains the same size as formerly. eX-
tending the full width of the front. New
pillars have been put in, however, to give
an effect corresponding with that of the
medical college and the Lambda Iota fra
ternity house nearby. The cupola has
been removed, as has the wall which was
in front along the sidewalk. Grading from
the house to the sidewalk prepares the
way for a nice lawn in front, while ce-
ment steps and walk complete the excel
| lent exterior effect. A new asbestos shin
gle roof covers the building.
| On the first floor will be found the gen.
eral office. at the left of the main en-
rance, with the office of the secretary of
the State board directly in the rear of this.
At the right of the main entrance is fine
large room with the walls lined with
shelves.
In the rear of the main part Of the
mouse, on the first floor are several in
spection rooms one for venereal diseas-
es. two for tuberculosis and a media
room for germ testing. In the ell. back
of these rooms, are a shipping room. a
storage room and the morgue, with a
concrete floor. drain and incinerator.
On the second floor are found several
good sized rooms. including the labora
tory office, directors office. sociological
laboratory and food and drugs labora.
tory in the front of the building; the
water laboratory meteorological labora
tory and medico-legal room in the real
of the main part; another medico-lega
room, the pathological laboratory and
hallway in the ell of the second floor
The third floor will be used for storage
and filing purposes. One of the medico.
legal rooms referred to will be in ust
as a sealing room, where court evidences
which has to be sealed will be kept.
In the basement are separate lava
tories for women and men. the heating
apparatus (steam) and large amount Of
storage room. There was formerly {
cstern in one corner of the basement
This has been removed. All the base
ment is painted white.
At the rear of the house is a good-sizet
barn. where the animals for expert
ments. ETC., will be kept. The animals
which are used most are rabbits and gum
ca pigs. The monkeys used in connec
ton with poliomyelitis experiments arr
kept at the medical college.
The land back Of the house will b.
graded and a circular drive put in, will
loop and platform at the entrance t.
the morgue.