New Britain herald., 1924-03-13
REPORT FOR MONTH
 OF VISITING NURSE Miss Heinelnan Gives Detailed
 Account of Work in February LIVE WIRE STARTS FIRE
Chamber of Commerce Banquet To-
 night - Republican Caucus and
 Public Hearing Wednesday Night

uoht hcaTihs Ncuncsudy NfSnt-
 In Waterbury HospitaI-Bricfs.
 Miss Elizabeth Hcinenan. visiting
 nurse for Plainvilc, has made public
 her report for the month of Febru- Y ary and in il shows that her time is
 pretty well taken up with attention
 to her dutiss in all sections of the
 town. She made total of l67 visits
 during February and bad 34I pa tients under her care at the end of the month.
 Her report in detail is as follows: | Nursing visits. 6l: advisory visits, 91: social visits, II. making a total of l6i. The number of patients un- der care the first of the month, 33l: new patients admitted during the month. l6 making a total Of 347.
 Miss Hcinoman weighed and meas urcd a total of SS5 school children. l Concerning the children, the next part of her report is more interest | ing than casual hearing Of it would lead one to believe and she gives l some important reasons for the con dition under which she found many | Of tho children sin the public schools. l IL is as follows:
 Tt is claimed that about 70 per cent Of the children in our schools arc undcrnourisned. This is largely duo to the lack of understanding of the principles of nutrition on the part | of the children and their parents" Many children who have been l held back in their grades were chil- dren whose stomachs were empty when they reached school or very soon after"
 "lt is essential that children have a good breakfast, one that will sup ply the clements needed for youth and play"
 Live Wire starts Fire
 X live wire which became loose during the wind storm the [ast few days caused a good deal of excitement in the centcr of the town last eve aing. lt was in front of the Palace of Sweets in the Clarendon Hotel and began to swing back and forth. IL soon came in contact with tin on the roof of tho store and began to emit sparks. The woodwork on the store ignited and call was sent in for tho fire department. The alarm sent in Is reported to have been wrong and it was some time before the department was set right as to where the fire was. When the truck drove up in front of tho Clarendon. ladders were quickly hoistcd to the roof and what little fire there was was cAtinguishcd. Then q rigging was fixed up which held the wire away from the building and eliminated any chance of il starting | fire again.
 In Waterbury Hospital
 Mrs. Fred Powers of Washington | street is a patient in St. Mary's hos pital in Waterbury where she is un- dergoing treatment.
 Hearing on Street
 Because the republican caucus will be held in the town hall Wednesday evening. March i9. the public hear ing by the town plan commission will not be held in the main hall but either in thc iremcn's rooms or in the selectmens offices. The hearing will bc given 10 property owners and those interested in the proposed changes on West Main street and is expected Co { take but little time to have the com an agreement.
 Warning to Dog Owners
 X warning 10 owners Of dogs has been issued to keep the canines tied i up or in the vicinity Of their homes. , For the past few days. thcr" has been ( | pack Of dogs trotting about the own, bothcring automobile drivers md drivers Of horses. The attention I Jf tho dog warden will be called 10 the pack which is running wild in an ef- i ort to check up on inc owners Of the c animals lI
 l'ingcrs Are tmputatrd. z Patrick Pallacchia of Plainyille, f mpioycd as q press hand at the fac- ory of Russell X Erwin in New a 'ritain. caught his l'ft hand in the c nachinc yesterday and smashed h's | ngers. Hr was taken 10 Inc New !ritain General hospital Hhcr" it | 'as found necessary 10 amputatc the q our fingers al tho first joint.
 Commerce Chamber Meeting.
 The March meeting of th" PIain- illc Chamber Of Commerce will be cid this evening with meeting ot 1c directors shortly after : o'clock , b- followed by meeting Of thr ntirc membership of fh" chamber. uperintcndcnt Robert T. Hurley Of lc state police department will peak. ". Many important matters ar" schcd- N led 10 come up for action before h' lc directors. The committee ap- h Dinied 10 look into ihc Carnegie l'' wards for inc Bradley men. father hl nd son. will report thc result Of sl cir inquest and the date of fine an- nal banquet will he sst. Sd
 Lcntcn Services Tomorrow. - G.cntcn services sill b. held in ilic lurch of Our Lady of Mercy tomor- w night at T:S0 o'clock. They uin insist Of tho Way Of tho Cross and nediction of the Blessed sacra- enf