New Britain herald., 1925-10-01
PainviM News
ANNUAL REPORT OF
 TOWN IS ISSUED
Estimated Expenses for 1925-
 1926 Placed at St44,S92.97
DR. COOK ASKS CHANGES

DR. COOK ASKS CHANGES Health Officer Embodies Recom-
 mend .tions In Rcport-Honor
 Pupils At High School-Funeral
 of George 4. Hiscox--Brlcfs.
 The annual report of the town of Plainville. containing the reports of the selectmen, treasurer. school com mittee, library directors, health of- ticer, and other officials, has been issued, and copies are available at the office of the town clerk. This report, which covers the fiscal year ending August 5, 1925, Is the usual comprehensive account of the off cial business transacted during the twelve months which 1t covers. The expenses during that year were S74,966.65, In addition to q fur ther s67,6S1.17 for maintenance of schools, making a total of $l42,- ! 64S.l7. This is slightly less than the
 estimated expenses for inc present fiscal year these being set at $144.-
 S92.97 in the booklet containing the ! report.
 !. AS usual, the principal item is l. that for schools, this being s6S,-
 52o.SS in the estimates. a gain of
 about sl,000. Street lights" also
 shows an increase from $S,59l to
 $5,4Q0; new contract must be en- | tered upon this year. while it IS plapned to increase the lighting fla ciities in several places about inc town. The fire department account shows a jump from s999.67 10 s3,O00 Special appropriations totalling $2,045.36 were made last year for the Shuttle Meadow bridge and the laying of sidewalk around the toWT property at the corner of Whiting \ and Maple streets. This year spe. . cial appropriation of s1.70O is asked - for a combined tractor, snow plaw J. and road scrapcr.
 Il Last year the sum of $4V0 was giv J. cn 10 the plainville Public Healil fl Nursing association, while S1.S0t sr will be asked for l925~26. Five hun h dred dollars for cemetery improve Id ments, as against $S4,5o last year Id is included in the estimates. " Health Officers Report
 Recommendation that Plainvill n have it's own municipal water com ,e pany and obtain proper disposal o s sewage and garbage are contained il as the report of Health Officer Dr
 George F. Cook. His report is a
 follows:
 T i- To the Sclectmen, Town of Plain vile. Conn.
 :. Sirs:--
 The health officer Of the town { " plainyille has the honor 10 S'!Htn Ut his first report for the town ot Flair iS vile, Conn. from Oct l, 1924, [ i' August 3l, 1923.
 During the year inc health office 'e has pursued the same general line cr of work as in fhc past. His Wor et has consisted mainly in recordin ''' and Investigating the incidence an 'H outbreaks of disease in the town, eE ho tablshing isolation and Quarantir
 on individuals with communiCab
 and prcventable diseases, eliminatin 'c- menaces 10 public health and nNe: '"' tigating future public necessities tt ne the town of Plainville.
 on In regard 10 preventable and con m municable diseases Plainville hi m been exceptionally free this year ar Ter at the present writing there is n ay single rcportable disease. nu The health officer attributes sut ay free state from communicab ac- disease to the cooperative work 'o& the physicians of the town in rcpor
 ing. early, a possible disease and I
 structing patients in provcntl be medicine. To the district nnrS his Miss Heinemann. is due much creC
 lin her duties with inc school childre re- Also, the schoolboard are 10 b' co ing pratulated and commended for tho em, cooperative work along health lin'
 Recommendations the During the past year, when [ ld- Plainville water supply compa p. was furnishing water from Cresce
 pond considerable number of col ca plaints came into the office Of f the health officer in regard to the c rch noxious taste and odor of the wal conference was held and inVes act eation was made by the state sal at tarv engineer. It was found 1T
 the taste and odor was due 10 objt eet tionable growths and the water W
 treated for the same. Analysts oi | ,m- water indicated that if was cntlr' ter. safe for drinking purposes. ! Vil- growth of the town, a study of
 probable yield of the present sour' d a and the possibility of Crescent pc t a water always source of objecti ter indicate that additional water will an- needed in the near future. ents It is recommended that the 10 ,ifts of Plainville have it's own munici
 water company to serve the put
 at the dictations of an appointed
 ter board and receive it's water fir
 an adjoining city at a much chea