New Britain herald., 1925-08-08

been made hy the late Albert F. Rockwell, who looked into the mat fer when a member Of the park board
 Pollution Explained The pollution of the water sup- piled and the nature of colon bacil. | Il were then discussed by Dr. Willard knowlton of the state health depart mont Dr. knowlton proved willy last night some difficult questions were detty paTied by him as at meetings i tpreNouSlN when the vaccination ! IdueStion created such 4 furore in the |oitN Almost year ago, so citizens Icomnhntcd, tho health board was in tho thro"s Of heated contro, ersy and at that time, Dr, KnoNlton. so it vas pointed out. onieted the storm, Mayor Wade and Dr Knovlton went to the mat on the question of pollution, the doctor admitting thnt pollution of spring water might ome about
 The Mayor Opens lp
 Hornupon Mayor Wade warmed 10 1 his subject and showed that some thing was in store for the promoters of the water contro,ory He said that all the stress had been laid on Rockwell Park in the last few days, everything had been the park and Irothing had been said about other places. where local people bathed. He presented a report of samples of water taken on the same day from the park, Malone pond and Lake | ICompounCc. All three showed one Itcnth of one per cent in colon haccil- Ii. which is mark of pollution. If one was bad, all were had. asserted the mayor. He turned 10 the health officer and asked If one was not as liable 10 get typhoid fever at one of the other ponds as well as the park and met an affirmative answer,
 Dr. knowlton, when asked the question, said that he would have 10 know the exact situation at the other ponds, before giving an answer. Mayor Wade then explained that his conference with state chemists had given him the information that after a heavy rainst orm, an influx of colon bacilli might be found anywhere. Dr. Knowlton then discussed the sources of infection with infinite care,
 Tracy Refntes Statements.
 Statements, given earlier In the meeting that the main source Of the bathing pool supply came from the Pequabuck river, were refuted by Park Commissioner William J. Tracy, who said that but one-tenth of the supply came from the river. His statements wehc COrroborated by the mayor who described certain springs which also fed the lagoon.
 "Why they waited until the 18th year of the existence of the park la goon to start this fear of typhoid cpidemics from the park water is beyond me-" said Mir. Tracy.
 Dr, Woisard countered by saying that tho matter had come up in health board reports before. Mir. Tracy replied that he knew nothing of the reports as nothing had been communicated 10 the park commits sioncrs from the health board. He recalled the old Gridiey pool, which had plenty Of contamination and which had been popular bathing place but he never knew of anyone becoming ill for swimming there. He thought that the present agitation was q farce.
 Commissioner Tracy added that he thought it was shame to deprive 5000 or more children of the city of the pleasures Of the pool, when noth- ing was said of the use Of the Farm ineton river hy children from all over the state.
 "Shame To Expose"
 It would he a shame to expose children to dangers Of polluted wa ter, combattcd nr. Woisard. He add cd that he didn't think that the state i was neglccting the Pennington river, but the main question then was the helping of the local situation.
 "Is Park Wantcd?"
 'Is the park wanted by the people of Bristol ." asked Mrs. Albert F. ,RockwelI herself a park commits sioncr and a heavy contributor 10 the park and its equipment. Dr. Woi- sard quickly replied to the question In tho affirmative, but said that the problem was one of health protec- 'tion. Questions of Commissioner ,1racy. asked Of nr. Knowlton, re- ,Vcalod that the old theory of water purifying itself over certain length of ground, was not thoroughly ac- ,cepted by the physicians
 Woisard Negligent
 That Dr, Woisard was negligent in allowing so much time 10 pass be- fCrc making his complaints of dam gerous conditions was charged by Mayor Wade. who said that the health officer should have attended the city council meetings and ex- plained matters. The health officer was asked 10 come at one meeting, declared the mayor hut failed 10 show up. Lots could have beSl learned if he had done so, the may or continued.
 Not His Duty
 Ii was not his duty, Dr. Woisard replied 10 the mayor, 10 attend the council meetings. He declared that he had fulfilled the requirements. when he appeared before the health board and explained matters of public heanh, He said that he couldn't eo further than to explain matters to the health board and have that body make recommendations to the council. He blamed Secretary John J. kaicher for not forwarding re- ports of health board recommenda-
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