New Britain herald., 1926-07-06
|CASES OF TYPHOID
 IN WESTWOOD PARK
State Sanitary Engineers to h.
 YeStigate Conditions There
NOISIEST FOURTH IN YEARS
Many Injuries Reported-Much Ex- citement in Central Square - Overfowing Cesspools Must Be Preyented-Autoists Fined.

ONeIuOhiuB ASsoSDpOlS -hu>L DC
 Preycnted--Autoists Fined,
 Two cases of typhoid fever have been reported in Westwood park and as a result a survey of sanitary conditions will be asked of the state engineers. Those who are afflicted are Mrs. Julia Longio and her baby. The source of the disease is un- known in spite of the fact that it is recurrent in that section of Plain vile about every two years with al- most clocklike regularity. Nothing has been found in past investiga- tions, but Dr. George r. Cook, pres ent health officer, Is determined to have another survey made and will ask that the state sanitary engineers do this. An investigation will be made of the water in the wells, cess pools and general sanitary condi- tions in the eastern end of the town.
 The situation there is said to be far from ideal as the entire district is level and poorly drained. It is believed that the cesspools in many | instances drain into lower wells which are used for drinking water, and the typhoid danger from this i is of course very great. Dr, Cook ] givas the present outbreak and gen. eral conditions existing there as another very potent reason for the 1 installation of sewers as soon as 1 possible if tho health of Plainville is to be safeg,larded.
 As a preventative mcasure. the health officer warns residents of W,srwood Park and other portions Of Plainville 10 report all suspicious and undiagnosod eases of illness to him at once. Inoculation against 1 typhoid is recommended for all persons living in tho exposed dis rrict Other steps which are urged by him include tho boiling of all water before it is drunk and the ; Chlorination of waste material
 Many Foul CeSspooIS
 That there is danger from cess pools all over the town is evi1eUced hy the fact that many complaints have born received by nr. Cook during the past few weeks to tho effect that ccsspools have been over flowing and spreading over the ground. Noxious odors result and flies collect over the stagnant mat fer, turning pools into places both unpleasant and unsanitary.
 pr. Cook warns that the practice Of letting cesspools overflow must stop. This warning is official and general: in the future each case will hc taken mp separately and rem edied. with possible punishment for the offender.
 Further complaints have been made to tho health officer regarding the accumulation of garbage, it hc- ing said that in many instances this is left in the open. sometimes even on tho property of other people, and more breeding places for vermin re suit. Dr. Cook advises that all garbage be placed in metal contain CTS and properly disposed Of.
 Ii Was a Wild Fourth
 Plainville took four days to ccle- hrate the Fourth of July. each one being noisier than the preceding and the result being about the widest observance in the history of the town. The police and fire depart ment were kept on the hop. the center of tho town was turned into an artillery range, and many in iuries were reported.
 A great crowd of youths and young men gathered about Central Square in the evening and indulgHd in all manner of nranks at the eN- pense Of passershy the annual pastime Of ducking unfortunate vic tims in the East Main street water ing trough was revived and many howlngly protesting victims were carried to the trough and given wet tings of various degrees. The ac- tivities of this crowd were carefully guarded. but it is said that Cesar Neri and Ralph Thrall were carried bodily from their stores as victims, while Assistant Postmaster James J. Graham was also corralled when he went by.
 Fireworks were shot off with lit tie regard for life, limb, or property, and several times nrocrackers were thrown into ThraI's fireworks stand and the corner This caught fire and was extinguishcd with difficulty by Thrall, who burned his hands, Whenever a constable approached to warn them he would be driven off again by a barrage of cannon crackers and the festivities would proceed Central Square this morn ing resembled a battlefield. being streNn with the remains of all man. -~VTA