New Britain herald., 1928-05-05
BIGGEST CLEANUP IS GREAT SUCCESS 1ownspeople and Officials
 Pleased at Outcome Of Drive COOK URGES VACCINATION
Health Officer Asks Preventive Mcasurcs-Chamber of Commerce Warns Against ltincrant Pcddlcrs Church Notices.

Plainville today stood q vastly cleaner town than it was a week ago, the biggest and most success full clean up in years having rcsult-
 cd in the brightening up of almost tn entire township and the consign-
 mcnt of practically all unsightly
 rubbish and junk to its proper rest | ing place on the West Main street ! dump. The selectnlen. the chambc of commerce. and tho health officer
 were all highly pleased with the re-
 suit, while the townspeopl2 also felt
 that something worthwhile had been | accomplished. Tt was. the best
 we've had Dr, George F. Cook | commented.
 Not only in the sections formerly
 covered by tho town cleanup but
 in the now districts which were in-
 happy at tho drive. In Mountain
 View and Westwood park, which re-
 Ceivcd their first official notice from
 tho town during the drive, the nov
 city of the clean-up resulted in q
 comparatively small amount of col-
 lected rubbish, the selectmen said.
 but there was fully enough to iusti-
 fy the inclusion Of these districts
 and it is believed that the cleanup
 there another year will be greater | The residents of those sections feel
 grateful at their inclusion i'll town
 benefits.
 Some half 3 dazeu conspicuous
 places have not been cleaned up,
 Dr. Cook said today. In these in-
 stances tho property -oWners have
 been notified to remove the rubbish 1 at their own expense or the town
 teams will go in and clean them up
 and the town will bill the property
 owners for the work.
 l Vaccination Urged
 l Vaccination of school children. | factory workers, and other in daily
 contact with crowds was strongly
 urged today by Dr. George F. Cook. | health officer, as preventive meas
 ure 10 prevent the spread of small
 pox to Plainville from Bristol, where q. number Of cases have broken out. No cases have been reported i here, but tn eclosc proximity of tho
 disease is sufficient to warrant all
 possible cumulative steps. he said. Compulsory vaccination has never been enforced in the public schools i here. but tho authorities are en-
 phasizing the advisability of in-
 oculatlon in the present situation | Factories are also taking steps to have their employees immunized, Assn. Financial Report
 The annaul financial report of the | Plainville Public Health Nursing as 1 soCiation shows that the amount of S3,466.4S came into the associations S coffers as receipts during the year l927-1aoS. Of this sum $l.6OO was received from the town, this includ- ing the appropriation of the past year and the delayed one of the year before. Fees collected by the nurses came to S2i7.1o. and insurance con- panics donated s414.6o. The Christ mas seal sale realized $6l5.37, while other sources brought the total to the above figure. with the cash on hand in 1927. giving tho association the sum Of $5,5o5,19 in it's treasury. The largest item of expenditure was for nurses salaries, which ac- counted for $1,605. Room rent took anothc S3GO, and there were many incidcntals such as laundry, office supplies, automobile license, etc. Dis