Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-09

preceding a report on the pro-
posed health department budget as
presented to the Board of County
Commissioners by DR.. v. L. Eli
colt, county health officer, members
Of the Montgomery County Farm
Bureau board of directors Tuesday
reelected James D. King, president
for the ensuing year.
Other officers named were w. w.
Hodges, GAINESVILLE, vice president;
Ulysses Griffith, 4th, secretary :
treasurer, and Miss Margaret
Harriss, assistant secretary; ]. w.
Jones, G. R. Candy, D. B. Diamond,
w. H. Hines and w. H. Ward,
executive committee.
A legislative committee was ap-
pointed to draft bill exempting
farm boilers from inspection as
follows: Mr.. Diamond, chairman;
w. Lawson King, Mr.. Hines, Mr..
Ward and Mr.. Candy.
A thorough study of existing
health department conditions was
made, according to Farm Bureau
members, as well as comparative
costs in other counties. DIR. Eli
colt recently requested an increase
in appropriations of $47,765.00.
This amount would cover the cost
of employing seven new nurses, a
full-time dentist and assistant
health officer and four clerks. The
report as adopted by the Montgom-
cry County Farm Bureau follows:
Tuesday, January Z, 1941
To the Board of Directors,
Montgomery County Farm Bureau:
This committee, having been APP
pointed as result of an appropri-
ate resolution proposed by the As
ISOLATED Women of the Montgom-
cry County Farm Bureau and
passed at the annual meeting of
the membership, begs leave to re-
port their findings as follows:f
A meeting of the committee was
held, where a study was made of
the amounts of money expended in
various counties of Maryland and
some in Virginia as compared with
that of our own county as also the
ratio of such expenditures to total
population. Without going into a
lengthy discussion, suffice it to say
that We are now expanding $52,235.
for public health work through
the County Department of Health,
plus other work being done by the
School Board under another budget.
Prince Georges county is expending
100000 from all sources and
serves a greater population. Our
Health Department feels an ex-
penditure of $1.25 per capita is
necessary for health protection
while the health officer in Prince
Georges county aspires to 43 cents
per capita.
This leads your committee to the
opinion that public health service
is being judged more by the amount
Of appropriation than by the
amount Of health service rendered;
with each health officer aspiring to
an amount per capita ranging from
4Sc to the SLIPS requested for
Montgomery county without any
degree of Uniformity or factual
basis. Our health department has
called our attention to the greater
amount being expended in Airing
ton county than at present in
Montgomery county. A study Of
Arlington county's year ending
June 80, 1910, reveals that they
render several different services
that are taken care Of under other
departments in Montgomery coun-
ty. Some of these are trash and
garbage collection, disposal of dead
animals, weights and measures and
plumbing inspection. Arlington
county employs four inspectors to
look after these along with sani-
tary inspections, food inspections
and milk inspections, while Mont
gomery employs three inspectors
and does not look after the four
items first mentioned above and
has delegated it's authority to the
Maryland State Department Of
Health for dairy farm inspections
outside Of Montgomery county and
the inspection Of distributing plants
to the Prince Georges department
Of health.