New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 21, 1929, Page 4

BUREAU OF HEALTH URGED —— ; (Continued from First Page) ficlency as frequent changes in per- sonnel. “It is with the greatest of regret that I-am obliged to report the loss by death of a long time, faithful servant to the city, Dr. Charles R. Witte. He had almost grown up with the department and his loss was a severe blow. “Financlally, the department has lived within its apropriation and has done this by only a slight curtail- ment of activities. Expenses Must Increase “The bureau reports more than adequately explain themselves and it seams unnecessary to g0 into a de- | tailed discussion of the facts they | contain, since such a discussion has been previously made in former re- ports and the essential work of these departments has not changed, theugh, as is evidenced by the sta- | tistical tables in the various Tepom the work has been increased Such | increase is inevitable in view of the fact that New Britain is such a rapidly growing city. It is without doubt true that the availability ef more automobiles for use in the de- partment has added materially to the department’'s eMciency and should be eontinued to that point where each person in the department whose work requires traveling about the city should be equipped with a car for his personal use. Such procedure will put off the time when larger | | Yankee stadium in rain, A man and a woman were trampled to death and 62 were hurt when spectators stampeded into a narrow exit at| Picture shows injured being put in ambulance, Associated Press Photo persons | personnel is absolutely necessary. “The communicable disease situa- tion during the past Eowers. oo larger, more blouoms” z i i i iy igi %’i! A Vlu & COMPANY produc Rackliffe Bros., 250-356 Park ~i. Lehrer Hdwe. 154 East Main 8t ity Hdwe. 19 East Main Bt. . A, Hjerps, 73 Arch 8t . L. Milla 336 Majn 8t. 90 West Main St Kensington, Conn. 3. P. Btreple, 185 Park Et. Bolierer Posy Shop, 83 West Main Kt Flower Garden Greenhouse, 1163 Stanley Street. time been alarming. Mortality tics have shown a very marked im- | provement, the genmeral rate heing 6.9 and the infant mortality ing 52.1. These figures are ver and much could be said concerning them. A study of past reports indi- cates that the wmortality rate has dropped from 10.6 in 1924 to 6.9 in 1928, all mortality figures heing t ,en for calendar years and not fis- cal. The infant mortality dropped from 92.3 in 1 1928. A large past of this improve (ment is duc to the work of the | health department. Would Unite Bureaus “With the city growing as rapid- | Iy as it is, it is inevitable that more {than one organization will deal directly or indirectly with health work. At the present time the health | department, the department of puh- [lic welfare, the Tuberculosis Relief | society. the Visiting Nurs tion, the board of education, | Welfare association are all actively engaged in at least one form of health endeavor. Two free clinics are ! maintained: namely, the dental clinic and the tuberculopis clinic, for the purpose of supplylng medical and dental attention to those who would I not receive it if these clinics did not exist. The Visiting Nurse association, in making available communicable disease nurses, has undoubtedly helped greatly to improve conditions affecting communicable diseases. The hoard of education, hy its extensive activities in the examination of chil- dren of school age, has contributed largely to the discovery and cradica- tion of physical defects in the school children. The board of public wel- | fare has contributed greatly in se- : it‘urmg medical attention where | necessary for persons under its cure {and hy its attempts wherever pos- sible to improve housing conditions The Welfare association is primarily | social worker's organization but 74 Noted Aviator takes quick advan- tage of Hu pmobile price reduction— Savings up Here's why—according to his own vol- untary statement. ‘“‘Specifications of materials used in the to $260 HUPMOBILE compare more closely to those used in the best seronautical engines than to these of any other moderatel has ever been brought 240 ly priced car that to my attention.”’ TRUDON AND Hartford Ave. | with the other 11t can readily be seen th regulates its endeavors to fit in well ctivities mentioned. all these departrients function more or less in cooperation. “One definite drawhack to the more complete . cooperation is the lick of centralization. These de- partments are all seattered and in ter commur by telephone only. This is not conducive of the best administrative practice. Of course, it is not rable that all thes departments should he housed un- der one roof, but it is certain that the heaith de nent at least should have all j location. It would be very highly desirable could the health depart- ment, the Tuberculosis Relief so- ciety and the hoard of public wel- | fare be housed as closely together sible, since their work is so related, This— matter has brought and discussed times during the past five but to date nothing definite has been done. In view of the fact that in the not far distant futara more room may be available in city hall, this matter should he given more careful attention. Under the present arrangement not even the - health. department itself iy housed in one building, but is ob- liged to rent offices in other build- ings fo carry on its activities. This is definitely not desirable. Anything that could be done to centralize this department would be profitalde to been many {the city of New Britain, Tor Larger Laboratory “The matter of increase in health department activities attention for m every endeavor restrict incre: years past and has becn made to s in activity as much as possible to avoid increased operating cost, hut it should be re- membered that the time is coming, if it has not already come, when the health department must en- large its activities greatly if it is to remain. as it has had the honor of being for several years, one of LIZUT. REGINALD D. THOMAS . .. Aviator U of the Schiff trophy for the grcatest number of flying hours without accident. Instructor of aeronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Teche nology. All around motor expert, PLATT INC. divisions in one | has received | the best health departments in New England. The laboratory re- quires some enlargement and this cannot be accomplished without greater available space. In fact, the entire housing of the health depart- iment is too small to accommodate the various workers efficiently. (They now have to share desks or 'else have no desks at all ,and filing 'space is practically all used up. The |plan mentioned of centralizing the {health department in larger quar-| ters would obviate this difficulty. | #The question of garbage dispo- 521 must be kept continuously befare the minds of the board of health commissioners, the city government, and the citizens of New Britain since it is a very serious problem and can ily be incorrectly handled. So ; cttizens have made mistakes ‘m garbage collection that it would |scem advisable for New Britain to try to avoid those mistakes if pos- sible. The recommendation of an in- cinevator so frequently made by the [health department should reccive more adequate consideration than ‘h 18 thus far been given. 1t was pre- rear that the garbage dis- | system now existing would be ate in a short, time. Your su- perintendent does 1ot consider the \present system adequate and does [not believe that it can be made ade- quate. The areas used for garbage |disposal encroach so closely on oth- er cities and towns, and our own !residential areas, that difficulties :st inevitably arise. The only so- ch can be considered per- [nmnenlly satisfactory is the instal- | Myrna Loy Tells How To Have Lovely Skin HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Thirty- nine movie directors say that a girl must _have exquisite skin if she is to touch the heart, As Howard Brether- ton, director for Warner Brothers, forcefully expresses it: “ The most ap- pealing charm of all is a lovely smooth skin. And the perfection we call “studio skin’ is the ouuundmx lacwr in screen success today.” Myrna Loy, Warner Brothers’ beau- | tiful star, finds Lux Toilet Soap splen- did for the smooth skin a screen star must have. “This white, daintily fra- grant soap leaves my skin 80 beauti- fully smooth!” she says. Nine out of every ten screen slars are enthusiastic about Lux Toilet Soap. Aad all the great film studios, follow- ing their stars’ example, have made it the official soap for dressing rooms, | | the nccessity of lation of an incinerator and the in- stitution of municipal garbage, ash, and refuse collection. It is perfectly true that this service will increase the actual governmental expendi- tures, but as has been previously stated, there is every reason to be- lieve it will reduce the actual cost below what is now being spent by municipal and non-municipal agen- cies. Another fact to be considered in association with the adoption of municipal collection service is that such collection will renew the per- ennial difficuty with dumps much more readily controllable. Must Reopen Hospital “The installation of an isolation hospital available for the use of the citizens is greatly to be desired. To rely on adjoining cities to supply iso- lation facilities is entirely unsatisfac- tory. n closing, it is pleasing to be able to state that, in the opinion of your superintendent, the operation of the health department has been \or\ satisfactory. The improvements tioned are truly vital and should be given the consideration that they deserve. But in stating very frankly these improve- ments your superintendent does not wish to under-value the very satis- factory work which is now being —This beautiful player piano, 50 rolls, duet bench, scarf and Lamp Hardman Mitton U Bailey Sterling H. M. Cable w o w Play'er 8. N. R. Winner -CENTURY JIX &= EIGHT Corner Stanley Street Starr Broadwood n Until 9 o'Clock Every Night Now 245 TERMS As Low AssiobowN BUY AT THESE UNHEARD OF PRICES done by the department, He feels certain that nowhere within equiva- lent number of employes and a city cf equal size, can you find a health department which tuncllom more efticiently. “In closing I wish to thank the board of health commissioners for their courtesy and ‘cooperation, and to extend to the members of the heaith department my sincere thanks (ar'lhelr efficiency and loyalty.” W. H. Mandrey Retires As School Director William H. Mandrey, for the past four ygars superintendent of schools in Newington, Farmington and Bloomfield, has tendered his resig- nation to the school committees tog become effective in June at the end of the present school year. He has been accepted as a candidate for a Ph. D. degree in education at Yale ‘university. He has also been appointed assoicate director of Yale in charge of the liberal arts de- partment. 3 He received his elementary edu- cation at Mt. Vernon, N. Y., and graduated from Amherst in 1915 with Phi Beta Kappa honars. Since that time he has devoted all of his \TWATER KENT §109 Complete eady to Play $5 Sends time to educational work in this state. He was first a teacher and act- ing principal at Warehouse Point and them he became superintendent of achools in East Windsor, Can- ton, Granby, Bloomfield, Wethers- field, Newington, Rocky Hill and Farmington. He has been president of the Connecticut Supervisors’ assoication, president of the Hartford Teachers' association, chairman of the com. mittee on legislation for the State Teachers' association and chairman Flaky—Light—T on legislation for the State Superin. tendents’ association. He has beea a member_of the board of directors of the Hartford County Teachers' association and the Connecticut [State Teachers' amsociation. He hag also held many other minor offices’ He was instructor for four years at the summer school at Danbury and New Haven and is the author of several articles and pamphlets and a text book, “The Friendly Poets,” used extensively in schools, He is also noted as a speaker om educational topics. Hot biscuits made with Rumford!...foc. any meal! Always digestible when Rum- iord is used. Quick to make—only 20 minutes from start to finish! Serve them coften—but always use l‘ 1’0 REELNS MUSIC STORE Sells Out To BLAIR & BRODRIB Thousands of Dollars " Worth of New, High Grade Pianos, Phonegraphs, Radlos, Sheet Music and Accessories recently purchased from the Upstairs Music Store of Laura P. Farrell offered to the Public at Prices Below Cost. 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