Bristol Historical Society starts daily post ‘Bristol Day by Day’

The Bristol Historical Society has started posting “In Retrospect: Bristol Day By Day,” featuring moments from Bristol’s history.

The tagline for the daily post, that arrives by email, ends with “We hope you enjoy this walk through the archives.” The daily chronicle accounts for both firsts and common occurrences, while others can be from many years ago or recent times.

Either way the events occurred on the date that the information is posted. On Tuesday, the post was from Jan. 17, 1951, offering a photo of 12-year-old Peter Anderson, who was a polio survivor, kicking off that year’s March of Dimes campaign.

For information about “Bristol Day By Day” emails or to follow the daily feature on FaceBook, click here.

Bristol Hospital bed capacity

As of Jan. 17, 61.3 percent or on average 82.1 of 134 adult staffed hospital beds, the same as the previous week, were occupied at Bristol Hospital, according to the State of Connecticut’s Data and Analytics division.

During the same week, the number of occupied staffed ICU beds remained at 64 percent or 9 of 14 from the previous reporting period.

Latest COVID-19 stats

Bristol’s COVID-19 positivity rate is 9.5 percent down from 14 percent a week ago with 40 positive cases down from 68 positive cases during the same period, leaving Bristol in the high category with over 15 cases per 100,000 people. Hartford County is in the high category.

The CDC recommends that people at high risk for severe illness, talk to their healthcare provider about whether to need to wear a mask and take other precautions. In addition, the CDC reminds people to take the following measures:

• Wear a mask indoors in public and on public transportation.
• Stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines.
• Get tested if you have symptoms.
• If you are at high risk for severe illness, consider taking additional precautions.

---

All TBE readers, supporters and donors               

The Bristol Edition will be limiting the number of stories non-members and free readers may access each week. This decision is based on our financial projections and, most certainly, to remind people that TBE is serious about providing accurate, timely and thorough reporting for Bristol. To do this we have devised a financial support structure that makes unlimited access extremely affordable, beginning with a $6 monthly donation.               

• Non-members will be able to access eight (8) articles per week.               

• Free readers and people who have subscribed by email will be able to access eight (8) articles per week.               
• Donors and financial supporters will have unlimited access as long as they log in.               

Note: Donors may have to contact TBE if they find they are being limited, since we will need to set up a membership account for you. Email editor@bristoledition.org for instructions. Sorry for any inconvenience. People with financial difficulties may write editor@bristoledition.org to be considered for free access.