CONTENTS PAGE OPENING ADDRESSES: Francis E. Fronczak, M.D., Commissioner of Health, Buffalo... ADDRESS BY JOHN S. WILSON, M.D., Medical Officer, State Department of Health: 66 The Public School as an Aid to Public Health Work" Cost to State and city of defective children.. If defective conditions of children are remedied during school School a favorable medium for spread of communicable diseases... "Public School Inspection Follow-up Work". the child, Medical inspection must be followed up by appropriate measures Medical supervision means conservation of health, of time and of Outline of an efficient follow-up system... 222 20 ADDRESS BY EDWARD CLARK, M.D., Medical Officer, State Department of "The Public School as a Factor in Unhealth ". 30 Attitude of indifference of school authorities toward defects of 35 Lack of proper lighting and ventilation of school buildings a 34 Schools serve as centers of exchange for contagious diseases. 35 30 ADDRESS BY THOMAS E. FINEGAN, Pd.D., Assistant Commissioner of "The School and Public Health from the Standpoint of the Educa- 37 Course of instruction in hygiene as now outlined for public 41 Physicians and health officers can render great service to Education 38 Responsibility for health work relating to public school system 38 PAGE ADDRESS BY WILLIAM G. EBERSOLE, M.D., D.D.S., Cleveland, O.: "Public Health and the Dental Profession Influence of the mouth in transmission of contagious diseases... Tremendous influence for evil of the tooth-destroying" micro- ADDRESS BY A. D. LAKE, M.D., Medical Officer, State Department of 47 48 "The Difficulty of Health Officers as Seen by the Physician "..... 60 Health officer not a consultant by virtue of his office.. High standard now existing in the profession must be maintained ADDRESS BY WM. D. ALSEVER, M.D., Medical Officer, State Department of "Public Health and the Medical Profession The Spirit of Boards of health as advertising mediums... Health officers should acquire for themselves positions as leaders Inadvisability of enforcing obedience through the courts... Popular and illustrated lectures useful to educate the public... Possibility of health officer getting help from his local medical A supporting public sentiment essential to an effectual quarantine. ADDRESS BY JOHN B. HUBER, M.D., Medical Officer, State Department of "Public Health and the Press from the Health Officer's Stand- Health Officer-journalist alliance would be of enormous benefit Necessary to create a sound and rational public opinion for fur- therance of our public health work... ADDRESS BY MR. F. P. HALL, Jamestown, N. Y.: 60 32 61 Informing the public of exact conditions allays alarm while the opposite course creates suspicion and results in lack of con- fidence. 81 Seek rather than repel the co-operation of the press.. ADDRESS BY EUGENE H. PORTER, M.D., State Commissioner of Health: "What a Health Department Expects from a Municipality Contagious diseases and quarantine Mutual knowledge and understanding the first important requisite for satisfactory relationship between local health authorities Politics must play no part if efficiency of health administration ADDRESS BY CHARLES C. DURYEE, M.D., Mayor of Schenectady: "Public Health and Municipal Authorities from the Standpoint Campaigns for cleanliness, decency and health cannot be effected without assistance of the citizens of a city... Municipal officers should aid the health department by a sincere ADDRESS BY CHARLES A. HODGETTS, M.D., Medical Adviser, Conservation "Public Health and the Conservation Movement". Character, personnel, duties and functions of the Commission of Typhoid fever relative conditions in United States and Canada 104 General public services most closely allied to the question of public Ten commandments for handling garbage without nuisance. Utilizing garbage for heating and lighting public buildings.. ADDRESS BY CHARLES BASKERVILLE, Ph.D., F.C.S., Professor of Chemistry Investigations as to influence of cans on bacterial contamination.. 151. PAGE. ADDRESS BY ALLEN W. FREEMAN, M.D., Assistant State Commissioner of ADDRESS BY THEODORE HORTON, C.E., Chief Engineer, State Department Pathogenic and non-pathogenic pollution. ADDRESS BY W. S. MAGILL, M.D., Director of Laboratories, State Depart- ment of Health: ADDRESS BY JOHN A. AMYOT, M.D., Director of Laboratories, Provincial Clinician must combine the laboratory's report with his clinical data to make a correct diagnosis in diphtheria.... Laboratory specially useful in checking efficiency of water purifica- ADDRESS BY E. C. LEVY, M.D.. Chief Health Officer, Richmond, Va.: ADDRESS BY WILLIAM A. HOWE, M.D., Deputy State Commissioner of Outline of pian for quarantine under consideration. ADDRESS BY H. W. HILL, M.D., Director of the Epidemiological Division, ADDRESS BY GARDNER T. SWARTS, M.D., Secretary, Rhode Island State PAGE. Department of Health: What Rhode Island has done and is doing.. 227 Increase in the occurrence of epidemics of this disease. Results of laboratory experiments... 234 Seriousness of the disease increases the gravity of the health officer's responsibility. 233 |