Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-12-10
THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
Meeting Of Sanitary Council OF
the Mississippi Valley-Amcr-
lean Public Health ASsOcia-

| IIectlnk Ot ChuhhEy >ou"" W.
the Mississippi Valley-Amcr-
lean Public Health AssOcia.
tiOn.
Nkw ORLEANS, December a.-The
Sanitary Council OF the Mississippi Va.
lev, with representatives from the States
of Michigan, Kentucky, Missouri,
| Minnesots, lo~a, Tenncs ee, Wisconsin,
| Il.iuois and Louisiana, nst N Saalhd
| session this morning at Q O'Clock, at
Grunewald Hall. DR.. X & Kedsie, of
Lsnsiny, Mich president OF the CouL.
| ell, delivered n short speech, setting
forth the duty OF the Council in promo.
ting the sanitary interests OF the Missls.
sippi Valley. The executive committee,
through the president. presented the
following propositions for consideration
and discussion:
First-What authority shall have
charge OF aud be held responsible lor the
public hel,h OF the Mississippi Valley
30 far as comprised by commerce and
travel.
Second-Shall quarantine, aim to
keep infections aud epidemic diseases
entirely out Of the Mississippi r,vcr. or
limit their spread sitter they have en-
tered.
| A long discussion followed, the result
of which was the adoption VI the fol-
lowirg:
WHEREAS. Experience has shown
that quarantine measures nnhrr the
| sole direction Of the local State Bosriai
Health have not succeeded IN prOteci
| ing this valley from inv sion from gel.
low fever; and,
WHEREAS, Our people Eabilna!ly
view with dis,rust all announcements
of the sanitary ac,s OF local bJaris when
these acts and annOuncein, are Oi
character TO feet the commercial inter
es,s Of the locslry directly concerned;
therefore.
R,s,ir,j, That in our opinion the gen
eral government alone, ariing through
its cont tut..i sanitary officers, should
have direction anil control Oi the nation
al maritime quaraniine.
The Council then a'journed to meet
tomorrow morning stso'clock.
American Public Health Assoc alto :.
Nrw OrLE,ss. December 81 - The
third day's session oi the American
Public Health Association opened THIS
morning at 10 O'Clock, with prayer by
Rev. Father Iiuberls. The Advisory
Council reported tie following ss!eciion
| of officers for tn. ensuing year: Prrsi.
dent. DR.. Charles Il. White. New Or
leans; First Vice. President, Professor
X. C. Kedzie, Lsusing. Michigan: Sec
ond, Professor IIeary A. Campbell,
Augusta. Georgia; Secretary, DR.. AIsl
Amer, Jr., Wakefield. Msssach usetts;
| Treasurer, DR.. ]. Berhen lindsly.
Nsshyille, Tenn; Members of the la.
cs,iye Committee, Dn. ID. c. Hollid,y,
New Orleans; T.. N. Hunt, Mstuchin,
New Jersey George N. sternberg, Ch''
ted States Army; + l.. Grifia, Fon du
Lac. WironsiL; J. I. ]. Thomas. Sava.
nah; Thomas Wool, Wilmington,
North Carolina.
Report adopted. u,
Savannah, Georgia. wss selected ~ the
poin, for holding the next annual ses'
sion.
P.pers we're read by DR.. II. b Baker,
OF snsin2. on the Relations oi scho. 10
10 Diph,heria and Similar Dis ases'; by
DIR. O. W. Wright. OF Milwaukee. On
the Enlargement OF Contagious snd To-
iectious Diseases in Milwaukee; by Dr.
T. :. scales, Of Mobile. on "hunicipsl
Sanitation a. Practised 10 Mobile iof
Preventing the Spread OF the Yellow
Fever: by Dr. DewOlf, of Chicago, on
9Th. Results Of Attempting IN Cn'ck
the spread OF Smallpox in chicago