Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-12-11
THEPUBLIC HEALTH
Proceedings of the National Association
at Washington-A Number OF
Papers Of Unusual
Interest Read Before the Meeting-The
Proper Arrangement of School.
Houses Diseases.
The Necessity Of Protecting the Living
from the Dead - The Lamb
Prizes Awarded.

WASHINGTON, December TO- The
American Public Health Association to-
day receiTed and referred to a special
committee consideration snd. recon-
mendation a series of resolutions from the
Philadelphia Board of Health, in which il
is resolved that no rags from foreign ports
should be permitted to land at the port OF
Philadelphia until they have been disin-
fected. The Philsdelphis Board urges
upon the American Public Health Asso-
citation the necessity Of passing judgment
on the matter of the importation of rags,
and asks it to recommend the thorough
disinfection of imported rags in every
part of the United States before they are
distributed for manufacturing purposes.
The resolution proposed suggesting
commission to examine into the sanitary
surroundings of operatives in factories was
reported to the association by the Execu-
tive Committee in a modified form and
adopted. 1t recommends that the Com
missioner of the Labor Bureau should ap-
point one or more commissioners 10 visit
the principal factories and workshops Of
the country with the view of ascertaining
what provisions are msde for the protec-
| ton of the health o. the worktnen.
DIR. John H. Raueh, secretary of the
State Board of Health of Illinois, read
-''"r on the maritime quarantine from the
mouth of the st. Lawrence to the Rio
Graude.
DIR. Joseph Holt, president OF the Louisi-
ana State Boatd of Health, read G paper
! on Sanitary Protection of New Orleans,
Municipal and Msritipe," and D.. S. 7.
Armstrong of the United States Marine
Hospital S-rviee read paper on Mari
| time Sanitation"
DR.. Holt offered resolutions, which were
rafa . ha m k
| ing Congress to provide for the appoin'-
| ment of commission to sonsi.t of three
persons to investigate the ME hods pur-
sued at Rio de Janeiro, Mexico, Panama
| and Colon to protect the unacc imated
| against yellow-feve-., The resolutions
proposed that S30,0O0 be appropriated to
| ray TIE salaries and expenses OF the conf
| mission, each mem ser of which should re-
| ceive as recompense 600.
EVENING SESSION.
At the evening session a committee WAS
| appointed to consider the resolution
| offered in regard to the importation and
| dIsinfection CT rags.
| The committee to award the Lamb
| prizes then made it's report. It reported
| that not one of the thirty six essays SUBJ
| mitted on Healthy Homes and Food for
the Worsing Glasses" was found of suffi-
cient merit TO deserve the first prize, but
the second prize OF 5000 was awarded to
| Vic or G. Vaughn of Ann Arbor, Mich.
The committee which considered The es-
say on "The Sanitary Condition aud Ne
cessities of Schooi-Houses and School
Life" had carefully considered the twenty
papers presented. Bodily punishment is
opposed in all of them, q cept in very ex-
treme cases, as it is affirmed that lethargy,
idleness and disobedience may come from
| IL, IL r,,1o
the near or remote causes oil
the evils complained Of. School
competitions are censured as unduly
exciting to nervous systems. School
exhibitions in the heat of summer are
condemned. No one school should e1-
csed 600 pupils. The committee, in con-
cluding, recommended that teachers
should be qualified to enforce proper hy-
giene in their schools. OF the large num-
Der of exhaustive papers offered, shown
thoughtful and thorough investigation
into the subject Of proper light and venti-
istion and other hygiene facilities, the
committee had selected that of DR.. F.
Lincoln of Boston as worthy of the sec.
ond prize. The first prize was not awarded.
DR.. George W. Storling of Baltimore was
awarded the first prize for his essay on
"Disinfeciion and Individual Prophvlaxis
Against Infectious Diseases"
| The committee on the preventible
causes OF disease, injury and death in
American workshops, and the best means
and appliances for preventing and avoid
ing them, awarded the second prize fol
his essay on that subject to DIR. George II
Ireland of Springfield, Mass. The fret
prize was not awarded.
Prof. d. A. Sargent OF Harvard Univer
sity, submitted the report of the Commit
tee on School Hygiene.
John Morris of Baltimore then presented
the report of the Committee on Dispose
of the Desd. This subject has attracted
much attention, and has been thoroughly
discussed. He thought that If the presen
mode OF burial is continued great spc
radical reforms must be instituted to pro
tect the living from the contamination O
the dead.
A number of the members gave theil
views on this subject, and it was evider
that the advocates of cremation we're in
the majority.
The delegates to the convention called
in body al ths White-H House this after
noon, and were presented 10 the Presiden
| nv D- Tpw0shpud