New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-11
HYGIENE AND DEMOGRAPHY.
THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OPENED BY
THE PRINCE OF WALES IN LONDON.
PROFESSOR PAsTEUR AND KOCH AMONG THE
DELEGATEs-A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS


London Aag 1o.-The seventh annual session OF the
international Congress Of Hygiene and Demography
opened in ST. James's Hall In this city this afternoon
Early this morning the Royal yacht left Portsmouth
for Cowes Isle Of Wight to bring to England the Prince
Of Wales. who was to preside at the Congress. The
Prince arrived in London in good season, and when he
called the Congress to order there $500 delegates
In the hall. Among the more prominent delegates in
attendance were Professor Pasteur, Of Paris and Pro-
fessor KOCH Of Berlin. Many Of the leading doctors
and scientists of Europe will take part in the debera
tons.
When the Prince Of Wales to make his address
of welcome he was heartily cheewd. He discoursed
earnedly on hygiene, and said that the people were
exposed to many of danger owing to the exist
ing state Of factories from overcrowdms and from
the unsanitary conditions Of the towns. lie was happy
to saw however, that statistics showed marked i'm
provement in this direction, which might safely be
taken as an earnest OF the increased good TO be accom-
pshed by scientists in the future
The work Of the congress will be arranged to fall
under the two chief divisions indicated by its title
hygiene and demography In the first division there
will he nine sections Preventive medicine, under the
presidency Of Sir Joseph Fayrer bacteroloGy, under
the presidency of Sir Joseph Lister the relation OF the
diseases Of animals to those OF men-president SIT
Nigel Kingscote; infancy. childhood and school life
president Mr. Diggle; chemistry and physics III re
at,on IN hycene-presdent. Sir H. f. Roscoe; archi
W. Bloomfield: engineering in relation TO hygiene
nrosidont Sir John Goode naval and military hygiene
president Lord Vantage; State hygiene-president'
Lord Basng In the second division there are no Sec
tons the members assembling as a whole under the
nresIdency of Francis Cation, and the word
demography" is said in the programme to include
industrial hygiene and the conditions OF commuhiueS
from statistical point OF view.
An immlnse number Of papers are to be read ana
the number of foreigners who have promised to speak
or read is such as to show that the congress WILL III
the fullest sense, be International Among te MANY
imporant subjects TO be discussed Is the general
o,eetion of the means 10 be employed for preventing
the spread of epidemic diseases from country TO country
which will be introduced by SurgeonGeneral j. NJ Gun
n,npham Professor Proust, Of Paris, will read paper
on the measures which should be adopted IN regaru 10
shps coming from infected ports, and lnspector-uch
eral lawson will read paper on the comhuhlcaoii''y
of cholera from country TO country d. D"""u
seaton will open discussion on dphtheria' with special
reference to its prevention and Sir Dyce DncK"orlh
will read paper the relation OF alcoholism to puDhc
boarth He will be followed by Professor "eater
casrd OF Copenhagen who will discuss the st1io
top}c Dr. Ransomc, OF Manchester, fTofcSsor flnAoi
hurg of Bonn: Dr. Priestly, of London, ana seNcr'l
other prominent gentlemen have promised 10 rc'o
papers on various subjects The subject oil tuoe'Vu
Iosis will be fully discussed.
In the third section the subject Of rabies mas u'e
nlace Of honor In the fourth section the papers
promised are numerous ard range from general qucS
tlons of school hygiene to the most varied mat'crs Oh
detail In the fifth section, among other SUBJECTS losS
and the air of towns the treatment OF sewage VII
he considered In the sixth section the principal sub
tects of discussion will DC the hyeienc principles Tor
the extension and internal improvement OF towns ana
the control Of the construction OF buildings Inc
seventh section will consider among other topics the
questions Of sewage disposal and of water supply ana
the destruction Of refuse The eighth section WI tyc
papers on the diet of soldiers and sailors and ca
futrre fever I'm India and IN active service The nlnh
section will deal With the various ways the state aS
intervene TO promote coed sanitation and with tic dl9
pOso Of the dead the last topic papers are promised
by Sir Henry Thompson and seymour lla1en go
In the division OF dcmOgraphy the first paper VIII
he on diseases and mortality in relation 10 occupaton
Thrift In Great Britain will be the subject of paper by
Rowland Hamilton. The range Of subjects To be dis
cusscd in this section is wide, and In all the depart
mcnts of inquiry the debates will be conducted by
men who hold the highest places in their several
studies.