Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-26
GUARDIANS OF HEALTH.
Doctors to Meet in Convention in
Montreal,
70 DISCUSS THE PUBLIC GOOD
Many of the Most Eminent Physicians In
Three Countries to Diseuss
Various Topics.

promises to be one of the most successful
meetings in the history Of the association.
For tho past three months all the State
and City Boards OF Health in America,
Mexico and Canada have been holding meet
ings for the purpose OF selecting delegates
TO the annual convention to be held in this
city, and when the roll Is called on the
opening day the citizens Of Montreal will
find the town lnsthe hands OF all the great
public health physicians OF the three coun-
tries Of North America
The meeting will open al noon on Sept.
25 at Association Hall. in the Young Mems
Christian Association Building, in Domin-
ion square. opposite Hotel Windsor In
the chair Will be Dr.. Z. p, Lachapelle OF
this city. who is president of the associa-
ton. and the minutes OF the meeting Will
be recorded by DR.. Irving Watson. the
secretary. OF Concord. N. IL.
The great feature Of the four days meet
Ing VIII be the sanitary topics which will
be discussed, and as the preliminary cir
cular was sent to all the members some
months ago. letters will be read on the
subject prepared by many OF the leading
physicians aud sanitary experts Of the three
countries. The topics to be discussed dur
ing the four days are as follows:
!. The pollution OF water supplies.
4 me disposal Of garbage and refuse.
rha nor acHsvl and animal ANNA io0n; ,,.
Of statiatica.
di! Y, Protective NEGOTIATIONS and infectious
g. National bsoitb iog,s,,,,or
!. The cause and prevention Of dlphtherla.
uS causes ana prevention OF infant mortal
2. Ths restriction and prevention OF tnhereu.
losls.
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10 on tho education OF the young In the
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and refuse.
~ Distinction OF dwellings after infec-
is InspSciion ~ scb,oI children with rotor
ence to the eyosight
Tho Board Of Heath OF the State OF New
York will be represented at the meeting by
it's president. DIR. Florence O. Donnhue of
cyrncuso ana Tho ctt,, 81 Nh, yo,.l, ~ n,
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NyruS i.uSun' iieal'u commissioner Oh tne
Guy. Dr. ponohue mas forwarded TO the
secretary Of the association several letters
on the topics to be discussed and DR.. Ed
son has nrenorpd valuable Ietter on tho
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also De read
The local committee has made every prep
aration to insure the largest meeting yet
held by tho asgnniation and as paners IN
,bo tof,,c, 10 ha 1,sc,ss,,, ba,o boar nra-
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par " the most eAperlohceu pupuc neai'h
officials OF the three countries OF North
America, the convention Will be Of the
greatest interest to officials and people OF
all the big cities of tho world.
Ths America, puhlic tteaith Assoctatio,
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an ors"ni@ne'on "niVn was iu'iheu us
the result OF an INFORMAL conference held
IN New YORK CITY on the 18TH OF April,
1872. by number of gentlemen who. for
several years had been In some degree CO.
workers in the studies of preventive medl-
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ei,S' nnu ""' "oie ooiiiieu'eu :" soiiiu way
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the INFORMAL conference was TO secure con-
cerled action and to establish some ade-
quato plans for the general cultivation OF
hygiene knowledge, with the ultimate OBJ
iect Of perfecting, as far as possible, the
A committee was appointed at this Informal
conference which submitted a plan OF or
ganlzation at the next meeting, held on
Sept. IL and 10. At the second meeting
representatives from New York, Pennsyl-
vania, District OF Columbia Louisiana.
Rhode Island, Connecticut, Ohio and Illi-
nois attended, and contributed toward the
successful formation of the association.
A constitution was adopted which declared
that membership In the association could
be secured only by those who took public
and personal interest IN sanitary studies
and their application.
The hrRt meetings OF the now assocla-
ton resulted in cheerful contribution OF
letters on all kinds Of sanitary topics.
which Interested sanitary experts and
health physicians to such an extent that be-
fore the association had been In existence
one year the membership book contained
the names Of all the prominent health of
ncials from Maine to California. Among
the early promoters and lecturers OF the
association were the late Dr. +. A. p. Bar-
nard, then president OF Columbia COLLEGE
Andrew D. White, president OF Cornell Ijni.
versity. and General Walker. at thai time
Superintendent OF the United States CEN
sus. General Walker discovered the re-
latians Of nationality 10 tho death rates
and the report made upon tho unltcd and
personal INQUIRIES OF epldemlos NM al"
courses Of the association attracted tho an.
tantion not only of those Interested In a.
official way. but others. and the associa-
ton soon leaped into fame
The first president Of the ssroota,t,,, -.
| Dr. Stephen Smith. who was nd no IT, 70 q,
his election Health Commisgta,or ss'1 \, u
York rifv Tho nnrnsi $500, ". , NeW
the letters and discussions found ,bsIr va,,
to Canada and Mexico and these Nv, co,,,,
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