The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-16
Doctors Want to Stop ImmI-
grafton of tuberculosis
Patients.
TO QUARANTINE CONSERVATIVES
More of Them In California Than
in All England-OffiCers
Elected.

The third annual Cal1Ornla State San1-
tary Convention, held under the auspices
of the State Board of Health, met yester-
day afternoon at the Academy of Sciences.
The president, DR.. G. A. Ruggles, called
the convention to order and introduced
Mayor Sutro, who delivered an address of
welcome, in which he said:
This city could be supplied with pure water
at less cost than we now pay for the impure,
and at the same time confer similar boon on
all the coming generations. 1t is left for you,
gentlemen, to express strong opinion on this
subject. The members OF the Board of Health
for large city hold post of great responsibility
Good sewerage, pure water, pure milk and pure
food come under their care, and for the good
health of the citizens they are mainly respon-
sible. In the multitude OF counsel there is
wisdom, and l welcome the tendency of the
age to hold congresses, where ideas are en-
larged, new thoughts developed and where a
fraternity is established among men of the same
calling.
DR.. Ruggles in his annual address said
that he was glad to state that California
had been almost entirely free from infec-
tious diseases during the past year. He
spoke of the good accomplished by the
association in instructing the public mind,
and struck the keynote of the convention
when he said:
There were 200 less deaths In California last
year than IN the preceding year, but that l be-
lieve is due to the fact that the strinsency in
the money market has prevented so many
tuberculosis patients in the East from
work in instructing the people as to the pre-
vention OF the spread of this disease.
Officers were then elected as follows:
G. w. Nutting of Siskiyou. president; DIR.
C. L. Bard of Ventura and DIR. John T.
Mclean of Alameda, vice presidents; DR..
Winslow Anderson of San Francisco secre-
tary.
Dr.. McNutt read paper on "Street Sani-
tation." DIR. Potter one on "The Hospital
at Home" in which he advocated that
houses should have room set apart to be
used in cases of sickness, and that some
law should be passed to compel hotel and
clearinghouse keepers to have suites of
rooms set apart for that purpose.
Dr. S. S. Herrick read paper on Better
Instruction in Physiology and Hygiene in
Our Public Schools"
DR.. D. A. Hodghead's paper on "Califor-
MIA and tuberculosis" stirred up the con-
vention. He said in part:
We are not giving the people pure blood
Nothing is being done to prevent the introduce
ton here of u class that Will do the most harm
to the health of the community. We are leav-
ing our gates wide open and give welcome TO
tuberculosis of all kinds. We are bringing in
contagion in order to sell a few more lots or
rent a few more rooms at Sanitsriums There
are rs many consumptiyes in California as in
all England. would feel as safe living by the
marshes along the Mississippi as in the spots in
California where the one-lunged patients are
most welcomed. We should shun and exclude
a diseased lung even more than q smallpox pa
tient, on the principle that self-preservation is
the first law of nations. We are making OF this
fair land pesthouse.
DR.. Bard advocated legislation to provide
restriction on tuberculosis patients travel
ing, and that we should quit advertising
the climate of this State as a specific
against such diseases. The people of this
part of the State, be said, have no idea of
the immense burden on the southern part
the care of poor consumptives who come
out with barely enough money to get there
on. In the County Hospital of Los An
geles nine-tenths of the patients are non
resident consumptives from the East. 81
can't see," he said, stwhy we should be
afraid to legislate to quarantine against
these people any more than against small
poX patients.
At the evening session of the convention
Professor A. A. Cunningham read paper
prepared jointly by himself and Professor
Thomas Bowhill on the subject of "Purif-
cation of Drinking Water Chemically and
Microscopically Considered" Professor
Cunningham, in closing the discussion,
stated that he had been engaged, with 9TH
ers, in the investigation OF the waters of
Lake MERGED, but had not been able to de-
sonous germs. He said it was impossible,
in his opinion, to determine such ques-
ton in so short time.
DR.. w. T. Burmese of Stockton then read
his paper on THE Ideal City From SAM
tary Standpoint" and was followed by DR..
F. A. Neif, whose subject was 1.-THE Role of
the Veterinarian in Human Prophylactic
Medicine"
The paper of DR.. G. B. Arvis on s'Tuber-
culosis and It's Communicating to Man."
and that of Drs. William A Edwards and
Leland e. Cofer on IN otes on the Hygienic
Condition of School Buildings and Prac-
teal Hints on the Management OF School
Children" were referred to the publica-
ton committee without reading, as the
authors were not present.
In discussing the paper of DR.. Neif the
range of debate became very wide and in
terest finally settled upon tainted and 9TH
erwise impure milk. AS result resolu-
ton was passed requesting the State Board
of Health to formulate and present to the
next State Sanitary Convention law es-
pecially compelling every town and city in
the State to appoint milk inspectors.
Should its provisions meet with the APP
prevail of the convention its passage will be
recommended to the next Legislature.
Another resolution was passed requesting
the State Board of Health TO communicate
with local health boards impressing on
them the importance or meanwhile pass
ing local ordinances protecting their locali-
ties from the danger of using impure milk
DR.. George E. Charles paper on Dairy
and Milk Inspection" was referred without
being read.
THE Prevention of Infectious Diseases
OF the Eye" was ably treated by DR.. W. F.
Southland, and its discussion was followed
by the adoption of a resolution recon-
intending the State Board of Health to pub
lish and distribute literature all over the
State instructing people how to protect
themselves from the danger of preventable
and communicable diseases.
By request of the authors the two re-
naming papers-''The Check-Rein-Its
Uses and Abuses" by DR.. G. l.. Bard, and
Important Facts and Practical Difficulties
Encountered in Enforcing Sanitary Regu-
lations," by DR.. George w. Davis-were re-
ferred, without being read, to the publica-
ton committee.
Before the meeting adjourned until next
year the following committee on publica-
ton WAS appointed; Drs. J. r. Lame,
Winslow Anderson and j. T. McLane
Announcement was then made that the