Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-01-20
STATE BOARD HOLDING IT'S AN
NUAL SESSION.
A DECREASE IN SICKNESS
Reports from Various Portions of State
Indicate That Badgers Are Growing
Healthier-S Important Matters
to Be Considered by the Board
Pingree's Invitation Accepted.
Madison, January Is.


nual meeting in the Park hotel Pres
ident Scion Marks OF Milwaukee, who
is presiding has been a member OF
the board since it was established and
is the only member enjoying that
honor. Tho other members are: Sec
Rotary L. o. b. Wingate of Milwau-
kee, Drs. F. ii Bodenius of Madison
G. w Harrison OF Ashland, j. II.
McNeel of Fond du Lac and @. O.
Sutherland OF JaneSyile One of
tie most important matters perhaps
that is to come up at this meeting of
the board is the new pharmacy law
which went into effect January / and
which requires that all patent medi-
cines and similar articles shall, if
/ they contain any poison or other con-
stituents injurious to health, bear a
-, label plainly stating that fact. The
state chemist is now analyzing sam
| pies OF dozen patent medicines and
Will soon report on them to the state
I board. Some members of the board
are of the opinion that their organi-
| zation will confer with the state phar-
macy board before any decision is
taken in this matter. The manufact-
urers of medicines are anxious to
know just what action the board CON
! templates and how far it will go
/ Another important subject still to
come up Is that of bovine tuberculosis.
1 Last summer there was appointed a
commission consisting of State Veter-
marian Clute, Prof. II. l.. Russell
of the university, and Drs. Wingate
( and Sutherland Of the state board to
! investigate the matter and report
Prof. Russell will discuss the matter
before the board 1t is understood
that the Investigations will be con-
tinued with a view of securing suf
! ficient data showing that many dairy
/ herds in the state are afflicted with tu-
berculosis and that many persons con-
tract tuberculosis from drinking the
milk OF these diseased animals. This
data is 10 be the ground on which the
next legislature is to be asked to pass
a measure requiring al dairy men to
hold certificates showing that their
COWS are free from tuberculosis.
/ The board adopted a resolution re-
curing that all old rags used in the
state must be thoroughly disinfected
1 This action is due to the fact that
small pox has been traced to rags used
az the large paper mill in De Pere.
The law requires that all foreign rags
brought into the state shall be disin-
fected but the board is Of the opinion
that this is not always done.
The board adopted the following res
olutions
/ Resolved, That the legislation now
pending before the congress of the
United States as exhibited in bill No
1865 and known as the anti-viyisec-
( ton measure is in the opinion of this
/ beard a perniCious measure and should
not become a law and we therefore
most earnestly urge the representa-
tiyes and senators of Wisconsin to
prevent the passage of it; that the
board is not in favor of cruel inyesti-
cations, but is in favor of experiments
/ en- animals when done in a proper
manner and alter anaesthesia have
been administered,
Resolved, that this board strongly
endorses the measure prepared by the
special committee of the American
. Medical association and approved by
the American Public Health associa-
. ton at its last meeting in Philadelphia
to create a national department OF
public health and urges the representa-
tiyes and senators OF Wisconsin to
vote for the same and to use every
honorable means in their power Il
secure its passage, "
+ Secretary Wingate submitted a re-
mort of the work done by the board IN
4 ~. II showed that on the whole
/ there was marked decrease in sick
ress throughout the state, OF the To-
/ cal health boards reporting 26I showed
no marked change in the amount OF
sickness over the previous year ana
G54 showed decrease The only
places which reported increases were:
York. Dane county; Fsyette, Lafay-
! cite county, Rockland. Manitowoc
! county. Turtle Lake, Barron county;
( Oconto Falls. Oconto county, and
. Lake Town.
/ The secre;ary's report showed that
/ there are now 1897 local boards Of
health i'm the state, the largest NUM-
/ her ever In existence. OF these boards
I ta3 submitted annual reports g the
state board These reports indi-
! cate that the new law that went into
effect July i. 81. requiring births and
burials TO be registered is not wholly
/ satisfactory and the board is of the
/ opinion that that portion OF it relating
/ to births ough perhaps TO be modified
somewhat Tho reports showed that
the section OF the law governing the
registration Of births was observed In
$40 aud partially Ia number Of other
places and that the section governing