The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-29
BOARD OF HEALTH SESSION
STATE AND PROVINCIAL BODIES
 MEET IN THIS CITY.

Other Papers-OmeeEs Co be Elected List of Those In Attendance.
 The seventeenth annual conference of the state and provincial boards of health of North America is being held here in North Sheffield hall. The meet ings commenced yesterday morning at 10 o'clock and will end this evening.
 The greater part of the morning ses- sion was taken up with the considera- ton of a report by a committee consist ing of Charles Caverly, M. D., of Yer mont. Major W. c. Gorgas, M. D.. L. $. A. of Havana, Cuba, and U. O. B. Win gate, M. D., of Wisconsin, on list of diseases believed to be communicable and dangerous to the public health. The committee reported a list of twenty-six diseases. When it came to the accept ance of the report there was long dis cussion. Some of the delegates did not believe the list was complete end should include other diseases. The report is to come up for other additions.
 Dr. U O. B. Wingate, secretary of the state board of health of Wisconsin, read a paper on "The Production and Control of Vaccine Virus and AntiTox- ines,p and in the afternoon a paper on Summer Resorts was read by Dr. c. A. Lindsley, of this city.
 At o'clock yesterday afternoon c. O. Probst, NJ. D., secretary of the state board of health of Ohio. read a most instructive paper on Some Questions to be Answered in Dealing With Small pox." His article was divided into three sections, discussing the following subjects:
 First-When should the state board of health be expected to establish or verify the diagnosis of smallpox at the expense of the state?
 Second Should the state board of health have authority to modify or set aside the quarantine regulations of To- cal boards of health?
 Third-Plan suggested whereby the state board of health might give req sonable assurance of purity of vaccine virus.
 A most exhaustive paper on Sum mer Resorts" was then read by Profes- sor c. A. Lindsley, secretary of the state board of health of Connecticut. Dr. Lindsley discussed:
 "'The tented camp; the million dollar hotel; the variety of the guests who are entertained at them; their tenn porary occupation; the brevity of the visits of the great majority of those who frequent them, and their sense of responsibility while being there; the af 1ntf yx-tn the summer influx is compared with the permanent residents of the remain der of the year; the colonies of cottages clustered in close proximity, and the risk of unsafe results to health from all these peculiar conditions"
 Other papers of the afternoon were Method of Quarantine Against Yellow Fever" by committee of five experts, and Methods of Stamping Out Yellow Fever Suggested in 1S99," by Charles T. Finlay, M. D., chief sanitary officer of Havana, Cuba, the paper being read by Dr. John Guiteras. of Havana.
 Following was last evenings pro- gramme:
 Address of welcome-Professor William
 H. Brewer. Ph. D., professor of agri-
 culture, Yale university. and presi-
 dent of the state board of health of
 Connecticut.
 Report of the secretary.
 Report of the treasurer.
 Address of the president, Dr. H. M,
 Bracken, of Minnesota, upon "The
 State in it's Relation to the Tubercu-
 lous from the Following Standpoints:
 First-The care of the advanced or
 incurable cases.
 Second-The care of the incipient
 cases.
 Third-The protection of the unin-
 fected.
 The following are the officers of the organization:
 Presidential M. Bracken, of Minne- sota.
 Vice president-Richard H. Lewis, of North Carolina.
 secretary-Gardner T. Swarts, of Rhode Island.
 Treasurer-J. A. Egan, of Illinois.
 Among those present were: Dr. Charles o. Probst Columbus. Ohio: Dr. Irving A. Watson, Concord. N. H.; Pro- lessor W. H. Brewer. New Haven; Dr. Charles A. Lindsley, New Haven; Dr. J. H. Townsend New Haven; Dr. U. o. B. Wingate, Milwaukee; Dr. Benjamin Lee, Philadelphia; Dr. H. D. Geddings, Washington, D. C.; Dr. Walter Wy man, Washington. D. C.: 'Dr. Byron Stanton, Cincinnati; Dr. Henry B. Bak- CT, Lansing. Mich: Dr. Frank Wells, Lansing, Mich; Dr. Greasy Wilbur, Lansing, Mich. Dr. Henry D. Holton. Brattlehoro Vt: Dr. T. H. Kennedy, Des Moines. Iowa; Dr. J. W. Ross, U. S. N; Dr. W. c. Gorgas, U. s. A.. Ha- vana, Cuba; pr. S. S. Stephens Natchi- toches. La: Dr. Peter H. Bryce, Toron- to, Canada: Dr. John S. Fulton, Balti- more; Dr. H. M. Bracken, Minneapolis; Dr. William H. Brewer, Minneapolis; Dr. F. c. Suiter. La Crosse, Wis; Dr. John Guiteras, Havana, Cuba; Dr. F. w. Cooper, Camden, Del. Dr. A. Low Der, Wilmington. Del: Dr. Samuel w. Abbott Boston; Dr. Henry Hutchinson, St. Paul; Dr. Gardner T. Swarts, Prov idence; Professor H. c. Robinson, Brunswick, Me.
 This morning a resolution will be of fered by the state board of health on Rules Governing the Transportation of the Dead.'
 Greasy l.. Wilbur. M. D.. chief of di- vision of vital statistics, Michigan de- partment of state. and medical referee of the United States census for vital