Arizona republican., 1910-11-19
MEASURES IF
 PROTECTION What Slate Should Do For
 Public Health
 OR. M'CORMACK'S LECTURE Synopsis of an Address De livered Last Night to a Large and Attentive Au- dience in the Elks Theater  Standing Room Only.
OR. M'CORMACK'S LECTURE

The audience that greeted Dr. J. N Mccormack at Elks' theater last night was a fine testimonial to the interest
 taken by the people of this commun- ity in matters pertaining to the bet
 torment of the public health and the prevention of disease, which perforce means the better health and protec- tion of the individual Every seat in the theater was occupied and quite a number were content to remain even
 though there was standing room only
 The meeting was presided over by Judge Edward Kent, chief justice of the territory, and seated with him on the stage were leading local represen- tatives of the professions as follows
 Governor Richard l.. Sloan, Dr F.. $. Godfrey, territorial health officer. Bishop Atwood of Trinity Episcopal church, Mayor Lloyd B. Christy, Prof J. D. Loper. superintendent of the city schools, Geo. w r. Hunt, presi- dent of the constitutional convention; Dr. J. w. Floss, president of the board of trade; Dr. II. Nj Campbell, pastor of the Presbyterian church: pr. II. A. Hughes, county health of ficer: pr. H. K. Beauchamp, city health officer, and Dr. Redewill of the Maricopa county medical association committee. under whose auspices Dr. Mccormack appeared.
 The lecture was in substance the placing before the people. in every day terms and by simple illustrations fk., ,c sI. statisticians both medical and politi- cal, which demonstrate existing facts and conditions as to health and dis ease as nearly as they can be ar rived at; the cardinal principles of sanitation for the prevention of dis ease as they have been wrought out by scientists. students and medical men during all past history; the pos sibility of effective results by a prop CT expenditure of money in the es- tablshing and equipping of health boards and their inspecting staffs, as indicated by the experience of health officers and boards who have paved the way in this line of endcavor; the very certain and awful results of neglect to take steps in that direc- tion by the new state of Arizona as indicated by the experience of the older states which are now eXpending millions to escape the effects of neg ligence; together with an earnest de- mand that the new state liberally provide for the proper maintenance of an adequate sanitary and health organization.
 While the greater part of the lec- anI ing largely with statistics, they were so overpowering as to be of genuine interest and the doctor quite frequent ly injected amusing stories to press home special points of interest, so that the lecture was entertaining as well as instructive In the course of his remarks concerning the work of health boards, their needs and equip ment, the speaker took occasion to pay fine compliment to Dr. God frey. in which the people of Arizona may also take just pride and satis- faction, when he said that Dr. God frey is regarded among the health of the country as one or the foremost of the younger sanitar- ians. A synopsis of Dr. McCormacks S address is herewith given:
 
 The greatest asset of any nation, its most important resource to be con is that represented in its wig orous population, its children, women and men. In fact. farms, mines. forests, factories and similar things called wealth, have little more than an ab- stract value, except as there IS sucn a population to operate and enjoy them. The drain upon this asset in this coun- try from diseases now known to be and as a result of vicious and immoral living, is estimated at more than third of the entire sick and death rate every year. The recognl- ton of this drain and it's causes, and a comparative study of the results Of better sanitation in other countries, and in some sections of our own country, have so impressed economists, teach CTS, and other leaders of thought, that the American Health league, lay or ganization of 50,000 members, has been formed, with headquarters at Yale, to arouse and educate public sentiment on the subject.
 These economists figure that there is an average of 1,50O,OOO deaths in this country every year, with 4,200,000 cases of sickness affecting the comfort and happiness of 5,000,000 homes and 25,0OO,- 900 people After careful study they tell us that over one-third of this enormous sick and death rate, a tax upon the people almost beyond calculation. can
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