The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-10-28
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.

Under the DIVISION CI inc uepai'
ment relating to General Health and
sanitation the principal work accom-
plished during the past year has been
as follows:
A very careful study OF Epidemic
Anterior Poliomyelitls Uniantile
| Spinal Paralysls). with extended ex'
periments on monkeys. under the sup
ervlsion OF the State Board OF Health,
conducted at the University MedlcaI
School at Rosedale considerable I'm.
portant information has been ELECTED
by this study and the board has been
enabled to make an important contrib
ution to the literature on the subject
One hundred and thirty-three treat
ments for diphtheria we're furnished
through this department, free oil Cost.
to the poor children OF the state sun
erlng from diphtheria. II Is impossi'
BILE to estimate the number OF lives
that have thus been saved
The Travelling tuberculosis Exhibit
has been shown in one hundred ana
three towns and cities in the state, with
an attendance of approximately ZoO'ooO
people. who have seen the exhibit ana
heard the lectures on the cause, pre-
vention and cure of tuberculosis. In
addition to this statewide educational
campaign against a foe that Is killing
four Kansas citizens every day, the
board Is also printing and circulating
a large number OF pamphlets dealing
with the prevention OF the disease.
A sanitary force OF los county
health officers and nine city heath
officers, of cities OF the first class, is
better organized and doing more ef-
fective work than ever before In the
history of the board
Approximately 2.400 specimens have
been received and examined In the
meteorological laboratory during the
past year
Under the division OF foods and
drugs. thousands OF places where
foods and drugs are prepared or offer
ed for sale have been inspected as to
the quality OF the products and the
sanitary surroundings.
The Weights and Measures Law has
been vigorously enforced and we De-
lieve that it Is entirely within rea-
sonable estimate to say that the Wig
orous enforcement of the Food and
Drugs Law, and Weights and Meas
ures Law is saving the consumers OF
this state 81 100000 annually Such
estimate is based on the present condl-
lions as compared with the conditions
found previous to, or Immediately al
ter the passage OF these laws.
About fifty new slaughter houses
have been condemned and rebuilt to
bA pifnrV raOnir9m enLS
of the law.
The Kansas drug store Is no longer
thing to excite the derision OF our
people. 1t is an entirely different
proposition, both as relates to the
food and drugs law and the prohioi-
ton law, than it was few years ago.
Kansas drug stores are now as gooo'
or better, than the stores OF any otn-
er state
Some thirty cities have been induo-
ed to put in publication works to puri'
fy their sewage, and thus the program
to preserve the purity Of the waters OF
the state is being carried out; not only
that those cities depending upon the
rivers for their domestic supply may
be protected, but that the fish IN the
streams may also continue 10 exlst
and thrive
Some 1900 hotels have been inspect
ed twice. Approximately 700 have
been granted certificates Eighty have
been closed because OF unsanitary or
filthy conditions. or failure to comply
with the law, and the balance are
pending while undergoing repairs
and arranging for compliance.
In the matter Of public health this
administration is doing better work
than any other state In the Union.