Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-13
CONTA6ION TALKS
MADE BY DOCTORS
Or. C. w. HassIer of San Fran
cisco Speaks on Controlling
Communicable Diseases
DR.. S. D. BROOKS ON PROGRAM
Representative of the New York
Beard of Health Also
Makes an Address
DR.. S. D. BROOKS ON PROGRAM

"The time will soon come when
mother will not put baby in bed with
little sister, who has the measles, so
that both may have the disease at one
time and incidentally, so that the
trouble may be covered by one doctor
BILL" said DIR. w. C. Hassler, chief
sanitary inspector of San Francisco
addressing a public session of the
American Institute of Homeopathy In
Blanchard hall last night.
DR.. Hassler was speaking upon the
subject "The Control of Communicable
Diseases" Continuing. he said:
"The education of the mother in the
care of children is a most important
factor In the maintainance of pubic
health" 1t is absurd, he declared,
to believe that all children must have
the measles and that the sooner they
have the disease the better.
TUBERCULOSIS
DR.. Hassler discussed the germ
theory of disease, the great success
which in the near future 1t seems will
crown the efforts of the foes of tuber-
culosis, and the wonderful decrease In
the last decade of the death rate or
transmlssible diseases.
He spoke at length Of the various
known agents in the carrying of and
transmission of germs including In
SGCIS, lies anu
Contact, he said. is the most COM
mon method of communication OF
disease. other means he discussed were
water, air and food He took up the
subject of proper sanitation and dis
infection, and presented interesting
stereopticon slides of the San Fran
cisco fire and earthquake, touching up
on sanitary phases of the disaster.
The entire meeting was devoted to
treatment of subjects of sanitary sci
ence and public health, under the aus
nices of the homeopathic bureau of
sanitary science and public health. DR..
e. H. Porter of New York Is chairman
of this bureau. DR.. Hills Cole was act
ing chairman last night.
DIR. BROOKS SPEAKS
DR.. S. D. Brooks of the United States
public health and the marine hospital
service talked on 1.-THE United States
Public Health Service" telling OF the
growth of government interest and
supervision in matters of public health,
The beginning of government activity
in this line, he said, was in the enact
ment of quarantine measures
Tersely he described the advance OF
the federal work In interstate quaran-
tine legislation, passage of pure food
laws. postoffice confiscation of harmful
medicine and in sanitary and labora-
tory experiments. Sanitary efforts in
the insular possessions and in two
plaques in San Francisco were given
his consideration.
DR.. w. F. Snow of Sacramento.
speaking on Education in Public
Health." made q plea for the labora-
fory method in the instruction of the
public and of the children of the ma
fion. especially in matters of public
health. He presented pictures of
car which was sent to all parts OF
california by the state board of health
and by means of which a practical
demonstration of virile facts along lines
of sanitation and public health was
made. over 100000 persons passed
through this car, said DR.. Snow.
PRICE OF IGNORANCE
The final speaker of the evening was
Or. Hills Cole of the New York board
of health, who spoke upon the subject
of 1.-THE Price of Ignorance" He
said. in part:
the people of this country are the VIC
Tins of disease from the cradle to the
grave. and the monetary loss In doc
Iors' bills, lost wages and premature
death is intellectually great" DR.. Cole
pointed out that because parents did
NOT know that blindness of the new
born was easily preventable, our blind
asylums are over full, and men and
women made unable to support them
selves.
"a. preventative serum for infantile
paralysis is now being developed, but
there are many paralyzed children and
Qrown-ups carrying around braces and
submitting to operations, both of which
are unnecessary and harmful.
"Our children cross the line between
childhood and manhood or womanhood
without instruction as to the hygiene
of sex, and the victims of this false
modesty are found on every hand.