Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-09-25

tW occasions tu, movement for q ua. I
jionM department OF health
The proyiJcut Life Assurance 81.
0cty. the New YORK Life Insurance !
COMPANY ANA others are doing prac'
tical cdUcatiNc work ia prolonsing hu.
man lives
The uatcrnal societies have also
entered the campaign
THOR journal the Western NcN'N
nov has department especially d
voted 90 the public health Frtt't-
nal insurance companies have csta'-
ushed sanatoriu. and HAY, attempted
in other WAYS to irngthcu lives and
decrease death claims
Health insurance. one Of the young
est forms of Insurance. has made al
beginning n th, field OF dlscas" pre-
t,ntion The LOYAL Protective Insure
Rueo company has. Within tho last ic"
months. established "a health bureau
60 issue bulletins and conduct a sort "I
correspondent, school of health IN
formation
But the greatest agency or all the
national government has not vet NV
dcrtak.u On, WORK OF preventing dis
case in way prop"ru"ncd To- TN"
needs uf Hl.uuu.VpO people. senator
owen has introduced iu congress
bin to establish 8 national department.
ul health by co-ordinatlnE the gov
crumruts present agencies so th"F
may work more effectively. III.
charles \ D. Reed. iu 5 recent speech
iu Philadelphia. said that the United
States. with be- health agencies dis
tr,uut,d Goo the department OF tho
treasury tny department OF aerInJl-
turr and other departments BE- the
| Laughing stock ot Europe. while thu
people of This ruuutr, lr, diving from
ipr,Nrutaplr causes at the rate eff one
every minute.
AZ ON, eft Che heotiugs 90 wash
ngtou ON the subject Of national
| department ut health. Goncrnl George
~ Strruborg surgeon general OF ia"
army said
II suppus, the only reason why We
have not long sine, had e govern
| mont department 10 look after the
public health. and So TAX" tho l''d ~
! In.tru,ting the propl" how Co prevent
i th, enormous waste of human lfo
| from prpycutablc diseases. is because
| our Legislators have not heretofore
| realised the Importance Of this sub
Il i,rt After the great epidemic of
II yellow fewer u ISIS. congress was
II greatly aroused upon the subject OF
II preventing future 'pidcmics ~ TINS
II disoaso aud national board NJ health
III ,ns organized iiut this board was
lunt proyid,d either with the author
II itv pr the financial support necessary
II o. make ~ n success. ite members
III nrrc engaged iu other occupations
land did not receive salaries They
| Ucrc therefore unable To devote any
considerable portion ~ their time u
questions relating 4" tn" puhdh
health They ala however. inaugur
ate Investigations which after more
than 20 years ted 10 a demonstration
81 tho method by which yellow fevci
Is transmitted from man w. man, ant
ns result of this knowledge We have
learned how 20 control this pcstilen
tial malady
The department OF health measure
which has had the endorsement of tn
committee of one hundred, has ais
had endorsements from governors o
states and from leading scientific
medical. labor. grange and philan
thropic organizations The m"asur
IS not. however. without opposition
EN-prcsidcnt Eliot of Harvard say
, In regard 90 the opponents The
also. as rule. oppose medical re
search. vaccination and the use O
autituNins of an sorts. They are op
posed To the use of the colloctiv
forces of the community 90 protect PEG
pie from the results Of Ignorance, su
pcrstition and deceit. Unfortunately
diseases. like ignorance and supersti
tion. cannot b" successfully resist"l
ON tho principle of respecting each in
dlvidunls right 20 suffer. be sick an
die Possibly there rs such right
but u cuuont he exercised withou
. grave danger 20 many other indiyid
luals Contagious diseases take cffec
I ON masses of people. and they ca'
!, only be- successfully resisted by col
!, lcctiye action"
II The committee. which maintains a.
!. office at Room ~. i05 East Twenty
: second street New York CITY ask
I for cooperation from an who are In
n tcrested In reducing the mortalit'
A rate and In preventing disease. Let
!. tiers 20 congressman ana articles an
II lectures on the subject are WAYS I
which citizens may cooperate
/. establish the much needed nations
ii department of health