The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-01-28
HEALTH TRAIN HERE.

HEALTH TRAIN HERE.
Public Exhibit Car OF Louisiana
Board of Health Arrives-Gity In
spected by Health Officials-Il-
Illustrated Lecture Well Attended
Meeting for Colored People To-
night.
ana State Board of Health arrived here on
schedule time at o'clock last Wednesday
morning, and was met at the T. and P.
depot by delegation of prominent citi-
Gems and physicians, who extended the
party cordial welcome to Donaldsonyille.
The officials in charge of the train were
received by committee of physicians
headed by DR.. D. c. Brumield. of barrow,
president of the parish board of health;
DR.. w. NJ McGalliard. president Of the
city board of health; DR.. Paul 7. Thibodaux,
coroner, and DIR. E. K. Sims, member Of
the committee on arrangements. and were
placed in automobiles and shown over the
city. Dr.. Oscar Bowling, president of the
Louisiana Board of Health, accompanied
by Coroner Thibodanx, inspected the
courthouse and jail, and DR.. Sidney Porter,
chief medical inspector of the state
health board, accompanied by DR.. Brum-
field. inspected the restaurants, hotels and
fruit-stands. At 8 o'clock the pupils of
the Donaldsonville high school and other
public schools in this section of the parish
marched to the depot in a body and were
shown through the train. The pupils as
senbled at the high school building and
paraded one or two of the principal streets
of the city before proceeding to the depot,
making a most creditable display which
elected favorable comments from the
visiting officials and the general public.
Each grade was in charge of its teachers,
and at the head of the various classes
marched students bearing banners with
appropriate devices and phrases.
The train left here at noon Wednesday
via the Napoleonville branch of the T.
and P. Railroad. for Napoleonville, from
whence it proceeded Thursday morning
to Paincourtville, returning to Donaldson
vile Thursday afternoon. At s o'clock
Thursday night an illustrated lecture was
given in the auditorium of, the Donaldson
vile high school. and was attended by a
large and representative audience. The
speakers were Drss Bowling and Porter,
and Miss Agnes Morris, and interesting
moving pictures of flies, the hook worm,
model dairy and other subjects were
shown in connection with the lectures.
The speakers were introduced by DR.. E.
K. Sims, and others on the platform were
Revs. j. NJ. 7. Massardier and j. B. Dele
pine Of the Catholic church, Mayor Charles
Maurin, and Drs Brumfeld and Thibodaux.
The program was interspersed with sew
eral vocal selections by the young ladies
comprising the high school elee club,
and the exercises throughout were of a
most interesting and instructive nature.
At 1920 o'clock yesterday afternoon the
train left for Thibodaux. and on the re-
turn trip visited Labadieville and Plat
tenville, arriving here this afternoon
The program for today includes a lecture
for ladies at 5 o'clock p. m. by Miss Agnes
Morris, at the high school auditorium, and
an illustrated lecture for colored people at
the True Friends Hall at s o'clock p. m
/ Tomorrow the train will be open for pub
lie inspection, the period between 8 and
/ 10 o'clock a. m. being allotted to the col
ored people. Everybody who visits the
train will be shown through the cars and
the many interesting exhibits which they
contain will be demonstrated and ex-
planned.
Yesterday forenoon the visiting physi-
clans made an Inspection of the lunch
counters, diaries, slaughter houses, livery
stables, market houses, drug stores and
other places and utilities of public OF
semi-public character. Beyond few re-
marks of a cursory nature, nothing defin-
lite has been obtained concerning the re.
] suits Of. the various inspections. DIR
Bowling states that his report viii be
compiled in official form and made public
later, and The Chief hopes to secure 9
copy of the document for publication il
/ its next issue.
The officials in charge of the health
train are: DIR. Oscar Bowling, president
State Board of Health; DR.. S. D. Porter
chief medical inspector and director hool
worm commission; Miss Agnes Morris. in
structor school and home hygiene; Dr. VIC
tor F. Carey. pathologist. Mass Fannie B
Nelken is press Correspondent.
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