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Weekly, the personal organ of Sena-
ato@ Robert M!JLaFollette, appeared (
an editorial op Government Care of |
Public Health partsof which is as J
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The speech OF Senator Works OF /
California from 'thel4standpoint oil a \
Christian Scientist IN opposition to-
the bill so ably iehampi0ned by Sena' !
tor Owen, has attracted wide atten'i
dom to! the tsd b eetD iot aesa blishing AT
rational d3tpaftiA enCjofZ public ohealth.. 4
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I'iieves1 tifefe Hs9hob sac h oth4ng; assLsek- !
ness or disease, then aHRseienafie gnea !
search into rause-- and prevention
quarantine 4TiH SANITATION laws, and
cfusate aeainseo Observation-Disclosures prces
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hess ldepf6rablee faetsb4st hrrmaie slfe,,
iustH as we beffseta h eaie4s 4fnd VITALITY
desirable conditions, then o1we 0must
I be anxious that tire work doneiby our
government for hthese objects should
! be encouraged, correlated, aahd brought
I 70 the Highest efficiency, ais ....j
! IF we Want pure food, cold storage
conditions regulated, mosquitoes. flies,
rats and otlfsr" carriers of fever and
1 plague extermina.ed; If we want the
spread OF tuberculosis, meningitis and
i1children's diseases stopped if we
want child labor laws, limitations Of
hours of women's work, proper health
conditions in our public schools, then
we should favor national depart
ment Of health. '}'+ eA{oI 49,.
Scattered through an the various
departments, State, Army, Navy, In.
terror Agriculture, these subjects are
now being considered in various ways.
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lates to plague prevention work
cholera, leprosy smallpox. 1t pub
fishes municipal ordinances, pertain
ing to public hygiene, care of milk,
protection of foodstuffs, garbage, col
lection, sanitary and plumbing code.
! One report OF the Department Of Agri,
, culture is a treatise on the extermina,
ton of hydrophobfa;; another relates
to How Insects Affect Health In Rural
Districts The lates: report from the
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