The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-01
COMPULSORY VACCINATION
ALSO URGED BY DOCTORS
Resolutions Adopted Condemn
ing Patent Nostrums: Con-
ventiOn Elects Officers.


fore the adjournment of the fourth an
nual convention Tuesday afternoon. Dr..
Hughes. who has been vice president OF
the association for the term just closed,
succeeds DR.. F L. Clark OF Logan.
At Tuesdays session number of in
terestlng and instructive papers were
given by members OF the association, and
resolutions were adopted declaring th..
association in favor OF medical supervi-
sion In all public schools. and recon-
mending that medical supervision be
made. an effectual department In such
schools; pledging the association In favor
OF legislation making vaccination In this
state compulsory measure; and declar-
Ing unqualified condemnation OF the sale,
manufacture and advertising OF pateu;
medicines within The state,
To Prevent Blindness.
Tuesdays meeting was called to order
by President Clark and after ten min
utes OF general discussion among the
members. DIR. Fred Stauffcr OF this city
was introduced the first speaker. DR.
tion of Blindness" and his remarks were
replete with valuable suggestions along
preventative measures,
DR.. Stauffer gave statistical figures
. covering the records and causes Of blind >
ness In various parts OF the world. He
said:
ceniage Of all blindness that is due to
preventablc causes, and what must he
done TO prevent H. Records show that
an average of at least 30 per cent of all
the cases OF blindness are due to pre-
vcntable causes. This means that 1880
out of the $4,000 cases of blindness
turned by the eleventh United States
census could have been prevented If
proper prophylaXes and treatment ha1
been instituted"
The speaker made plea for legisla-
ton which will make II necessary In
Utah, as il already is in several states
in this country. and in Germany and 9TH
er parts of Europe; for midwives. and
fcials all symptoms of eye troubles they
may find in newborn infants. DIR.
Stauffer also urged strict enforcement of
pistols and air guns by children With
these features given prompt attention
and with great care on the part of those
speaker, said that much will have been
accomplished toward preventing blind
ness. where such an afhiction Is pre-"
Condemns Patent Medicines.
Dr. w. r. Calderwood, the next speak
er. took occasion 10 condemn patent
medicine nostrums In general, and in
particular he expressed his disgust at
the manner in which certain ''home-
made" patent medicines are being rec
commended TO the people OF this state on
the plea Of home industries" by being
placed exhibition along with Utah's
really legitimate and proper enterprises.
DR.. fSalderwood quoted statistics show
ing that s75.oOo.0oo Is expended annual
States despite the fight that is being
made against them. and he said that all
the people get in return for this money
Is alcohol: opium. cocaine and morphine
"It Is the policy of the patent medi-
cine makers" said Dr. Calderwood ito
give the people something that they will
come for again. That is why the patent
medicines on the market today are COM
posed largely OF drugs and alcohol which
create taste or habit. which the user
is soon unable 10 overcome"
DR.. T. b. Beatty, In the discussion
which. followed DR.. Calderwood's paper
complimented Utah on having been
pure food labels. and he urged that still
further legislation be asked for until
patent medicines are driven out Of the
state entirely,
The Teachers Part.
6. y. Child Of the Salt Lake City
schools followed with n paper on "The
Teachers Relation TO schoolroom Santa
ton Mr.. Child said. in part:
Today more Importance is attached TO
the physical well-being i'm determining
efficiency for life than ever before We
arc beginning to realize that intellectual
i;y rests primarily upon physical basis:
and that moral quality is determined.
largely by physical itness
Physical health and ylgor are regarded
as our greatest national asset. mea sured
both by their direct and by their Indirect
influences. Their preservation and pro-
motion has therefore become a problem
1or the educators us well as for the ply
sieian There is demand that the laws
OF physical growth. the science OF sani-
tation. and how 10 prevent sickness shall
constitute an important part of the
teachers preparation The teacher who
civilization OF our day. and whose duties
have been TO deal with problems of a
responsibility as to the physical welfare
OF the child. becoming competent to
judge sanitary matters and expert In the
an21ss1s 0bvs Df equipment or In directing
The teacher Is In a position to do
much She Is the ever present factor In
health officers here assembled the plan Ian
OF meeting with the teachers and school
officers for she purpose OF directing and
encouIasing es Ing; teachers tea in their efforts
of school districts of the state teachers
and health officers have been meeting
the frequent discussion OF health prob
1ems with excellent results. It would be
In the interests Of school room sanitation
n the practice were moro general"
Danger of Typhoid
DR. F. K: SloDanskey of Helper gave
Typhoid Fever" explaining the methods
OF sanitation and the requirements Of
cleanliness necessary TO successfully COM
bat this disease. and giving valuable
hints 10 health officers TO aid them in
their work. One Of the original features
of DR.. Slopanskey's address was his mem
ton OF a common means of the spreading
or typhoid fever germs, though one that
has been overlooked To n great extent
In the past. That is the infection COM
Ing from the wafer In streams over
which railroad trains pass. or along the
banks Of which they run. the thought
being that such streams are polluted
from the human BODY waste deposited in
such streams. the germs being carried
along With the water, taken ND in the
soil and so by flies. filth or other COM
mon germ carriers being finally conducted
10 the dairy yard. and to the cows and
milk. and then into the home and family
Better sanitation In passenger train toilet
apDurtenances was recommended
Police Powers Defined
r. G. Ashton OF this city gave n paper
on The Police Power in the Light OF
Constitutional Inhibition dealing In a
thorough and comprehensive manner with
tie powers given the health officers un-