Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-28
TEXT OF RESOLUTIONS
AT THE FINAL SESSION
Approval of Proposition From Sec
tion OH Microbiology.
RELATES TO TYPHOID BACILLI
Uniformity in Reports by Naval Au-
thorlties on Disability and Death
Causes Recommended.
Other Suggestions.

American and foreign delegates la the
Fifteenth Internationa. Congress on Hy-
glene and Demography. which has been
In session in Washington during IN. mast
week. today expressed themselves as de-
lieht"d with the congress i,salr as v,l
as with the cordial reception rendered
the visiting foreigners during their stay
In the United States. Appreciation of the.
work of the congress and OF American
hospitality was given to The Star today
| by President Wa.cott and other disin-
guished delegates, as follows
DIR. Henry p. Walcoit. president of the
congress-'The hig, outs land n featur.
or the hfteenth International Con 3ft,s on
Hygiene and Demograpuy was tue auaI-
lty OF the men who We're Present .4s dele
gates. lhlS, OF course. is the feature thaL
mas appealed most strongly TO iiit / feel
safe in saying that seldom. II ever in tie
history of the world has "A more repre-
sentative gathering of men of every
branch of app led science come Together
Tor deliberations than that which met in
ashington for the congress mat closed
! today"
| DR.. George NJ. kober. professor of hy-
Slene. Georgetown Iniversity-..The CON
efess that closed today was a magnificent
| gathering of the worlds greatest men of
science. The deliberations of the con-
! eress cannot fail to prove of incaIculable
value To humanity, and when we shall
| have had time to digest the things We
/ nave heard at the sessions j feel certain
/ the verdict Will be that the congress lust
| closed was the greatest that has ever
been held"
Participation a High Privilege.
! Sir Thomas Oliver, University Durham
+ College of Medicine. Newcastle-on- Tyne
IL.
| gress that has just closed viii, in my
opinion, go down in scientific history as
| of more worth To humanity at large
| than those of any similar body ever held
| since man began to take an inteNst in
| mankind, and since the problems of one
| branch of the human family Were first
recognized 10 be problems affecting
| the whole human race. Ii has been
II privilege Of the highest To have been
| a part of this body of scientific men from
| every quarter OF the world, and to have
| shared in the deliberations that must
| mean SO much for the betterment of hu-
! manity.
Prof. DR.. Max Rubner, president of the
permanent international commission "f
the Congresses on Hygiene and Demos-
raphy: ITO express i'm few words my
appreciation of the courtesies with which
the Representatives of foreicn nations
/ have been received in the United States IL
beyond my ability. No man can say in
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mind when ! think of the cordial recep-
! ton. the hospitality and the unfailing
courtesies that have made this congress
memorable. AS 10 its value | think there
can be no doubt that the fifteenth inter
| national congress Will be written down as
beyond all question the greatest that has
been held since the CONGRESS was insti-
tuted, sixty years ago.
DR.. jacques Bcrtillon, chief Of the bu-
reau of municipal statistics of Paris II
have not at my command fifty words Of
English that will even begin 10 express
my appreciation of the value OF ne con-
2ress that ended this morning. Ten tioti-
sand times fifty words will he ral,Irei
to give even an approNlma ION al the
benefit that must accrue to humanity b1
reason of the things we have learned
during our stay i'll Washinsto
Congress Passes Into History.
With the adoption Of a series OF rcsolu-
tions, ali bearing upon important phases
of hygiene national and international.
and brief expressions OF thanks and ap-
probation from the delegate Of the for
eign nations represented al the sessions.
the fifteenth International Congress on
Hygiene and Demography today passed
into history, and many of the dele site-;
departed from tie city.
At brief session of the international
Icommittee hello at Continental Me-
mortal Hall just before the closing SeS-
sion of the congress invitations Were
extended from Brazil, from san Fran
cisco and from the RUSSIAN delegation
each asking for the honor of being
selected as the meeting place for the
sixteenth international congress- TO 10"
held four years hence. No official inVi-
tation was received from the Russian
government. however, and the Request
that Moscow be chosen as the meeting
place was not acted upon, though, as u
is understood, the formal invitation viii
shortly be Forthcoming. ii is regarded
as practically assured that the next
congress will be held in Moscow.
Foreign Delegates Heard From.
DR.. Henry T. Walcott. president Of tie
fifteenth international congress, presided
at the closing meeting held in the audi
torium at Continental Memorial Hall. Dr
John S. Fulton. general secretary, act.nS
as secretary of the session Following
a brief farewell address by DIR. Walcott
DR. Fulton called on the delegates from
the thirty-three nations represented. Sct'-
eral of the delegates Were not pres u, al
the closing session. but Official repre- n a
tives briefly expressed their thanks for iE''
hospitality which has been accorded tAch
in the United States ana their aTprecIa-
ton of What has been accomplished at
this congress in behalf of HUNGARY.
Brazil Cuba, Denmark, France Germany,
Great Britain, Italy. Japan, Mexico. tiie
Netherlands, Norway, Russia Spain.
Sweden, Venezuela, Bolivia, Greece and
Australia.
Resolutions Adopted.
Among the resolutions adopted AZ the
closing session We're: Approval Of the
proposition from the section Oh micro
biology and applied parasitoogy thar an
international committee be appointed
whose work shall be to bring about in
ternationai uniformity in methods of
classification of the different organisms
of the colon baciili. the bacili which
cause typhoid --er; that occupational
diseases be "orted in uniform manner
by international agreement; that great
er uniformity be secured in the re-
ports OF the medical departments of
navies of the world as to causes OF dis
ability or death: that an international
40 sreeYne,f he made ON the manner of