Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-09-21
HYGlEN|C
Congress
next week
MEETING OF NATIONAL IMPORT.
ANcE WILL De HELD At
WARRINGTON.

More than three thocsand Of the
worlds most noted experts in ny.
giene and sanitation are gathered In
this city at present, waiting to attend
the Fifteenth International congress
OF Hygiene and Demography, which Is
to open here or Monday and will re.
main in session through the entire
week. This will be the first time
that the congress meets upon Amer.
lean soil and there is every indlca-
ton that the gathering next week
will snrpass all its predecessors In
attendance and general importance.
This years congress Is held under
the auspices OF the United States gov.
eminent and President Taft Is sched'
uled formally TO open the congress OF
which he Is the honorary president.
Every country OF Europe, practica.
ly every civilized country of the rest
of the world, including the United
States and Canada and the South and
Central American republics are rep
resented by delegates and many OF
the principal countries are also, rep
resented In the exhibition OF hygiene
and demography which was opened .
week ago and will continue for two
more weeks to supplement the con.
gress. The delegates assembled here
Include experts representing every
state of the union, more than one
hundred municipalities, scores OF or
CARNATIONS active in matters OF ny.
giene and sanitation and nearly
every prominent university and col
lege In the United States and Canada,
as we'll as many scientific bodies.
DR.. Henry P. Walcott, chairman OF
the State Board of Health OF Massa.
chusetts will be the presiding officer
at the sessions of the congress, while
the exhibition Is under the control
and direction OF DR.. Joseph w. Schere.
chewsky, OF the United States public
health and marine hospital service,
The congress will be divided into
nine sections, each Of which will have
it's own program. The exhibition Ia
held in a number Of specially con
structed buildings In Potomac Park
and is attracting great interest.
The general subject Of hygiene In
all its subdivisions will be discussed
at the sessions of the congress next
week by experts from all parts OF
the civilized globe. Among the sub
jects of practical interest to be dis
cussed are Sewage Disposal by Dilu
ton, with Reference to Conditions In
Tidal Waters and Large Streams;'
Water PustAcatt0n in Europe b,
Biological Methods" Disposal Of
Waste" 1.-THE Campaign Against
Noise;" "Hyglene of City Babies;'
Sanitary Aspects Of Housing Prob
lems;" Sewage Publication by Ok
dation Methods" "Bacteri0logical Elk
animation OF Market Milk" The
Nutritive Requirements In Early In
fancy" Importance of Flies ant
Other Insects as Carriers Of lnfectu
GUS Diseases" "Prevention Of Wa
ter Borne Diseases In River Traffic.
Transportation and Urban Health
THE Model Law for Municipalities
"Air Pollution" Hygiene Of Street
Traffic." Estate and Municipal Hy
giene;" The Sanitary Aspect OF Pub
lie Water Supplies" City Planning
Rural Betterment;" Estate Insurance
in Relation to Public Health aad
scores Of other problems OF an eco
nomic and hygienic nature. .
One whole section of the congress
will be devoted to Estate and MI
nicipal Hygiene" and symposiums
have been arranged for the discussion
Of public health organization and ad'
ministration in England, Germany
Denmark, Japan and other countries,
One OF the most interesting papers
will be one by Colonel W. G. Gorgas
chief sanitary officer Of the Isthmlan
canal commission, on Administrative
Methods and Results Obtained In the
Canal Zone"
In addition to these and other gen
eral subjects there will be discussions
Of a number OF specific subjects, like
infantile paralysis, the hookworm dis.
ease, tuberculosis, bubonic plague and
other important subjects, by some OF
the greatest authorities and experts
on these subjects known to the world.
In view Of the former great achieve.
ments OF these hyglenic congresses It
is believed that the present congress
will lead to even greater and more
far.reaching results than Its predeces.
sOrs.
This congress was called into being
in 1852 to meet the problems con-
nected with the great cholera cpl.