Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-24
HOW TO PROLONG
THE HUMAN LIFE
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON
HYGIENE AND DEMOGRAPHY
Great International Congress Now
in Session to Devise Means of I'm
proving Human Welfare, and to
Prolong the Lives of Men.

Washington, d. c., Sept. %
With thirty-two leading govern
ments and forty-eight states pour
ing their wealth of knowledge to
improve public welfare and to pro-
long human life into one common
fund for the worlds use, the Fiji
teenth International Congress on
Hygiene and Demography opened
its weeks session here this morning
Four hundred and fifty of the fore
most sanitary authorities in the
world in formal addresses will con-
tribute the latest discoveries and
methods in their respective coun-
tries in the realm of adding comfort
and years to human life. 1t is ex-
pected that the attendance at the
nine sections into which the congress
is divided will number five thousand
including many of the national
state and city health officials of this
country.
While the object of the congress
is to extend the knowledge and i'm
prove the practice of hygiene and
public health in all the countries
which participate, it is believed
these benefits will accrue in largest
measure to the country which is fol
the time being the host of the con-
gress. That the state and municipal
public health officials of this coun-
try attending the congress will have
support outside of immediate sani-
tary circles in seeking to put into
effect various health reforms tha'
will be suggested by the congress i
indicated by the action of large
business enterprise in being repre-
sented at the proceedings. Amonf
these is the Association of Life In
surance Presidents, which is repre-
sented by it's general counsel, R. L
Cox of New York and by its healtl
committee as follows: F. w. Jen
kins, chairman, Binghampton, n. r.
]. r. Clark, Cincinnati, o.; w. F
Dix, New York; J. L. English, Hart
ford, Conn; J. X. Gore, Newark, n
T.; DR.. A. S. Knight. New York, and
e. S. Scott, Springfield, I'll.
The committee has systematicall,
subdivided the program of the con
gress so that at least one member
will be present at each address o
| interest to it. In particular tn
committee is following that part o
the work of congress dealing will
| the control Of contagious disease, in
cluding typhoid fever, diptheria
cerebrospinal meningitis, tubercu
losis, etc.; with the sanitary aspect
of public water supplies, including
the sanitary control of water sheds
the publication of water by storage
water publication in Europe by bio
logical methods; water sterilization
/ by chemical methods and with th'
disposal of sewage ard wastes by tn
various processes now carried on IL
the European countries. Whereve
knowledge as to improved method
is obtained it is the intention of th'
life insurance interests to systemat
ically aid constituted authorities il
applying those methods to condition
in this country. In this way it i
hoped to improve the mortality ex
perience among life insurance polio,
holders.
It has been contended for som
time by Prof. Irving Fisher of Yal
University that the practical appli
lcation of all the reforms now know
to modern hygiene. would add fifteel
years to the span of life in tn
UNITED States.