The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-25
1412-14 H Street N. W.
DREAD OF HUNGER
Is POTENT CAUSE
OF S0CIALIS N


cooking. Cases OF actual starvation are
not numerous. but cases of under nour-
ishment are common TO an extent that
is horrifytng."
DR.. Rubner's address was delivered in
German.
Compulsory instruction for all young
women over eighteen years OF age In the
handling Of children is the drastic method
advocated by DIR. Adolph Baginsky. OF
Berlin, a paper by whom was read be-
fore the section dealing with the hygiene
of infancy and childhood yesterday BY
DR.. A. jacob
1t gave the keynote for a series Of in
teresting papers, in which all the phases
Of hygiene for the child, from the
handling of the welcome child OF wealth
10 the unwelcome offspring abandoned
by its parents.
Charging that statute should make an
offense of the act Of any institution re-
lieving a mother Of the care of a pseudo
founding" DR.. Romer Folks, OF New
York City, scored the legal abandonment
Of infants.
"EthicalIy," he said. there Is little
difference between the sin of the mother
who abandons her infant in a public
place and one who surrenders 1t at the
door of a so-caIIed founding asylum.
The psuedo founding should not be re-
ceived into our care. Leave him to his
mother and assist the mother in caring
for him.
PoIIutinE Highways.
That public health officers institute an
investigation with a view TO ascertain
ing the extent of mortality resulting
from pollution OF highways from passing
trains was the suggestion OF Judge Jud-
son C. Clements. of the Interstate Com
IN a n address before
the section Of hygiene on traffic trans
portation in the afternoon. Judge Glenn
ents said that II was only reasonable
to suppose that much disease and con-
sequent mortality resulted from this pol
luton of the highways, both by refuse
from passing trains and from water
carriers. There is. no doubt. he said.
IL 1t can be proven that disease does re-
suit from this pollution of the highways,
but Congress will legislate to remedy
the condition.
The people have demonstrated, he
said, "a willingness to support Congress
in radical departures in legislation when
necessary to the public health. Inc
burden OF proof is on the medical pro-
fession. It is only reasonable to suppose
that the daily discharge along our 10
600 miles of railway with trains casting
out that which communicates the high
ways endangers not only the health or
the communities living along these
rights of way, but also the passengers
on these trains. I do not know how
great the damage done by this con-
is. It may not be true that
the daily and nightly toll Of death in
every community is augmented by this
cause, but you gentlemen who are safe
guarding the public health, should make
it your duty to settle the question, one
way or another"
Heating steel Cars.
Municipal authorities, in regulating
their street railways. have shown dis
position comfortable rather than sani-
tary temperatures. according to a paper
on sanitation OF street cars. read by ].
G. Hallock, deputy chief engineer, de-
partment of public works, Newark, N.
J. Mr.. Hallock's paper was read by
Mr.. Rucker, of the Public Health Serv-
ice.
ipal authorities, who have framed re-
auirements for such ordinances" said
Mr.. Hallocks paper. lit is apparent
that they have sought principally to
maintain comfortable but insanitary
temperatures in winter. with no pro-
vision for removing the heated air. after
1t becomes vitiated by an unusual
crowding Of the car"
An official OF the Capital Traction
Co, operating here in Washington.
states: 1t is our practice to sweep the
inside of cars after each trip; to wash
the outside and the windows once
week, at the same time wiping on the in
terror woodwork of the car with a damp
cloth. As to ventilation. We have no
automatic ventilators. All our cars are
equipped with deck-sash openers, and
conductors are instructed to very the
number of ventilators which are open to
the temperature, but under no circum-
stances to run the car without at least
one or two ventilators open on each
side"
Mothers should study.
The admission of mothers to the pub
lie schools for instruction in infant n.y.
giene, was advocated by DR.. George J..
Holman, Of Newark, in the discussion
which followed paper by DR.. Josephine