Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-09-23
INSURANCE.
PRESIDENTS
At CONGRESS
MEMsERs or COMMITTEE VILE
ADDRESS oArAER,No ON CON.
sERvATloN or HEALTH.

WA 'pWs'XilsHINGToN, b, c.. Sept. 81
With thirty-two leading governments
and forty.eight states pouring their
wealth Of knowledge 10 Improve pub
lie welfare and to prolong human life
into one common fund far the
worlds use, the Fifteenth lnterna-
tional Congress ON Hygiene and De-
mography opened its weeks session
here this morning. Four hundred and
fifty Of the foremost sanitary auth0ri.
ties In the world In formal addresses
will contribute the. latest. discoveries
and methods In their respective c0un.
tries In the realm OF adding comfort
and years 10 human life. 1t is ex.
pected that the attendance at the
nine sections into which the Con.
gress Is divided viii humber five
thousand including many OF the ma
tional, state and city health ohicials
Of this country.
While the object OF the Congress is
to extend the knowledge. and improve
the practice Of hygiene and public
health in all the countries which par
ticipate, It is believed these benefits
will accrue In largest measure to the
country which 10 for. the time being
the host Of the Congress. That the
state and municipal public health OF.
ficials of this country attending the
Congress will have support outside
OF immediate. sanitary circles In seek
Ing to put into effect various health
reforms that will be suggested by the
Congress is indicated BY the action
OF large business enterprises in being
represented at the proceedings.
Among these !, Is the Association OF
Life Insurance Presidents. which is
represented by Its general cOuasel
r. l.. Cox. OF New York and by its
health committee - follows: F.W.
jenkins, chairman, Binshamton. n.
Y: ]. r.. Clark. Cincinnati. O.; w. F.
Dix, New York; J. ~ English, Hart.
ford, Cons.; 81 K. Gore. Newark, N.
u; DR.: u. sG KNIGHT New York; u.
q. Scott. 6pring1elA. III.
The committee has, systematically
subd,vidsd tnt psGi6itiAln psGi6iitiAlns ~ the Con-
sress 80 that at least one member
VIII be: 0e1at, Ct Aqchs seddrpss % An
terest Is II III particular The com
mittee Is following that part Of the
work Of the. Congress dealing with
the control OF. contagious diseases,
including typhoid fever, diphtheria,
cerebrospinal meningitis, tubercul.os-
is, etc.: with. the sanitary aspects OF
public water supplies, including the
sanitary control '0f water sheds, the
publication of water. bsy storage. wat
er publication In Europe by biolog-
ical methods; water sterilization by
chemical methods and with the dis.
posal of sewage and wastes by the
various processes now carried on in
the European countries. Wherever
knowledge ~ 10 improved methods is
obtained 1t ID, the intention Of the
life insurance interests to systema-
tically aid constituted authorities in
applying those methods to conditions
ii this country. In this way. it is
hoped to improve the mortality ex-
pcriencc among NE insurance policy.
holders. N
It has been ;pontsadA for some
time by Prot, living Fisher. of Yale
University that the practical ,applica.
ton Of all the rei0rmes now known
to modern hygiene would add fifteen
years y thu span of life in the
United sBtat ! n LII: