Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-09-23
WORLDS SANITARY
EXPERTS GATHER
IN WASHINGTON
FOR CONGRESS
Delegates Welcomed by Presis
dent Taft; Important Quea-
tions of Public Health to
BE Discussed
THE FLY AND THE OYSTER
AS CARRIERS OF DISEASE

.
Washington, sept % welcomed
Dos President TART ana attended by
some 5000 delegates from AN parts 81
thr world. the Fifteenth International
congress and ut HvEcLe aud Demo
Tfuuhy opened here TODAY n was
ih" urst time in sixty years of exist
uuy' the congress has met n tho
United states TO President Taus
welcome. brief responses wcro made
I p, the heads ct the delegations from
each of tho thlrty-cuuntles repre-
scented This was followed by an ad-
dress hy pr Max Rubner OF the Em-
porur Frederick william university,
Berlin, president OF the Permanent
+ International Comm lasiCn OF the Com
gr's-, on An Explanation OF tho
Meaning OF Hygiene and Demo-
graphy Boo the sanitary AdminiBtra-
tiuu OF Nations with special emphR-
SOL lyon cooperative International
b Wutit and an Historical Review Of
What Has Been Accom- plished ~
Date
Immediately after the morning ses@
sion th" congress was prepared 10
start in on the long series of lectures
ana discussions will continue
today I'm the various sections into
which ih" cungvels has been divided
were discussions on public health or
banilatinu ana administration In
England ana Germany, the hygiene OF
infancy and childhood, the physiology
ana pathology Of work and .atigue,
bacillus carriers and the Importance
/ OF ilicH and other insects as carriers
ni infectious diseases the Importance
'l smell ilAh. particularly oysters rela-
tivv 10 infectious diseases. the use ~
hospital ships aud the development 0f
vital statistics in tho United States
since 1900 and measures needed Tor
the immediate future. a garden party
~ the White House scheduled for the
Afternoon was expected the first OF a
series ut entertainments arranged for
The social side ~ the congress In
addition Co tho three thouFand dele
EutrH WHuy uf whom haze wives and
daughters accompanying them, visi-
tors attracted to Washington Oy the
congress, have brought the total mum
nor oi guests here up TO probably
10000
President Taft's Address.
we need 90 develop under govern
mental auspices q bureau or de-
pnrtmont in which the funds Of the
EnNvrnmrnt shall be expended fog re-
search uf every kind useful In the
prnctlc" ana enforcement OF hygiene
ana preventive medicine" said Presi
dent TAFT today In delivering an ad .
dress OF welcome 20 the delegates 60
the Fifteenth congress on Hygiene
ana bemoFraphy at Continental
Memorial hnll
THAT something of this sort may
grow out of the present United states
puhiiD health service there o. reason
tu bolieNc' continued the president.
but it VIII need far greater appronrla.
tions ana widening 90 the scope of
duties before ~ shah fulfli the place
.th" medical profession of this countr1'
has riEht Go expect the general gov
rrnmout Co create IN tho progress OF
hygiene and demoRraphy
Referring 90 the subject oi tropical
hygiene President Taft said.
'tur responsibilities in Cubn. pOfta
Hicu and the Philippines ana now on
the lsthmuH ur Panama have 50 en-
lurgrd our knowledge of the posslbili-
i.rH ut successful sanitation under the
most hurdDusume conditions. and
have 200 iaprpasrd both professlonal
= mru and the lnymen at 40 familiar
with fhr conditions and the neCessity
d for more rigid and comprehensive
health laws and striCtcr enforce
| mrut of them for the general public
good. That if the spanish war result
|Dd Boo nothing elise. it WAS worth great
los moro than its cost in this develop.
'mput uf one OF the most important
functions have 90 discharge. az wei
as ln making clear tho need Of an
- additional branch of general educu-
tiuu boo the matter hygiene of thf
homo and the individual"