Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-06
NEEDS OF WASHINGTON
DR.. SCHEREsCHEWsKY PLEASED

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Aroused to Realization of Ger
tain Unrealizod Conditions.
One OF the largest evening crowds that
have attended the health exhibit in the
Red Cross building. at 18th and B streets
northwest, in the three weeks during
which it has been open to the public was
present last night for the final lectures.
and when the doors Of the exhibition hall
closed for good shortly. after 10 o'clock
DR.. ]. W. Schereschewsky and others
who have been in charge Of the big health
show announced that the exhibit had
been a complete success.
Attendance was large all day yesterday.
and the announcement was made last
night by DR.. Schereschewsky that con-
siderably more than 100000 persons had
attended the exhibit since it opened. It
was stated that up to yesterday morning
the attendance had reached the 10000
mark, and that not far from 10000 per-
sons were present yesterday and last
night
The program last night was arranged
as a symposium on the hygienic and SAM
tary needs of Washington, the addresses
being limited to seven in number. Walter
8. Unord, secretary of the Associated
Charities, presided. w. H. Richardson
IA Clean City Campaign" in which he
told of the things necessary to make the
city clean and then to keep 1t in that
condition. He referred to the benefits,
ness and attractiveness, to be gained from
rigidly enforced program of municipal
cleanliness. and declared that the hearty
cooperation of Washingtonians in gen.
eral Is all that Is needed to make the
capital of the nation a model for Amer
lean cities.
Conditions in Alleys.
Alley conditions in Washington were
described by Rev. John Van Schaick. jr..
president of the Monday Evening Club,
who told Of the work of that organiza-
ton in helping the District authorities
to get rid of the alley streets such as
Willow Tree alley and others, which he
ing centers.
DR.. Louise Tayler-Jones told Of meth
DDS by which the high mortality among
babies of Washington may be reduced.
pure pasteurized milk may be had. either
free or at nominal price, for feeding
babies. A plentiful supply Of milk that
lis pure, wholesome and free from any
kind of germs or bacilli, the speaker de-
clared. Is the prime requisite IL the death
rat, among infants in Washington is to
be materially reduced.
The need of an open-air school for
| tuberculous children Of Washington was
urged by Prof. Selden M. Ely, supervising
out the benefits to be gained by the es-
tablishment Of a school where children
either affected with tuberculosis or
showing a tendency toward the disease
| cities. 1t was stated, have proven of
| inestimable value, not only as a means of
| restoring the health Of children already
attacked by tuberculosis. but as safe
affected, may be protected against in
lection.
Care Of Feeble-Minde
Better Provision for the Feeble Mind
ed was the theme of a ten-minute talk
by George S. Wilson, secretary of the
board of charities, who pointed out the
inadequate, provision made in Washing
ton for this class of unfortunates, and
urged the necessity for law which will
prevent the marriage of persons of feeble
| mind. Sterilization of the feeble-minded
was urged as a vital requisite for the
prevention of a continual increase in
numbers of this class Of unfortunates.
I DR.. Percy Hickling of the Government
Asylum for the Insane. spoke on the
need of a psychopathic clinic in Wash
ington. at which the mental capacity of
both children and adults could be scien-
tifically tested. with a view to wedding
out the mentally unfit and preventing
their procreation. The closing address
was by Dr. William c. Gwynn, who
| urged the enactment of a law providing
for the compulsory segregation Of all
careless and dangerous tuberculosis pa
tents. who. through ignorance. stupidity
or downright refusal to heed sanitary
regulations, act as mediums for the
transmission of the disease, and are as
dangerous to the community as persons
suffering with smallpox. The establish
| rum for such patients was urged as alb
| sOlutely necessary II successful bat
| tie against tuberculosis is to be waged
| in the District Of Columbia.
DR.. Murray Discusses Giles
| The lecture yesterday afternoon by DR..
Arthur L. Murray OF the District health
department on Flies was one Of the
most interesting talks Of the weeks series
l by Washington men. DIR. Murray re-
ferred to the common housefiy as ''the
| International insect" and 1.-The typhoid
| fly" declaring 1t to be one of the gravest
| factors In the spread Of disease. Accord
| ing to DIR. Murray, the typhoid fly con-
| stitutes about IS per cent of all flies found
| in and about human habitations, and is
one Of the most cosmopolitan members Of
| the insect world. being found in nearly
every country known to man.
E. p. Cowell of the Franklin Institute,
Philadelphia, spoke yesterday afternoon
| on concrete construction. especially from
| sanitary point of view. He, described
| the various type Of concrete construction
| in use, and urged that the modern, thor
oughly sanitary dwelling should be of
concrete throughout, with no wood used,
| no wall paper-in short. nothing but con-
crete in the entire structure.
Exhibit Of Great Value.
DR.. Schereschewsky last night declared
his belief that the health exhibit has
been of inestimable value to the people
of Washington. because of the fact that
it has awakened thinking people Of the
city to a realization of conditions Of the
existence of which they did not know
'"To my mind said DR.. Schereschew-
sky, 1.-The exhibition has established these
things as necessities for Washingtonians:
"First-That every home in Washington
and the District, as we'll as every other
building, should be examined periodically
| as to its sanitary condition.
Second. that every typhoid fever case
should be uuarantined SO as to make sure