Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-10-02
Gives Complete Report Of
North Dakota Commission
at Washington

tho Congress on Hygiene held n
Washington, d. c., Sept. 1928, 1917
by DR.. y. n. Quain.
The Fifteenth International Con
gress on Hygiene and Dcmography Is
over. 1t was q great meeting
and a great exhibition. With the ex'
ceptlOn of the HYGIENE Exhibition al
Dresden last year, there has never
been an effort on a similar scale Tor
the purpose of enlightenlng the peo'
pie on matters pertaining To their
physical, and mental welfare.
The congress Az formally opened
on Monday, Sept. %, by President
Taft. He read 4 somewhat lengthy
opening address In which he touched
upon matters OF public health In such
specific and accurate detail that a
medical man could have done no bet.
ter. He explained his intimate
knowledge of medical matters and
needs by his enforced attention along
these lines, in the PHILIPPINES and at
Panama. He praised the successful
work OF the medical authorities in
these places, calling attention espec.
ially TO the present happy and health.
full situation in the Canal Zone, Us
against the former d%eplorable condi-
ton when malarla, dysentery, and
yellow fever meant almost certain
death to any human invader. He ad-
mitted Automatically that the canal
might have been built years ago by
the French, had present day medical
knowledge prevailed at that time.
Finally, he made the building thun-
der with applause, when he gave as
his opinion that in the distribution OF
honors to follow the completion Of
the canal, the chief medical officer
should rank equally high with the
chief engineer.
Representatives from 2G different
foreign countries answered the
speech OF welcome. Most of the ans
wers were made, OF attempted, in
English. The French representative
had just completed a tour Of the
United States and vas profuse in his
appreciation Of American courtesy
met every where. He called attention
to the circumstance that when he
and his party arrive ut the city OF
Bismarck" the citizens came to the
station with their automobiles for the
entertainment Of the tourists. The
Mayor had told him that this is a
duty we feel WI owe to the strang-
err" Thus spreads the name and fame
Of Bismarck again over the earth.
and to French ears It will have a
softer ring than 1t had in the past.
The Norwegian was dramatic In his
appreciation OF what Uncle Sam had
done for Norway. Two and One'half
million ,Norwegians are In Norway
and two and .one-half million arc In
America, he said. Foster-mother
Columbia had been very good to the
Norwegian children and Mother Nor
way appreciated it highly. With a
graceful bow to the other nations
represented. and apologlzing for his
enthusiasm, he presented the compli.
ments from Norway to the greatest
nation on earth
The congress- consisted. of scienti.
fc and popular lectures, papers, dis.
cusslons and demonstrations, and Of
an exhibition of nearly every thing
that has q bearing on health and dis.
ease. Several social features plan
ned In connection with the meeting
we're seriously interfered with by an
almost, incessant rain. This COM
PEELED closer attention to the real
business at hand and we could not
deny that the weather mans motives
were utilitarian.
It would have taken several days
Of dose attention and study to gain
more than cursory impressions of all
the exhibits shown. The visitor would
spend most of his time about those
exhibits which appealed to him the
most, and merely glance at the rest.
One of the most interesting and,
1t would seem, the most iar reaching
in results was an exhibit by the
American Association for the Study
and Prevention Of Infant Mortality.
In the United States one baby out OF
every seven dies beore one year old,
because the parents lack tn the
knowledge of hygiene. We were
reminded Of the Ihisn death rate Of.
infants by a 'fickering electric light
which went out entirely every ten
seconds, or every time a baby dies.
"A little more knowledge would pra.
vent half Of this gloomy phase of our
civilization. The various causes of
death were shown graphically and in.
models. TO lessen this calamity a
great effort is being made, especially
In larger cities, to educate the unin-
formed as to the causes which lead
to these early graves. and also al to.
means, OF prevention. Nurses from
chihiren's hospitals and other demon.
stfstoyS were present TO show newer
ways xnd better methods for the man.
aE0naart and care sof babies. -Adjoin.
ing xhese 1exhibita were numerous
others pertaining to the later 'devel-
cpiaerit iof the child I'm school, at
home and at play.
Properly close to this department
we're the various cod demonstrations.
MI. aud meat received the greatest
attention. Dirty cows in dirty barns,
ana dirty farmers in dirty overalls
we're shown scraping millions of sbac-
teria, aet cetera,, into milk pals, which
lster went 70 tho dairy, TO the city
And 10 the fteblp. AT the side were
nhnu,n8 nice .,nlislfaR1 sbArns WITH cheer.
anu clean fsbovines giving up al.