The Calumet news., 1912-09-21
Fifteenth international Congress
viii Open Monday In /,
Washington
Meeting Under Auspices OF the
'f
U. S. Government

Washington. ID. c.. Sept. 2L-More
than three thousand of the worlds
most noted experts in hygiene and
sanitation are gathered in this city at
present, waiting To attend the Flf-
teenth International Congress of Hy-
giene and Demography. which is to
open here on Monday and will remain
In session through the entire week.
This. will be the first time that the
Congress meets upon American soil
and there is every indication that the
gathering next week will surpass all
its predecessors I'm attendance and
general Importance. This years con-
gress is held under the auspices of the
United States government and Pres
ident Taft is scheduled formally TO
open the congress of which he is the
honorary president.
Every Nation Represented.
Every country of Europe, practical
ly every civilized country of the rest
of the world, including the United
States and Canada and the south and
central American republics are rep
resented in the exhibition of hygiene
and demography which was opened a
week ago and will continue for two
more weeks to supplement the con-
gress. The delegates assembled here
include experts representing every
state Of the Union. more than one hum
dred municipalities. scores or organ
izations active in matters OF hygiene
and sanitation and nearly every prom
inent university and college In th'
United States and Canada, as vel
as many scientific bodies.
Or. Henry p. Walcott, chairman o
the state board of health of Massa
chusetts, will be the presiding ofiice
at the sessions of the Congress whll'
the exhibition Is under the control an'
direction of DR.. j. II. Schereschewsky
of United States public health an'
marine hospital service. The congress
will be divided into nine sections. eacl
of which will have its own program
} The exhibition is held in a number
specially constructed buildings in 70
tomac park and is attracting great In
, tcrest.
Wide Range OF Discussion.
The general subject of hygiene II
. all it's subdivisions will be dlscusse
at the sessions of the congress mex
/. week by experts from all parts OF tn
2 civilized globe. Among the subject
of practical interest to- be discusse
are Sewage Disposal of Dilution wit
r Reference to Conditions in Tidal wa
? ters and Large Streams" Water Pur
Ification i'm Europe by Biologlcs
, Methods" Disposal of Waste" I'm
Campaign Against Noise" "Hygien
| of CITY Babies" SANITARY Aspects
t Housing Problems" Sewage Purin
4 cation by oxidation Methods" "Bao
= THEOLOGICAL Examination OF Mark'
4 MIX" THE Nutritive Requirement
g in Early Infancy importance
n Flies and other Insects as Carriers
n Infectious Diseases" prevention
= Water Borne Diseases In River Ira'
fc.' Transportation and urpa
Health" "The Model Law for Mum
cinalities," "Air Pollution" "Hygief
Of street Traffic" "State and Munie
. nal Hygiene" "The Sanitary Aspe
Of Public water Supplies" CITY Par
= ming" "Rural Betterment," state II
% s,rance I'm Relation to Public Heaiti
n and scores of other problems OF
il economic and hygienic nature
.e Civic Problems.
One whole section of the congre
=, vii, he devoted TO state and Mum
n cipal Hygiene" and Symposiums ma
,s been arranged for the discussion
Ia n,bl,c health organization and admi'
,s ,stration I'm England, Germany De'
m mark Japan and other countries. vi
m of the most interesting papers W
RI no one by Colonel w. c. Gorgas' en-
W sanitary officer of the lsthmiah Nai
commission, on Administrative Met
"a ods and Results Obtained I'm the ga
r al Zone"
Is In addition to these and other se
of eral subjects there will be discu
! sions of a number of specihc supJec
X. like infantlle paralysis 'ho
T. disease. tuberculosis, bubonic pias
~ and other important supJects'
en- some of the greatest authorities a
Id experts on these subjects known
A. the world. In view of the TORN
great achievements Of these hygie'
congresses 1t is believed that the pr'
ent congress will lead to even grea
and more far-reachlng results IN
'rs it's predecessors.
ed History Of Organization.
of This congress was called into
". ing I'm 1852 TO meet the problems &C
to nected with the great cholera epide
,r- ,o in Europe which began In isA1
es ragged for eight years. Since then Z
,ts mendous progress in general SAM
ton and in the control Of certain q