Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-06
District Sewer Department
and Women's Clinic Winners.
FEDERAL BUREAUS IN LIST
Jury, Headed by Maj. F. A. Russell,
Announces It's Findings.
THREE WEEKS EXHIBIT ENDS
Diplomas of Merit and of Superior
Merit Given for Large Va
riety of Subjects.

The Women's Clinic of Washington
and the District sewer department were
awarded diplomas of merit by the jury
on awards at the health exhibit, which
closed its three-Week exhibition last
night in the Red Cross building at 18th
and b streets northwest. A number Of
government departments and bureaus, in
Guiding the Department of Agriculture.
the census bureau, the bureau of mines
and others, received diplomas of merit
or of superior merit, the awards being
divided into two classes.
The jury which announced the awards
last night was composed of Mai. Fred
erlck A. Russell, Army Medical School,
chairman; DR.. Henry J. Harris, chief
OF the division of documents, Library
OF Congress; DR.. J. w. Schereschewsky,
Or. w. c. Woodward, health officer Of
the District of Columbia; Dr. r. b. Dole
or the geological survey, DIR. Tom A.
Williams. Washington: S. N. D. North.
former director of the census; Dr. Reid
Hunt. chief of the division of pharma-
cology Of the United States hygienic
laboratory. and DR.. Ales Hrdlicka.
curator of anthropology of the National
Museum.
Complete List of Awards.
Following is the complete list of
awards:
Section I, hygiene of infancy and
childhood, including school hygiene
Diploma of superior merit: The Ameri-
can Association for Study and Prevention
of Infant Mortality. Diplomas of merit:
vision of child hygiene; Babies Hospital
of Newark. n. j.; city of Boston de-
.partment of health, division of child hy
giene: Louisa NJ. Alcott Club of Boston;
exhibit on dental hygiene prepared by the
pupils of Valparaiso. Ind, High School;
bureau of education. Department Of In
terror; Enclosing Company of Albany.
n. Y; department of psychology and edu-
cation. Cornell University; New York
state department Of education.
Section II-Food and the sanitary con-
troll of food supplies. Diplomas Of SUI
periOr merit: Bureau of chemistry. De-
partment of Agriculture: American Medi-
cal Association. Diplomas Of merit: New
York state department of agriculture,
Boston city department of health, division
of food inspection: Scientific Temperance
Federation of Boston. Department of
physiology. Cornell Medical School.
Section III-Oral hygiene. Diploma of
superior merit: Combined exhibit Of the
oral hygiene committee Of the National
Dental Association and the National
Mouth Hygiene Association.
Diploma to New York City.
Section IV-Hygiene of exercise Di-
ploma Of superior merit: Department
of education of New York city. Dr.
plomas of merit: International COM
mittee Of Young Mems Christian AS
sociations; DR.. Dudley Allen Sargent,
director of Hemenway gymnasium; de-
partment of physical education, Uni
America: Public Athletic League of
Maryland.
Section v-Industrial hygiene. Dr.
plomas of superior merit: Massachu-
setts state board Of health: Prudential
Life Insurance Company. Diplomas of
merit: New York state department of
la Dor: bureau of mines, Department of
the Interior; National Cash Register
Company.
Section V1-Naval and military hygiene.
Diplomas of superior merit: Medical de-
partment of the United States Army: ex-
perimental shoe board. War Department.
Diplomas of merit: Medical department
of the United States Army: field hospital
quartermaster department., U. S, A.; COM
missary department. L. s. u bureau of
medicine and surgery, NavNkapartment:
bureau of equipment, Navy artment;
naval medical school. ~
Section vII-Sex hygiene. SBSloma of
superior merit: American HDdefation of
Sex Hygiene for an exhibit - methods
of teaching sex hygiene; and three diplo-
mas OF merit: American Federation of
Sex Hygiene for an exhibit on eugenics,
Portland Society of Social Hygiene. and
Woman's Clinic, District of Columbia
Section WILL mental hygiene. Diploma
of superior merit: National Association
for Mental Hygiene, for those portions of
their exhibit which illustrate (a) causes
of the apparent increase of insanity; (b)
heredity of feeblemindedness: (c) the
means for the prevention of insanity now
being utilized % by the Illinois Society
for Mental Hygiene, (2) by the committee
for mental hygiene of the New York
state charities board. CD by the Massa-
chusetts state lunacy commission, "a by
the Minnesota School for the Feeble
minded and Epileptic. Diploma of merit:
New York state hospital commission.
Ernst Leitz Receives Award.
Section TX, hospitals and communi-
cable diseases-Diplomas of superior
merit: American Museum of Natural
Diplomas of merit: Department
of health, Asheville. n. c.: department
of health, City of New York; Maryland
state board of health; Boston city depart
ment of health; department of health.
city of New York (an exhibit of litera-
ture in various languages on disease and
it's prevention); Virginia state board Of
health: United States public health serv-
ice; Rockefeller sanitary commission in
with state boards of health !
and the public health service; Ernest |