The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-13

output. until he is replaced
 If we are to find the men for a e5,- 100000 to 30,000,000 ton annual output. we must have good camps and make them attract the labor we desire A large number Of employees who have been with you for a number of years Is a decided asset. They are satisfied, and soon you camp means home
 Knowles Second Speaker
 MT. Knowles, the second speaker and a sanitary engineer, said in part:
 Since November 1911, the writer has :. been engaged in examining, for thls asso- oiation, the social and sanitary conditions of the coal mining camps of it's members. The results of these investigations have been embodied in a series of general re- ports made to the executive committee, and, when desired. in special reports upon individual camps.
 '"rhe idea of sanitation In camps which arc more or less temporary like, those for construction military and mining pur- poses, Is a comparatively new one. It was formerly thought that the mere provision of shelter was all that was required. For the employer, or even the lahorer, to take an active interest in sanitation, cleanliness and prevention of disease was unheard of. IL is unfortunately still true that the old idea prevails 10 some extent. l It is, however being more and more rec 1 osnized that the best interests of labor, l the public and the employer consist in l the conservation, not only of material and | capital but also of life and health and l efficiency
 | Perhaps the most important factors in bringing about this change have been those classic cases in which failure to 1 take proper measures for sanitation have resulted so disastrously. Continuation of | the project in hand under insanitary cons dltions was out of the question, because | .E | or because of obvious, grave danger to the community. Such. for instance. were l the failure of the French attempt to con- struct the Panama canal, the frightful ldestructlon of our troops during the Span- l ish-American war by typhoid fever, the prevalence of hookworm in the mining districts of the old world, the pollution of water supplies during their construction. etc. As examples of this necessity and of the development to which 1t led, these are worthy of our attention ''Co-operate with us, then. by continu- l ing your work of the past with renewed l energy Help educate your people by miss ing no opportunity to talk sanitation. Call 1 upon us promptly if we can be of assist ance at any time in controlling or nvesti- gating epidemics of any kind, or in study Ing suggested methods of sanitary in- rrovements If We ask you to report deaths and infectious diseases regularly.
 
 measure which you all know to be so vital in controlling and measuring the usefulness of sanitary work. When you are asked for inform9 ton, please realize that the request is made, not with the 1 idea of criticising you or your camp, but 1 with tho earnest desire to help you If l there Is a bad feature, do not reply that l yours Is the hehlthiest camp in tho dis
 trict, but point things just as they arc so that we may all cooperate in correct l ing them"
 Hotchkiss on Sanitation 1 Dr. IIotehkiss said:
 'rhe subject I have been requested 10 1 speak upon is very important one and l in this country a much neglected one. As is the case with many other public health matters affecting the prevention and control of communicable diseases in this rapidly growing and developing coun- try we have not yet given much attention to mine sanitation and the effect of in- sanitary conditions in mines on the health and efficiency of the coal miner
 Probably all of you know more or less about hookworm disease. Through the exhaustive investigations of Stiles in tho southern states. Ashford and Rink in Porto Rico, and investigators in other l countries we have a thorough knowledge of this disease and of the life history of the worm that produces 1t. The disease l is caused by q small thread-like worm one-third to one-half inch long which attaches itself to the lining of the small l intestine destroys some of this mem- brane sucks the blood of it's host. and l probably excretes n poison, which causes anemla and the symptoms that accom- pany a watery condition of the blood, such as pallor. palpltation of the heart, 1 shortness of breath, fainting spells. puff ness around the face and ankles, and the symptoms of indigestion. with with out pain in the abdomen. In some in- stances, where numerous repeated infec- tions have occurred. and where many worms are present, death may inter- vene in q few months Usually. however, the disease is very chronic; in this form, l physical and mental development is of ten retarded; there Is disncllnqtion as well as lneapacity for work and the vic- l tins are predisposed to other maladies. such as tuberculosis and pneumonia
 In order for the disease to spread, conditions must be favorable for the de- veopment of the eggs and larvae (young worms), and persons must come  (CUutinued on Insf puuel