Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-12-16
suited in an extension Of the pow.
ers and duties of the public health

| suited Ill an extension VI Tue pow
ers and duties of the public health
authorities.
"The crudity of method and ap.
paratus of bygone days was only
equalled by the administrative inefi.
cheney of that time. To cite con.
crete examples, the battles Of Ores.
sy and Agincourt were won through
the efforts of individual commanders
supported by free. companies having
but faint relation to the army as
a whole. The greatest battle Of mod
ern times, fought between the .LaS'.
anese and Russians at Mukden, was,
on the contrary, carried by the vic.
tors only through tile concerted and
integrating efforts Of vast fighting
machine, the various arms Of which
occupied miles of territory, yet op.
grated with a deadly accurtcy in
which each and every part of the
army discharged its duties without
endeavoring for individual brillian-
cy and with the single aim of inter-
locking efficiency without loss of
power or time.
"The sanitary machine of this
country is q vast organization, reach
ing fro mthe white house to the hum
blest cottage in the United States.
The day has passed when by indiv;d.
ual brilliancy battle against dis.
ease foes may be won without re-
gard to the engagements which are
going on all about us. We live in an
age in which efficiency is the slogan.
We have learned from oft-repeatel
failure and sore disappointment that
in sanitary; work as in all the oth.'
err efforts of the human race. the
greatest good can be accomplished
in the shortest space of time and
with a minimum expenditure of funds
and labor by concentrated, COOP
.eratiyc effort.
;"Thc most needed reform in the
administration of all Of the various
parts of the public health arm Of
the nation is an active and generous
cooperation one with the other. Tae
public health service cannot succeed
in the fullest extent if it is not as
sisted by the state and local health
authorities. The state departments
OF health cannot discharge their dut:
les with greatest profit without the
help of the county and municipal
boards of health, and all Of them 10
succeed in the broadcast way must Co.
operate one with the other and ali
as a whole.
"The form which this cooperation
should take is capable Of endless
variation and untold multiplicity.
but the first and one of the mos,
important single factors is in the
collection Of vital statistics. The
registration area for deaths 1T pres
ent occupies only about two-thirds Of
our country. An endeavor is being
made to establish a registration area
for morbidity. and this is a most
needed reform in public health adj
ministratiOn.
1T is the great glory of the period
in which we live that VIC have re-
cognized our responsibility as our
brothers keeper. That public official
who brings physical salvation to his
fellow man has gone long way to.
ward the promotion of the moral vel.
fare and general happiness of the
community. The worker in the field
of sanitation does more for the NOR.
al uplift of the nation than any 9th.
er official agency.
. "Most of the states and many OF
the municipalities grant adequate
public health authority to their off.
cials. Practically all are willing to
do so If the matter is placed before
them in its true light. The great
difficulty, however, lies in the Sc.
curing of appropriations. 1t must be
said that the education Of the gen.
eral public with regard to matters
sanitary has not yet brought about a
full realization of the interchange
ability of public health and public
wealth"
TO TRYsvoN KLEIN ON eIGAMY
ri CHARGE.