Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-19
The Con,n1,l,1ity's Health

has been missed, crowds are danger
Gus. II this lesson could be generally
learned there would be less pneumonia
among the we'll -to.do classes. The
principal danger comes in crowded
street cars, which If possible should be
avoided at rush hours. 1t needs to be
emphasized that the danger from over
crowding IS greatly enhanced by ia
tigue and going without food. In
word, the prevention Of pneumonia IS
now much clearer than it was. Like all
the other infectious diseases, instead OF
being q more or less inevitable dis
pensation it has come to be recognized
as due to certain definite factors which
can be greatly lessened by public ana
individual hygienic regulations.
Governor sulzer on Public Health.
| One Of the most significant occur
rences Of the winter in the public health
| campaign is the report of the speclal
commission appointed by Governor
Sulzer on public health in the state OF
| New York, and the transmission OF the
report to the state legislature by the
governor, accompanied ny special
message, pointing out the Importance
of this subject. This Is probably the
! first time, says The Journal OF the
American Medical Association. that
state executive has taken so advanced
position regarding the duty OF the state
to protect the lives and health OF Its
citizens Governor Sulzer says that
the protection of the life and the pro-
motion Of the health OF it's citizens Is
one of the first duties of the state, and
that there is no more important subject
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health. He points out that there Is no
well-coordinated system Of public
health administration in the state. and
that the local boards Of health, con-
sisting Of the county supervisor, justice
of the peace and other local authorities
can hardly be regarded as qualified
agencies for stamping out disease. He
also asserts that there is no reason
why. under proper management, the
dath-rate in the country should not be
much lower than that in the city. He
further shows that the fees paid to
members of town and village boards
Of health amount to from $4,000 to
100000 per year, for which expendi-
ture no results are obtained He is
particularly emphatic in showing the
economic value Of modern public
iGdllu al Out " cum Va
smallpox in any city or village involves
serious losses to its business men, most
of which are clearly avoidable. 1t may
be conservatively stated that the saving
that would result from the efficient
control of preventable diseases other
than tube rculcsis turnout the state
would be not less than s10000,000 per
year. Efficient public health admins
York City health department, Public
health is purchasable within natural
limitations. and any community can
determine It's own death-rate,' should
be made the motto OF the state"
After reviewing the results OF the
campaign against tuberculosis. and as
serting that the people have deter
mined that tuberculosis must be
conquered" the governor adds: "An-
other thing: The loss Of 1000 babies
in this state per annum must be
stopped. The remedy is simple-state-
wide registration of births, and in in
dustria, centers a sufficient number of
infant welfare stations He then adds
that LIPS deaths per annuIn from ty-
phoid fever is at least 1000 too many,
and that by controlling Infectious dis
eases and by creating increased inter-
est in public health. the average of
physical vigcr efficiency and product
iveness' can be greatly increased.
Is Bob Veal" Poisonous?
Laws which are in force in various
countries. notably in the United States.
forbid the sale OF veal under l month
Of age for use as human food There
is widespread belief that bob veal"
as the flesh OF these very young calves
IS popularity called. has properties det-
rimental to health. II is well known
that the flesh Of younger animals is
richer in water and more tender than
that Of older ones OF the same species.
The proportion OF the nutrient SUBJ
stances increases with age. Older ami
mails like wise yield more Of the ex-
tractive bodies; SO that soup prepared
from veal is by no means comparable
with that yielded by the meat of fat
tened cattle. Veal Is commonly re-
garded as more difficult Of digestion
than beef, the reason being assigned
to differences in the texture Of the
flesh.
Prof. P. A. Fish OF Cornell Univer-
sity has reported a series of expert
ments in which bob veal was compared
| with market veal and with beef in re-
spect to some of its properties. Exper-
iments we're also carried on in which
bob veal was eaten in seven families
aggregating twenty individual ranging
from to 60 years of age. The health
in all cases was apparently normal;
nor did any family refuse second
! helping when another carcass became
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