The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-06
HAPGooD BoBS UP.
And Has Word Tilt With Health Expert
at Burlington.

Burlington, Aug 6.-Experts on con
tagious diseases talked yesterday to the
health officers here for their annual
school OF instruction, among the speak
ers being Or. b. Ii. Stone, director oi
the state laboratory of hygiene, DIR. w
! c. Rucker of Washington, ID. G., assistant
surgeon general of the United States
public health service, and DR., Charles f.
North OF the New York milk committee
An illustrated lecture on Sanitation
of the Panama Canal by w. l.. Saund-
ers of New York, civil engineer, and sew
eral educational motion pictures made
up the evening program.
The state board of health hit upon a
live wire when they picked DIR. W. c.
Rueker of Washington, d. c., assistant
surgeon general Of the United States
public health service. During the after
noon Dr. Ruclter had little tilt with
NJ. j. Hapgood of Peru. Mr.. Hapgood
had declared the dust from automobiles,
blown into houses, was the cause of dis
ease, and Dr. Rucker suggested that
horses also be debarred from the high
ways, since the dust on highways much
used by horses contains the tetanus
by prevents speech.
Dr. Rucker gave great credit to a Yer
monter and Burlingtonian for the
marked advances made recently in the
feedral health service. He said that
Sherman T. Allen, former chief secretary
to President Taft and still assistant sec
retary of the treasury, had been one of
two men whose push and interest had
aided chiefly in putting the laws through
Congress.
In an interview last evening DR.. Ruck
er, referring to Secretary Allen, said that
Vermont and Burlington had had more
to do with the Advancement of the fed
eral protection of public health than peo-
pie here realize, for in this work Mr. Al
len has been largely instrumental. The
federal powers were increased during the
of Secretary Franklin
MacVeagh and Surgeon General Rupert
Blue and high tribute was paid to his
efforts
0vercrowding in Vermont
DR. Rucker, discussing "The Trans
mission and Prevention of Contagious
Diseases" summed up the problem as
follows:
Vermont is rural state. 1t would
seem as though its problems were not
those of overcrowding, yet the opinion
may be ventured that house crowding
can be found in even the smallest ham
lets. The rigor of the winters tends to
increase this. and makes all the more
imperative the necessity for controlling
the diseased individual Without the
we would have no tuber-
culosis. If we absolutely prevent his
excretions from reaching
other persons, condition has been pro-
iuced which is as though the consump-
tive was not. If we prevent the inter
charge of sputum we have controlled
humps just as the prevention of the
of human feces to human beings
will control all enteric diseases
"The fact is very simple. 1t is basic
elemental. Control the disease bearer.
The application OF this principal is com
plex, ever varying, primordially human.
As sanitarians we have the law behind |
rs and We have knowledge of the tae-
les of disease warfare, which is grow !
ng daily. There is one more element |
which we must have in plenty If we
would control the human factor in the |
,pread of contagious disease we must |
ave this outlook because to control hui
nanity you must have humanity"