The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1913-06-13
Municipal Sanitary Congress

The Municipal Sanitary Congress
the first of its kind to be launched
in the United States, convened at
$3.50 p. m. May %, 1913, in Green
vile, S. c., under the auspices of the
Greenville Board of Health.
The State health officers and Sec
retary of the State Board of Health
presided at the meeting and made a
few welcoming remarks to the visit
ing delegates.
DR.. VIM. Egleston, of Hartsville,
made the first address of the even
ing, his subject being sanitation in
Small Towns" DR.. Egleston said in
part: Better sanitary conditions
for the small towns of this state are
absolutely imperative if our people
are to keep pace with the wonderful
progress in public health matters
which the country has witnessed in
the past decade. The success of san
itation in any community is depend
ent almost entirely on the support
accorded by those in authority.
Sanitary laws should be enforced
as vigorously as any others. There
can be no question as to the necessity
for vigorous and stern enforcement
of all regulations dealing in a gem
eral way with public health. (Here
DR.. Egleston gave some mortality
statistics.)
BY the term general cleanliness is
meant the appearance of the streets,
the squares, and the parks of. the
town. This is very simple and mex
pensive to attain and it gives a won
derfully good impression and is a
great stimulant toward cleanliness of
private property.
Our small towns are rapidly es-
tablishing their municipal water sys-
TENS and under our present laws
this insures pure water for the inhab-
itants. Periodical examinations of
the water should be made. (The wa
ter supply of Union is examined once
every three months.
Municipal sewerage systems in
connection with the water supply
make an easy matter of the problem
of sewerage disposal.
Every town should compel it's
meat markets to be clean in appear
ance and clean in the manner of dis
playing and handling meat for sale.
DR.. Ernest Kelly, in charge of the
market milk investigation, Depart
ment of Agriculture, Washington, D.
c., spoke on "Clean Milk Product
ion." His lecture was illustrated
with steropticon slides, showing viv-
idly the evils of badly constructed
and poorly managed dairies.
The Sanitary Congress reconvened
Friday morning at nine o'clock. The
meeting was opened with prayer by
Rev. A. r. Mitchell. The visiting
delegates were warmly welcomed to
Greenville by Major William F. Rob-
ertson, and a response was made by
DR.. Hyatt on behalf of the visiting
members.
Next came a paper, "The Progress
of Preventive Medicine in the South u
by DR.. ]. A. Hayne.
Another instructive paper, ellis
tory of Federal and Municipal Meat
Inspection" by DR.. B. F. Knapp,
commissioner of health Of Spartan
burg.
DR.. L. B. McBrayer, health officer
of Asheville, N. c., spoke on ely
giene of tuberculosis, or How We
Manage it in Asheville."
Next came another talk by DIR. En-
nest Kelly, of the Department of Ag-
riculture, on Economies of Milk pro-
duction and distribution"
After each paper there was open
discussion of the subject by any and
all present that wished to speak.
At the afternoon session, DR.. w.
S. Rankin, State Health Officer of
North Carolina, gave a very inter-
esting talk on "The Body Politic in
Disease and Health"
The speakers of the evening ses-
sion were, DR.. T. d. Rodger, of South
Carolina, DR.. l.. M. Mccormick, of
Asheville, N. c., and DIR. r. L. Wilson
of the United States Public Health
Service, now stationed at Charles
ton, s. C.
DIR. Rodgers spoke first on "Hook-