The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-25
Clean Up Bowling of Louisiana
Comes With His Interesting
Cars But Gees to st. Louis
HAS MADE STATE SPOTLEsS
In Every Practical Sense of the
Word-Is Teaching Right Liv-
ing to the Masses.

Two cars, containingS interesting
well as to the citizenship OF COM
munity in general, the property of
the Louisiana State Board OF Health
were in Cairo for a short time Sat
urday, being side tracked at the llli-
nois Central depot and open for the
inspection OF visitors.
The cars are the pride of Dr. Os-
lar Bowling, man who has berome
famous fer his efforts to purge the
state Of Louisiana from its physical
uncleanliness to degree OF perfec-
tion regarding sanitation and right
living. He and his assistants aboard
the ca were in Cairo en- route sonth,
from Peoria where they were the
guests of the Illinois State Medical
Society last week They had ne
sooner arrived when DR. Bowling
was called to ST. Louis and he left
on one of the noon trains.
DIR Bowling is president of the
Louisiana tSate Board of Health and
the man who is driving malaria and
typhoid from the state and who is
noted far and wide for the cleanup
campaign throughout Louisiana.
Municipal and home sanitation
personal hygiene, and disease pre-.
vention are the topics underlying
the health train exhibit and the
moving picture show which is con.
sidered a large part of the educa.
tional work. The exhibit car has
three main sections. One illustrat.
| ing preventable diseases; secont
pure food and the third, child
hygiene
| Among the most interesting rea,
lures are two electrical models de
signed by DR.. st. Clair Drake o.
Chicago one showing effective ven
tilation, one infant mortality rate
model market, model slaughter
house, model dairy, model grocer,
store, garbage can, school desks
screened baby bed.
In addition there are many miscel
laneous things pertinent and sugges
tive as well as charts and pictures
many of the latter are those design
ed by the Chicago Board of Health
With the addition of one or NOR,
car called the utility ear, thi
train has travelled all over TIL
State of Louisiana 1t is now max
ing the second itinerary OF tn
State, having completed this seasol
seven main trunk klines of railroad
The first tour was mainly 70
+ general education and popularisa
tion, of primary health facts. Th
second trip is for the purpose of en-
,phasizing vital statistics, chill
hygiene determination of the fly AM
mosquito, and sanitary inspections
During the past three month
1920 inspections of food suppl
places, public buildings, drul
stores, barber shops, ETC., have bee
made. The films selected for tn
moving picture entertainment givel
at night supplement the specia
Ipoints of attack.
The value of the health train wor
is manifold. 1t calls to mind th
necessity for cleanliness of environ
ment; 1T inspires the people doin
business to clean up and improve an
it gives opportunity for kindly crit
ieisme as well as prosecutions. With
out exception, the communities Wis
lifted have been cordial and helpful
i This trip of the Health Train
Ithe seventh interstate tour. BY in
vitation the cars were taken to Call
ffornia in 1911 to the American Med
ical meeting; to the Hygiene Cor
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