The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-16
TUESDAY. sBprBMBER Is. 1919
What Yot, Get
For Ten Cents.

VBorAdass StR4e Beard OF Health
spends every year about 100000 IN
the adzrtntsrar1on Of it's duties This
fund II raised by q half-mt1l tax upon
all the assessaib2e property In the state
-S cents on every 500 valuation.
Much OF the largest share Cd the
stzAsss Income II pasd by the big bust
ness fnberests and the compositions It
L. evident that these interests cannot
be benefited, except indirectly through
the general prosperity Of the entire
community. which La indispensable from
= general CONDITION Of healthfulness.
It COSTS, thsreeore, ten CENTS year
for EVERY man. woman and child,
wfrsta. black. red or yellow. to finance
the gtasos board OF health.
whist do the people Of Florida get
for fhtD dime?
To answer the question would be TO
list ali the ltrfes Of endeawor in which
7 shas great organization Is the prime
rroxer. and these are described In de-
tail IA the annual reports OF the board
which are To be had for the asking
These functions might be outlined In
two divisions; first, the preservation
and safe guarding OF public health;
and. second. the restoration OF public
health when. as In an epidemic. the
situation in any section gets beyond
the control Of local physicians and
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The history of Florida records dts
astrous epidemics Of yellow fever,
started always by importations from
Cuba or the West Indian islands. Ev-
cry F7oridian in years not far In the
past, breathed q sigh Of relief when
the fall months arrived without that
affliction having visited the state. True
it IL that medical science has removed
the great dread OF this disease by
studying it's causes and prevention.
but 1t stiu turks In Mexican and other
Caribbean ports and constant watch
fuIness alone keeps It from these
shores And FIorida's health board
does the watching.
era IN any part OF the world arouse
these same health officers 30 a keen
sense Of aaertness.
Smallpox. nke the poor. rs always
never bean completely wiped out be-
canse the people OF Florida have re-
fused. or fafled. to cooperate with the
board PTatn talk, but It's true. Al
ways on the alert. the board furnishes
vaccine points tree for the asking. 10
any city. town or community and in
any quantity. It aids each section to
protect itself against any other IN
fected section. and Il doesn't use
shotgun quarantine, either.
It exercises a. general and very close
oversight OF the existence of commu-
nicabbe diseases In every part OF the
state. 20 rid that section of it's troub-
les and to prevent their spread into
other parts. A single case OF CHAMBERS
In any part OF Florida, reported at the
boards headquarters. calls for irnme-
date action and energetic action, be-
cause this disease Is one that Is COM
municable from animals to human be-
ings. and It is dangerous to both. The
prevalence Of rabies is watched and
fought with all the authority that be
longs to these health officers. While
the rnuzzling Of dogs is a matter of
local regulation. the state board stands
ready at all times to furnish the Pas
teur treatment. and TO furnish 1t free
of cost to those who cannot pay for
It,
For the past two or three years the
state board has been studying how
to relieve the people OF Florida. par
ticularfy the children, OF the debili-
tating arfiction of hookworm. Its anx-
iety has not been how to get rid of it.