Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-15

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From sickness alone,- declared
DIR. Andrews, "our mere money loss
. each year is three quarters Of bill
lion dollars. Conservative authori-
ties declare that one-fourth of this
annual loss--approximately 5000, ,000,-
0O0--can be prevented with ridicul-
ously little expense.
THE prevention Of occupational
diseases is too great an undertaking
to be left entirely to individual act
ion. II cannot be left to the worker,
who. even when not ignorant Of dan
ger, is driven by necessity to his task.
1t cannot be entrusted to the employ
er whose principal business, after all,
under competitive conditions, is to
secure profits. 1t cannot be left to
medical treatment alone, for preven-
tion and not aftercare is the remedy.
Not only on account of the magni-
tude Of the problem but also because
of its nature, the prevention of 'oc-
cupational diseases is properly q
junction oil government
A systematic effort to "tap the
reservoir of health knowledge stored
In universities and to pipe it to the
people of the state generally thru
the medium of extension work, was
described to the sociological section
of the association today by DR.. Hoyt
E. Dearholt, of the University of Wis
consin.
DR.. Dearholt said that the estab
lishment of bureau Of health in
struction in the extension division of
the University of Wisconsin was
based on the belief that ignorance
and apathy are the underlying fact
ors in the spread of preventable dis
ease. DR.. Dearholt explained the
system in vogue at Wisconsin Uni
verslty which gives Service" or in
struction no less to the citizens gen.
orally than to the relatively small
group Of youths who are able to at
tend the university.
instruction in health Matters
said DR.. Dearholt, "for the people
who may be deficient in preliminary
education, but nevertheless having
sufficient mental capacity to grasp
basic truths when presented in form
adapted to his limitations, is to be
carried on through correspondence
courses, lectures and newspaper pub
licity. One of the most important
features Of the work is a cores
pondence school for health officials"
Taking for his topic, "The Mortali-
ty from Cancer in the United States
and Foreign Countries" DR.. Freder-
lex l.. Hoffman, of the Prudential
Life Insurance company, said that 1t
Is evident that the American people
are increasingly liable to cancerous
affections" DR.. Hoffman was un-
able to account for this, but he found
ray Of hope in the fact that COM
pared with other civilized countries
the cancer death rate in the United
States is not excessive. 1t has, how
ever, he pointed out, increased from
67.9 per 100 population for the five
years ending with 1905 to 74.3 per
100 population during 1911.
For the time being" said Dr.. Hoff-
man, public attention requires to be-
directed to the supreme Importance
OF early diagnosis on the one hand.
and the earliest possible operative
treatment on the other hand. This
conclusion even applies to many
forms Of internal cancers, which are
Invariably fatal unless the patient
| submits to an early and radical sur
gical treatment"
Four anti-tuberculosis workers
came out strongly today at the Sec
ton on Securing Funds for Public
Health Work from Public Authori-
nes,' for the referendum in getting
money for health campaigns. Their
opinions were based on the success
fui use OF the referendum in the anti
tuberculosis campaign, and they rep
resented the east, middle west and
extreme west.
Other speakers on the subject Of
securing funds for health work from
the public authorities were Lawrence
WELLER, director of the Charity Or
ganization Society of New York, and
Albert G. Milbank, of New York,
nephew Of Mrs. Elizabeth Milbank
Anderson, who recently gave $50 1000
for the establishment of department
Of social welfare of the New York
Association for Improving the Condi-
tino of the Poor.