Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-10
DR.. Woodward a Delegate.

LII. woodward Delegate,
DR.. W. c. Woodward. health officer,
will be the representative of the District
of Columbia New York and Louisiana
have not yet designated their delegates
Representatives of other states and terri
tories which have accepted the call are
Morgan Smith. Arkansas: A. E Frantz
Delaware: j. y. Porter Florida: ]. NJ
Hurty and H. H. Sutton, Indiana: G. H.
sumner, Iowa: S. j. Crumbine Kansas:
NJ. w. Richardson. Massachusetts. j /,
Burhart, Michigan; H NJ Bracken. Min
nesota: C. s. White. Oregon; w. F. Lip
pitt Porto Rico; C. F. Dalton. Vermont:
T. q. Williams. Virginia; S. L. Jepson
ana W. W. Golden. West Virginia; c. A.
Maryland
II funds are available. California will
send D. H. Currie. c. st. Clair Drake
representing Illinois. and j. S. B. Pratt,
h sine Hawaii, are hopeful Of
have taken no action. Idaho, Wyoming
and Nevada have declined
Dig hyglenic questions are to be de-
oated. Each delegate has been asked to
be prepared to discuss these subjects
from the standpoint of his Jurisdiction
Morbidity Reports to Be Topic.
The present status of collection If
morbidity reports Is one of these sub
1ects- DR.. NJ. W. Richardson of Massa-
cnusetts is to present paper on NOR
oidity returns. to start the discussion
The thought in the minds of the public
health service officials in this direction
they regard as particularly important
Death reports have been required for
years in nearly every civilized COM
munity. These have had their value, in
dicaung comparative mortuary conditions
of communities and causes of death But
more value is attached to statistics
which will locate existing disease.
analytical of individual characteristics
and righteousness.
The public health service is without
jurisdiction to demand morbidity returns
where the authority rests in local hands
But the great benefits in determining the
demarkation of an epidemic, its causes
its aspects and to develop means of
dealing with it. preventive and curative,
are estimated highly. The public health
service hopes to obtain cooperation
from the local authorities by education
In the value of such returns to the COM
monwealth.
Sanitation of Vehicles.
Sanitation of public vehicles will be
the subject presented by DR.. Oscar
Bowling of the public health service in
q paper he will read. The public health
service. exercising authority to prevent
the spread of disease from one state to
another, has undertaken to enforce. reg
ulations for the sanitation of public con-
yeyances engaged in interstate COM
merce. Cars on all national trunk rail-
wars, steamboats, plying between ports
of different states are now under super
vision of public health officials. The
common drinking cup, the common
towel, the common hairbrush and comb
have been abolished from all such con-
yeyances through activities of the pub
lie health service.
1t is now desired that state and terri
torial authorities extend the same regu
lations and requirements to public con
veyances engaged in intrastate trafh,
which now escape the jurisdiction of thu
federal agency. Cooperation is earnest
" sought, and sooner or later will b.
generally given. Should all the state:
and territories unite in such measures o
sanitation il is confidently expected tina
Infectious diseases could everywhere b.
localized and effectively kept under re
straint. Aided by cooperation in othe
preventive measures, proper safeguard
over the sanitation of public convey
ances and the transportation of infecte'
persons will result in eradication Of con
tagious diseases.
Quarantine procedure has been tn
source of much discord between commu
mites in the past. Nationality and uni
formity in quarantine measures are tn
DIR. ]. S. Fulton of the Maryland healtl
service Will present a paper on quaran
tine procedure.
Transportation to Be Discussed.
Transportation of Tuberculous Per
sons" topic of the paper to be read b.
Dr. s. j. Crumbine of Kansas, will star
a general discussion with purpose to de
fine proper and uniform regulations 70
adoption by all states and territories I
govern the transportation through the
Jurisdictions of sufferers from infection
diseases. The requirements of som
states are regarded too rigid. 1t
hoped to evolve a procedure that wi
gain general Endorsement.
School hygiene and rural sanitation ar
two problems of magnitude in their beal
ing on general public health that will
taken up The public health service
wherever il has jurisdiction. is studyin
both subjects and has proceeded far
developing practice for eradication
tnsanitary conditions in rural commun
ties and to insure hygienic surrounding
and attention for the child student bod
Sanitary organization and administr,
ton is another subject that will be di
cussed. The discussion Is expected
develop a comparison Of methods ar
e,,1oeSt;ons FOR improyed practice.