The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-21

plan has great adaptabilty, and l
might say extenSibllity in proportion
to the ingenuity of the operator; un-
der il a unit Of infant hygiene work
may be develOped under it a unit
Cf anti-malaria work may be carried
out; under it a unit of anti -pellagra
work may be executed; under it many
other more or less independent county
health problems may be successfully
attempted.
Comparative Value Of Methods.
The whole-time county health off
Ger idea proposes means-an off
Ger; the unit or contract system Of
county health work proposes an end
| the plans and specifications of a piece
| of work.
| The WhOle-time county health Off
| Ger idea, if carried out by the county
authorities. is subject to local politics
if administered under State superVis-
| ion this plan of rural work is in con-
fict with the principle Of local self
| government The amt system Of conn
ty health work is not subject to local
| politics and does not conflict with the
| principles of local lf-gOvernment.
| The WhOle-time county health Off
Ger plan cost the county from $4,000
to $4,000 a year, and is available TO
only a comparatively few counties:
the unit system Of work cost the coun-
ty from $500 to $4,000 year. and is
avai!ab BILE to nearly all counties.
There are certain counties that
should employ whole-time health Of
, ficers but the contract or unit system
of county health work, as in instru-
, | ment of sanitation in the hands OF
, the State Board of Health. IS better
adapted to a variety Of county con
, ditiOns and will be. in all probability
far more effective than the Whole-ume
: county health officer plan in reducln=
: the States death rate. The unit SyS
! tenn Of county health work IS import
g ant as stepping stone to the whole
o time county health officer. In leadln;
+ up to the WhOle-tlme county healti
), | officer the unit system standardlze
n county health work, 50 that whe
h whole-ti time county health officer !
employed, a splendid plan of count
4 health work will have been demon
: strated.
II The unit system of work or pro
: posed contract submitted by the aver
st age state to the county should nc
4 call for an appropriation OF NOR
II ts.an $1,000: $500 is better. tn
u smaller the cost Of the unit the create
q IS the proba bility Of securing the fund
o with which to start county heat
n work After one appropriation IS OF
n iained the responsibility Is the
! largely with the State for asking sue
,r use of it as to pave the way for easle
81 and more liberal funds The game {
t sanitation like the game OF life,
it | use the other fellows grammar
\ not in holding a good hand but
,e PLAYING a bad hand good Even tf
re novice can get results with plenty
10 money The intelligent health Office
n never lOOSas sight of relative value
,d and the real fun of the game is
III getting big results with little budget
e We shall be able to handle the coun
ne cOnta agious disease problem for i
O. average county for $500 to $500
year We will carry out the scho
unit for from $500 to $500 year f
~ the average county or for fifteen cen
a ner pupil! We will have Vacclnat'
an so .eON people in ten counties by Se
lst tember 18th for cost to the connti
an of less than ten cents per person II
ais muniZed.