The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-19
DR.. ROY K. FLANAGAN
RECEIVES PROMOTION

DR.. Roy X. Flanagan has been ap-
pointed acting assistant health COM
missioner OF Virginia He will assume
the duties of the ONCE under nr. En-
MON G. williams. state Health Commits
sioner, at once. ard take the place OF
DR.. Allen w. Freeman. who recently
resigned to accept a position In the
Public Health Service OF the United
States government
DR. FLANAGAN was promoted from
district health offfcer OF the First Dis
trict, comprising James River and Pied =
mont sections of Virginia He has
been In the service of the state for
nearly Ave years. Joining the health
ONCE IN October. 1910. as director OF
inspections. He was brought here from
Charlottesville, where, as first active
health officer OF that city. he made
record for constructive work
Dr. Flanagan Is one OF the few
recognized authorities on medical In
spection of rural schools In the United
States His work In tho inspection of
the school children OF Orange. Loudoun,
Warwick. York. and Albemarie Coun~
ties has attracted national attention
and Imitation. He has recently been
invited 10 read paper on Rural School
Hygiene" before the annual meeting
OF the American School Hygiene Asso-
citation al tHe Panama E&poNiNlon ia
San Francisco. The 5urvey OF the
Orange County schools was published
at the request OF DR.. P. p. Claxton.
United States Commissioner of Educa-
ton. as special bulletin of the Blu
reau OF Education. DR. w, x. Tate.
OF the George Peabody College for
Teachers al Nashville. Tenn, Is using
reprints OF DR. Fiannagan's suggestions
for rural school inspection in his
teachers courses.
Much OF the new assistant commits
sioner's work will be to have the chill
dren whose physical defects have been
discovered by medical inspection cor
rected and cared for.
other important works carried out
for the Board OF Health by DIR. Elan
nagan have been the inspection and GER
tification OF all the hotels and summer
resorts in Virginia for the protee-
tion and convenience of travelling pub
lie and his demonstration In the New
castle diphtheria epidemic that a COM
munity thoroughly permeated with
diphtheria can be given immunity and
protection IN less than one month.
While In Charlottesville he secured
the construction OF the first city abat-
toIr In the towns or the state where
the meat supply could be prepared for
market under ideal sanitary condt-
lions. stanton Ia now considering the
erection OF a similar institution.
Dr. Flanagan was educated at
Miller's School and graduated in medi-
cine at the University OF Virginia In
1894. He later took two postgraduate
courses at Harvard under DIR. r. c,
Cabot Or. Flanagan Is chairman of
tho Virginia Child Labor Committee:
vice president OF the National Asso-
citation OF Hotel Inspectors and was
president OF the State Conference of
Charities and Corrections in l9le-l1.
He IL n member of the american Pub
lie Health Association OF the Interna-
ttonal Congress on tuberculosis, the
National Public Health Association, the
Congress OF School Wy
giene the Southern Sociological Con-
ference. the Society~for the study and
Prevention Of Infant Mortality. and
the Richmond Academy of Medicine