The Washington times., 1915-11-10
Body Has Plans to Prevent
Spreading Of Disease
Through This Medium.
SUGGESTS PHYSICAL TESTS
Or. Lewis J. Battle Quotes Sta.
tistics to Show That Pro-
vision Should Be Made.

The Chamber of Commerce has
launched its campaign to provide for
inspection Of food handlers In the DIS
trict, with view to preventing tho
spread Of diseases through such medi-
ums.
As related IN The Times Of yesterday.
the public health committee Of tho
chamber prepared a report requesting
the organization to call upon the Com
missioners to promulgate at once rules
providing for the compulsory inspection
Of all food handlers In the National
Capital. or. II this be beyond their gen.
sral powers, to petition Congress TO
enact legislation similar to that en-
braced In the sanitary code OF New
York.
At the monthly meeting Of the Cham.
Der last night a resolution introduced
by DR.. Lewis J. Battle. chairman OF tho
public health COMMITTEES, was unani-
mousiy adopted. The resolution pro
poses a physical examination, by the
Health Department OF all cooks and
other food handlers employed In hotels.
restaurants and eating houses In tns
District a Columbia, and asks that the
legislation suggested make 1t uniawtul
any Infectious disease in commune
cable form to work In any place in tho
District where food or drink IL pre-
pared. cooked. mixed. baked. exposed.
bottled, packed, handled. stored, manu-
tactured, offered Tor sale or solu."
In supporting his resolution DR.. Bat
tie, after citing instances which had
come to his personal knowledge In
which persons with infectious diseases
had worked In restaurants In wash
ington. read a letter from +. W. Fiske.
secretary to the commissioner OF the
department of health OF New York. MIR.
Fiske wrote that of 20.0O food handlers
examined In accordance with the pro-
visions Of the sanitary code, y per cent
were found to bo tubercular; lh per
cent showed positive reaGtions under u
typhoid test. and Ia per cent were
otherwise infected
w. ]. kehoe. presenting his opinion as
to the outcome of the investigation or
tho fiscal relations between the District
and the Federal Government. gained
from attendance at the hearings before
the Joint Congressional committee, said
that he believed the half-and-half plan
will be abolished: the Federal Govern
ment will take over completely the man.
a9ement of the financial affairs of the
District, paying all bills out Of the
Federal Treasury and levying taxes.
and will give the District delegate In
Congress.
At the instance Of L. c. Graham. the
Chamber adopted resolution indorsnY
National Electrical Prosperity Week.
which will be held between November
% and December 4 under the auspices
OF the Society for Electrical Develop
ment.
Before giving the project indorse-
ment. the resolution was amended at
the request of Marion Butler to reiterate
the Chambers plea for the utilization OF
the Great Falls as a source of electric
power
} The Chamber voted unanimously for
the motion of Thomas w. Buckley, In.
doising the suggestion that the local
mail carriers be given a holiday Thanks
giving Day.
A letter asking the endorsement OF
the chamber for the plan OF the Ameri.
can Cross OF Honor to undertake the
erection Of a Pantheon o. Patriotism
by popular subscription in Washington
was referred to the committee on high
ways. parks and bridges.
Resolutions of regret on the death
Of Benjamin S. Graves. one OF the frs'
directors Of the chamber. were pre-
b septed by chaplin Brown and adopted.
President Moran was directed to ap'
point committee TO cO-operate with
similar committees from the Board ot
Trade. the Retail Merchants Associa
ton and the District Bankers Associ8
tion in urging the passage by Congress
Of bad check law.