The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-10-07
U. S. HEALTH SERVICE
ITS PRACTICAL WORK
NOVEL EDUCATIONAL METHOD
ENTERTAlNs AS WELL
AS INsTRucTs.

The u. s. health service believes
that education is the road to sanitary
progress" To this enc 1t has estab-
lshed a stereoptican loan library,
probably the first of it's kind, which Is
daily sending out slides upon the re-
quest of sanitarians, educators and
other persons interested in the pro-
mitigation of the doctrine of personal
hygiene and public sanitation.
The officials of the Nebraska state
lflir desired to stage a series of popu-
lar lectures on hygiene and sanitation.
They applied to the surgeon general
of the United States public health
service for slides. Catalogs contain
ing photographs of the slides, and
descriptive matter thereon, We're inn
mediately forwarded to the officials OF
the fair, together with a blank on
which to make request for various
slides. The fair officials filled out the
reauisition and returned the catalogs
to the surgeon general. The slides
were packed and shipped and when
the lectures shall have been given
they will be repaeked and returned to
the urgeo general. In this way a
large number of people will ave re-
ceived this important information In
a pleasing manner.
The ~stereopticon loan library covers
a wide range of subjects, from SAM
tary conditions in Alaska, to yellow
fever. There are special collections on
the diseases of children, hookworm,
.leprosy, malaria, milk production,
mouth hygiene, ~pellagra, plague, rural
schools, smallpox, tropical diseases,
tuberculosis and typhoid fever. Each
of the sets is in duplicate and in the
case of the more frequently used
slides there are several sets, so tina
the applicant will not be disappoint-
ed in his selections. Not only are
the services of the stereopticon loan
library utilized by. many private in
~dividuals, but the officers of the pub
lie health service and state and local
health officials throughout the coun-
try are making use of this logical sys-
tom of public health education.
Polluting Swimming Pools May Trans
init Disease.
Ninety-one large municipalities in
the United States have established
public swimming pools to meet the
demand for knowledge of swimming
Swimming pools are on the increase.
The United States public health serv-
ice publishes an article by Wallace
A. Manheimer, PhD., of Columbia
University, on the results obtained
from a careful examination of six
swimming pools.
1t is pointed out in the report thar
in swimming in polluted water, ty-
phoid fever, coniunctivitis, and other
diseases may be acquired. The report
gives in detail the results of the bac-
terial analyses made of the various
pools and of the effects OF refltratior
and chemical disinfection. 1t is point
ed out that when the water is until
tered it is apt to be cloudy, thereby
making the danger of accident9'
drowning very great. When refiltra
ton is practiced the water becomes
and this danger is obviated. Tht
report concludes that the cubic capac-
of a pool affects its sanitary con-
that the process of adding dill
ution water is an efficient means of
reducing the number of bacteria in
the water, and that the supervision of
the plant and the class of attendants
are also important factors in pool san
The combination of refiltra-
ton and disinfection by the use of
~hypochlorite renders the SAN
tary condition of the water excellent.
Many of the colleges and secondary
Of the United States have as
/ graduation requirement, a proven
to swim. This important field
If athletics should be surrounded by
very sanitary safeguard.
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