The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-12
How Strawberries Are
Grown in Lakeland
FLORIDA'S HEALTH TRAIN
Seeing in convincing!

SNSihS
Visual education, from child
hood to old age, is the most i'm
the most lasting, the
most convincing.
Reference has already been
made in this press service to the
Educational Health Exhibit,
which was prepared originally
by the State Board for the
Health Exhibit, in
Jacksonville last December.
Since that time it has been
shown to the people of Tampa,
Orlando, Lakeland, Pa
latka, Ocala. Pensacola and Tai
la hassee. 1t was seen and
studied in these eight cities by
an attendance equal to three
quarter of their estimated popu-
lation.
The panels photographs and
that make up this exhi-
bit, illustrate practically and Wis
ually the work that is being done
by the Board in gathering nee
essary vital statistics in Florida
the work of the state laborato-
ries; the fight against malaria
and typhoid and tuberculosis ;
carry disease germs; studies in
against the fly and mosquito that
smallpox and vaccination, in
measles, whooping cough. hook
worm, CHAMBERS, md rabies; the
work that is being done for Flor
ida's iindigent crippled children ;
the way to feed and wash and
dress young babies and many
other subjects that nedd practi-
cal illustration to have their i'm
portance understood and appre-
ciated by the taxpayers and citi-
zens of the state.
1t is safe to say that the State
Board has never inaugurated a
more valuable or more widely
appreciated method of education
than this. 1t has aldery been
proved more impressive and i'm
pressing that the splendid liter
ature that has been sent out by
the Board in its work of educa-
ton. The question now is, How
shall it be made more useful by
bringing it to more people-tc
all the people of the state? 1t is
not planned to set it up at some
central place and keep it there
but to put it on wheels and take
it to the people, to the big cities
and the little ones. to every vii
lage and hamlet where the raj
lines of Florida reach.
The Board is ready. The rail.
roads ar thought to be willing
to furnish free service, the equip
ment is not difficult to provide
and the cost of maintenance
would be a fraction of the cos
of hog cholera serum, which by
direction of recent legislature, j:
distributed free to the swim,
owners of the state. 1t would
cost less per annum than is +:
recommendation to divert fifteer
thousand dollars from the health
funds, to fight cattle tick, a prop
osition not akin in any way will
human health or human life.
The only distance i the wa,
is the present lack of authorit,
from the legislature, which
meets this week, permitting tn
railroad companies to give ant
the Board of Health to accep
free transportation for the healtl
train and attendants over tn
lines of the state.
A former legislature granite
stellar privileges for handling
free a special train for agricul
tural education. Just now it
the question whether the legis
latre of 1915 will rise to the OF
portunity to do something reall
useful and beneficial for the pee
pie OF Florida.
! With such a train, consistin
of a car rebuilt to accomodat
the exhibit, another to provid
living quarters for those VIII
must accompany the exhibi
free transportation for train an
attendants. Florida would be
the lead of all states in the Ur
10 nfor the education of its pee
lrle in sanitary and health ma
tiers, and the results would b
the vast betterment of such COZ
ditions in this state.
1t would be a splendid inves
ment for the railroads, a bett,
lone for Florida. and instead ,
one person in ten being given II
the opportunity to be benehte
as has been the case so far, mir
of every ten would have IL
, chance.
Shall Florida have its heal
Y train.
}, What is your answer?