Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1916-12-15
CONFERENCE NOTES.
LOCAL DELEGATE TO HEALTH
CONVENTION MAKES IN
TERESTING REPORT
PROGRESS IN FIGHT ON DISEASE
Notes on Meeting Of Wisconsin Anti
tuberculosis Association at
Milwaukee, Nov. "a

That the meetings of the Confer
ence were held in the University Ex-
tension Building is indicative OF the
spirit of the state as expressed
through it's great university.
An exhaustive report was given by
DR.. Hoyt E. Dearholt, Executive Sec
retary of the Wisconsin Anti-Tuber-
culosis Assn. DR.. Dearholt is man
of brilliant attainments, faithful SER
vice and great iberality. He has
given time, skill and money without
stint to the Association and to the
cause in general. In part he said:
That though the movement in Wis
consin was only eight years old there
had been great growth in urban CO.
operation. The country districts, how
ever, had been slow to act. This was
unfortunate since so per cent of the
state is rural and quite as subject to
tuberculosis as the other half. To
meet this need Mr.. Theodore j..
Werle, official lecturer of the Asso-
citation, had been equipped with a
stereOptican outfit on an automobile
and with other educational material.
With this equipment he goes about
the country districts lecturing, talk
ing and showing his pictures. AS a
result of this campaign there are
now fifty County Nurses in the state
and many school and visiting nurses
in the different towns. 1t is hoped
that the number of these may stead
lily increase, particularly the county
nurses.
Dr. Dearholt also called attention
to the many publications of the So
ciety and urged their wide distribu-
ton. The Crusader, the most preten-
tious of these may now be found OF
file in the Ladysmith Library. Fol
the first time in history the Asso-
citation closes the year with nothing
III LHo treasury.
Louis F. Reber, Dean of the uni
versity of Wisconsin Extension Di-
vision and Pres't Of the Anti-Tuber-
culosis Assn, called attention to In
dustrialism and Public Health and
emphasized the modern helpful atti
tude of great corporations and in
dustrial concerns to the health of
their employees. These are partly
altruistic but largely economic in mo-
tive. Commercial clubs in many
towns and cities are also forging to
the front in matters Of public health
cooperation.
Strengthening Our Fortificatiors.
A. Open Air Schools. Mrs Mary d
Bradford, Superintendent OF the
Kenosha Public Schools.
This was easily the most brilliant
and forceful speech Of the sympos.
1um. The Open Air School in Ken
osha was started as a result Of win
ming the prize for the largest sale of
Christmas Seals. The school hss
been SO successful that they now
have a specially constructed building
erected at a cost of $500, a teach
er, matron and food now paid for en-
tlrely by the school board. In this
day and age We must be practical
and must demonstrate the benefit and
efficiency of any new project. This
has been done in the Open Air School
Of Kenosha.
The average daily attendance at
the school is twenty; the total at
tendance has been one hundred and
twenty for the past four years; some
children have been in the school for
three years but many have been en-
tirely cured and have gone out to
do work in the various fields of in
dustry.
Each child has a glass of milk at
the beginning of the morning session;
class work as for all other children;
a warm dinner at noon; a rest per-
1od; class work and a cup Of milk
or hot cocoa just before going home.
The food cost per capita is as follows:
1884, $22.8S; 1914-15, $1,000;
1867, ESTIMATED only) $27.0O.
What is of greatest Importance is
the distinct Improvement in the chill
ems health and marked gain in
weight. Every child is weighed twice
aweek at least; Monday morning and
Friday evening. Further, each child
is now a health educational center
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