The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-11
DR.. S. Dana Hubbard, New York Health
Expert, Told Barre Audience Last
Evening How 1t Can Be
Accomplished

liver in this state, the other three TO be
lgiven at Rutland, st. Adams and Bur
lington.
The speaker was introduced by DIR. j.
II. Woodruff, who explained in few
words the purpose of the campaign and
the results which the physicians OF the
state hoped TO gain by it.
The lecture was illustrated by many
beautifully colored stereopticon slides
which served to bring out more clearly
the points explained by the speaker and
incidentally gave the audience Il good
idea OF the conditions in the streets and
tenement houses OF New York with
which the doctor and his associates have
to deal in their every day work. The
evil results of congested conditions in
| the tepements, the lack of care in the
disposal of refuse, and the evasion of
the law in regard to the proper cover
ing OF foodstuffs in the markets and
the use of ice were all shown up, as
well as the careful attention given to
the children in the schools, the treatment
OF minor diseases and the instruction of
the parents in regard to the ideas to be
instilled into the minds of their off
springs.
Perhaps the most instructive OF the
slides to the audience last night, as well
as those most likely to leave the most
lasting impressions, were series of pic
lures taken of people in the various
stages of some of the more common dis
cases. These slides showed the appear
ance of the body when afflicted with
measles, scarlet fever, chiekenpox and
smallpox so clearly that the appearance
of these symptoms might be readily rec
ognized by other members Of the pa
TENTS family and lead to the immediate
summons of proper medical attendance.
DR.. Hubbard stated at the outset that
he had no desire to antagoniZe any mem
Der OF his audience by the portrayal OF
repugnant facts and TO avoid any possf-
bility of this he made no effort to show
the most serious cases of the evils which
he and his associates are trying to re-
form. The first section of his address
was a brief sketch OF the lives and work
of certain men who have been instru-
mental in discovering methods OF pre-
vention and curing disease.
The speaker dwelt at some length on
the value of vaccination and the use of
anti-toxins and quoted statistics from
his experience to prove the veracity of |
his statements. The mosquito as the |
carrier of the yellow fever germ was re-
ferred to as well as the common house /
fly with the many diseases which he is
known to convey from people afflicted /
with them to the food of well persons.
Welcome the Health Officer.
Health, said DIR. Hubbard, can only be
secured through a combination of public
.ffort and private cooperation. The Wis
I of the health officer, our friend with
and authority, should be well
omed rather than feared and dreaded
The doctor does not believe in the i'm
,osing of needless restrictions ON the
Individual which have the effect OF an
agonizing him rather than making of
lim n friend of the cause. h
In speaking of the danger Of the con
animation Of the food which we eat
he speaker mentioned milk as especial !
Y dangerous. milk, in my estimation"
e said. "has scattered more contamina-
ion than any other one thing" He ex-
lained that no milk was absolutely safe
ntil it had been 'pasteurized," that is,
laced on the stove and heated to tenn I
erature of 40 degrees Farenheit for 20
iinutes. This in no way affects the
nix but does kill the germs.
The doctor pointed out the mistake of
aluing the regularity of the ehild's at
sndance at school above his health and
dvised the detention of the child at {
ONE with proper care when troubled G.
ith sore throat or colds. He also point 3
out the value for grown people as Il
ell as children of a few moments of b
snuine relaxation at some time during n
lie day. The value of sunlight as a de- g
roger of germs was also shown by the d
lating of incidents from his own exper- a,
nee. oi
A few words were devoted to the prop &C
care of babies with the object of low cl
ing the death rate among young chill h
EN-. Views were shown on the screen 81
the fresh air hospitals for the curing
pneumonia patients. ife
The latter part of the lecture dealt Vi
tn the source of danger to men en- w
Dyed i'm various occupations. stone cut th
y ranking fourth in the list in respect st
the percentage of consupptiye men rs
iilbNth- AAt sPtdNti tAptdlutu llab II
E danger lies not so much in the occu- co
tion as in the class of tools which Sc
e used. He showed on the screen a al
,ture of a sand blast tool used in work 70
: marble which he described as safe be
cause the dust was all carried away be
I'M the face of the operator. Various th
Ids Of safety masks were also demon as
ated col
Economic Losses from Disease.
he did not reach this point lei
his lecture Of last evening. Or. Hub ms
"a is fond OF demonstrating from a ihs
RELY economic standpoint. that IL is III
profitable to allow the spread OF dis =
e. Quoting from statistics gathered IN
Prof. Fisher. head Of the department 1h'
At Yale university, he shows gu
t for every death by typhoid, there 's'
on the average eight new cases. These p'i
resent an average loss Of IS days' sis
.c for the person afflicted or about yea
fifth of 2 years work. Counting the ms
rscr yearly wage At 500. this means 60
oss bv this one disease Of S2a0Oa y"
r in wages in the nited States -
.ntinr in the deaths at the valuation HA
= nn0 for y life raises the amount 20 m
aOO0o0O per wear. while the losses 60 -
er-. Doctor fccs. nursc-' wsues and cun
srat expenses bring the total un to uor
.cthiur Ike gi5-mnUm annually carr
n this one disease. which ranks fourth ell