Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-25
PLAN TO FIGHT
THE HAY FEVER
\ Doctors and Others Who Are En-
gagged in Hunting for the Germ
Hold Annual Convention.
INTEREST IN THE PREVENTION

The American hay Fever FreVen-
ton association held its annual meet
ing at New Orleans on June IS, 1916.
The following officers were elected
President, DR.. William Scheppegrell;
honorary vice president, Dr. Rupert
Blue, surgeon general United States
public health service, Washington, D.
c.; vice president, Colonel George
McC. Derby, U. S. A.; recording sec
rotary, Joseph B. Bassich; CORE
spending secretary, DR.. N. F, Thi-
berge; treasurer, J. D. O'Keefe, vice
president Whitney Central Bank and
Trust company.
Directors for New Orleans: Prof.
R. S. Cocks, department of botany.
Tulane university; Prof. w. J. Wa
guespack. law department, Loyola
university; Judge Don Pardee,
United States circuit court of ap-
peals; Alfred Raymond, trustee, Tu-
lane university; DR.. Luther Sexton,
ex-president Louisiana Anti-Tubercu-
losis league; DR.. Henry Bayon; Clar-
ence F. Low, manager Liverpool and
London and Globe Insurance COM
pany; E. E. Lafaye, commissioner de-
partment Of public property; Dr.. w.
T. O'Reily, president New Orleans
board OF health, and Edward B. Ellis.
The National Directors.
National directors: Drs. John T.
Black, Hartford, Conn; Warren H.
Booker, Raleigh, N. G.; John L.
Burkhart Lansing, Mich; S. J.
Crumbine, Topeka, Kan; Oscar
Downing, New Orleans; John w.
Duke, Guthrie, Okl.; Otto R. Eichel
Albany, N. Y; Ralph Falk, Boise,
Idaho; A. E. Frantz, Wilmington,
Del; c. w. Garrison, Little Rock,
Ark; J. D. Gilleylen, Jackson, Miss. /;
Selskar M. Gum, Boston, Mass: J.
N. Hurry, Indianapolis, Ind; L. w.
Hutchcroft, Madison, Wis; S. L.
Jepson, Charlotte, w. Va; R. N.
Looney, Phoenix, Ariz.; R. Q. Lii
lard, Nashville, Tenn; S. L. Lee,
Carson City, New; A. T. Mccormack,
Bowling Green, KY; w. G. Mccoy,
Washington, D. c.; Joseph Y. Porter,
Jacksonville, Fla; J. c. Price, Tren-
ton, N. J.; P. L. Kicker, Washington,
D. c.; David N. Roberg, Portland,
Ore; w. H. Sanders, Montgomery,
Ala; Wilbur A. Sawyer, San Fran
cisco, Cal; F. E. Stauffer, Salt Lake
City, Utah; Guilford H. Sumner, Des
Moines; T. D. futile, Seattle, Wash;
Irving A. Watson, Concord, N. H.;
w. A. Wyman, Cheyenne, Wyo.; A.
G. Young, Augusta, Me.
Here Is the Report.
In making his report, President
Scheppegrell stated that the asso-
citation had every reason to be graf
flied with the results obtained during
the last year. In the early part of its
career, DR.. Rupert Blue, surgeon gen.
eral of the United States public
health service, emphasized the neces-
sity Of educating the public in the re-
lation of pollen to hay fever, and the
importance Of eradicating the weeds
that produce this pollen, from both a
sanitary and economic standpoint,
and this object has been carefully
kept in view. In New Orleans,
through the assistance of Commits
sioner E. E. Lafaye of the depart
ment of public property and DR.. W.
T. O'Reily, president of the New Or
leans board of health, an excellent
anti-hay fever ordinance has been
enacted, from the enforcement of
which a great reduction of the num-
Der and severity Of hay fever cases
is expected. The inspectors report
that large areas have been cleared of
grass and weeds, but that considera-
Bile work still remains to be done. On
the whole, however, the work is pro-
crossing satisfactorily, and the rec
.ords already indicate gratifying i'm
provement in the hay fever situation.
In the national campaign thirty
four of the state boards of health,
including Louisiana, Mississippi and
Alabama, have co-operated in the
campaign against hay fever, and the
United States Department OF Public
Health has rendered the most valua-
BILE service. 1t has placed the hygienic
laboratory at Washington at the dis
posal of the association for aiding its
scientific Investigations, and is now
publishing an illustrated list Of the
most common hay fever weeds,
which will prove Of valuable assist
ance in the educational work. Many
requests for these pamphlets have al
ready been received. Practically
every superintendent of the public
schools of Louisiana has made appli-
cation for copies for the teachers, to
be used in the public schools. Sim
liar requests have been received from
many of the state boards of health
Press Does Good Work.
The research department of the as
sociation has done excellent work
during the last year, especially in
completing the list of the hay fever
weeds for the southern, middle and
eastern states. Arrangements are
now under way to complete similar
list for the western and Pacific |
states.
The press has been an important
factor in the educational work. The
majority of the bulletins of the var
lous state boards of health have as
sisted, and also the Journal of the
American Medical Association and
other medical journals. A large num-
Der OF other papers have published |
instructive literature for the associa-
ton, among which are the following: |
The Country Gentleman, Current |
Opinion, New Orleans Times-Pic-
ayune, Rural New Yorker, New York
Herald, Chicago Tribune, Kansas |
City Star, Pittsburgh Dispatch, Dal- !
las News, Milwaukee Sentinel, Co.
lumbus CO., Dispatch, Asheville Cit