The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-02-24
A CALL FOR HELP.
county.

In accordance with a call issued by
Mayor Thompson, the first steps in the
campaign of prevention against pos
sible threatened outbreak of infantile
paralysis in. Chicago and nearby cities
the coming summer were taken at a
meeting held in the council chamber on
Thursday afternoon of last week.
The meeting, which was presided
over by the Commissioner of Health,
was made up of representatives from
the various civic and medical organiza-
tions of Chicago and nearby cities, in
GLIDING Waukegan on the north, Joliet,
Aurora and Elgin on the west, Har-
vey and northern Indiana towns on the
south. The police department was rep
resented by Chief Sehuettler himself
and all of his police captains, the su-
perintendent of streets together with
the ward sulerintendents and nearly
one hundred physicians, civic and So
eial workers.
As result of the meeting an asso-
citation for the prevention of infantIle
paralysis was organized with fourteen
working departments. All of the vari-
GUS municipalities interested will be
asked to contribute funds for the work,
and in addition, shall it be found nee
essary, private subscriptions will be So
hcited.
Prominent among the activities out
lined in Thursdays meeting are prepa-
rations for a vigorous campaign along
sanitary lines against dusty streets,
dry cleaning, filth covered, vacant lots,
insanitary milk depots and food estab-
lishments of all kinds. An element of
hope and encouragement was injected
into the meeting by DR.. Macmillan
Herzog, chairman of the Committee on
Research at the Cook County Hospital.
After declaring that infantile paraly-
sis was undoubtedly contagious as well
as infectious, he said that by next sum-
mer he hoped to have an effective
serum. An antitoxin that had been
found in a measure effective in sheep
and horses had been prepared by DR..
Herzog, and he hopes from this to de-
velop a serum that will be potent to
human beings.
DR.. C. T. Roome, Health Commits
sioner of Evanston, urged the i'm
portance of careful diagnosis, as did
Dr. Evans, former Health Commits
sioner, who urged the standardization
of symptoms for this purpose, in or
der that prompt removal and hospitali-
zation of suspicious cases might be en-
forced.
The organization was, completed
with the following officers and commit
tees: Chairman, DR.. John Dill Robert
son; vice-chairman, Mrs. Harlan W.
Cooley; treasurer, Alderman ]. A.
Richert; secretary, Alderman W. O..
Nance.
Cooperation of women's clubs
Chairman, Miss Mary McDowell; Sec
rotary, Mrs. Chas. H. Zimmerman.
Clean up and paint up-Chairman,
Angus S. Hubbard; secretary, W. ].
Galligan.
Clean milk-Chairman, DR.. w. A.
Evans; secretary. DR.. A. ]. Stokes.
. Housing conditions-Chairman Mrs.
f. T. Lee; secretary, Chas. B. Ball.
Public schools Chairman, John D.
Shoop; secretary, DR.. H. o. Jones.
Gardens - Chairman, Mrs. Laura
Dainty Pelham; secretary, James w
Galley. vail
After care-Chairman, DR.. E. w.
Ryerson; Secretary, Miss Edna L. Fo-
ley. ~
Chicago Medical Society-Chairman,
DR.. A. A. O'Neill; secretary, DR.. J. V.
Fowler.
observation-disclosures, DR.. w.
L. Noble.
Medical research - Chairman, DR..
Macmillan Herzog.
Church-Rev. Joseph P. Rogers,
chairman.
Fire insurance-T. R. Weddell, chair
man.
Life insurance-Chairman, P. J..
Krause.
Neighboring and suburban commit
tees-Chairman, DR.. C. T. Roome; Sec
rotary, Mrs. Gertrude Howe Britton.-
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