The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-05-18
GOVERNOR STANLEY
VIII Be Present In This City on Next
Wednesday to Officially Open
the Sanitary Survey.

Governor A. o. Stanley Of Kentucky,
who was recently asked to visit Mays
vile and to open the Sanitary Survey
Of Mason county, which will be con-
Quoted during the summer and fall,
wired acceptance Of the invitation to
visit the best county in the state and
will be here on next Wednesday to
open the greatest drive ever made
against the enemies of health and well
fare ever undertaken in the State of
Kentucky.
This will be the first visit of Cover
nor Stanley to Mason county since his
taking the executives chair. On his
visit here during his campaign for the
highest Office in the state to the big
Democratic Barbecue, Governor STAN
ley won many friends. At that time
he made a speech and showed that he
is man Of rare abilities.
The visit of the Governor will add
much to the opening of the Sanitary
Survey in this county. He has taken
great interest in all health and well
fare work ever since his Inauguration
and will be more than interested in
Mason county, during its campaign for
sanitation.
In addition to Governor Stanley an
other very prominent man will be
present on next Wednesday to aid in
opening the Survey. DR.. L. L. Lums-
den, acting surgean general Of the
United States Public Health Service,
and one Of the most prominent health
workers in the United States, will be
present and also deliver an address.
Plans are being made to make next
Wednesday one Of the biggest days in
Maysville and Mason county for a long
time. Special invitation is being sent
to the Womans Clubs, young peoples
organizations, churches, schools and
the citizenship of the county and city in
general to be present in Maysville tC
hear Governor Stanley and DR.. Lums-
den. The place of holding the meeting
has not been fully decided upon yet
but it will be either in the Washing
ton Opera House or in Beechwood
Park, most probably the latter.
The general theme of the speeches
of the afternoon will be "The Import.
ance of Conversation of Health and
Life" In addition to these two noted
men other Speakers will make talks.
DR.. ]. N. Mccormack, state sanitary
inspector, who has been connected
with health work in the state for the
past 3S years, and father of DR.. A. T.
Mccormack, secretary of the State
Board of Health, is in the city al
present, together with DR.. j. S. Locke
of the United States Public Health
Service. DR.. Mccormack will remain
until after next Wednesday but DR.
Locke will make this city his head.
quarters during the entire survey ant
will have full charge of the work.
In an interview with DR.. Mccormack
yesterday afternoon he said:
Actual returns from Mason count!
show that during the past year 60 pc
cent. of the sickness and 40 per cent
Of the deaths in Mason county wer
|, preventable. This condition of affair
will not last long since the people O
Mason county have raised the larges
fund ever raised for health work Il
. the entire United States to carry O.
health work. To this has been adde
from the International Health Com
|, mission and the u. S. Government an
other sources So for every dolla
raised and every cent of the none
will be spent on work in Mason cour
ty alone.
"The United States Government wi
send four of its leading physician
who will remain several months an
who will visit and advise with the In
y mates of every home in the county o
the conditions in that home that cor
tribute to sickness and death in tn
community in the past year and wi
? help to get rid of these things.
In assisting to carry out these SUI
gestions contracts have been made fc
forced of men to make improv,
ments, including sanitary priyies ft
every home, where desired, the ownt
paying only for the material require
the labor being furnished free.
! DR.. Mccormack further said that Il
Sanitary Survey would not be a su,
cess unless the heartiest cooperate
OF ever man. woman and child of Il
county was had. He said that wit
cooperation the work could be dor
/, much quicker and better.
Further announcements ooncernir
the opening of the survey next wet
will be made later through the co