Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-05-23
;5AEA[1H OFFICERS
| IN ANNUAL SESSION
School of instruction Opens with
Addresses by Governor Ora.
ham. President Caverly of
State Board and DR.. Harold
l.. Alnoss POliomyelitis Expert

An epidemic couldn't last long II 1t
canne to Burlington to-day for within the
boundaries of the city are some 30 odd
physicians and health officers from all
over the State, who are attending the lStn
annual health officers school, DR.. Charles
u. Caveriy, SC. o., president OF the Ver-
mont state Board CT Health. presided at
tho short OPENING session Tuesday eve-
ming at the New Sherwood Hotel.
Governor Horace y. Graham was the
FIRST speaker. being introduced by Dr.
Caverly. The States chief executive saio.
in part: vermont IL the only State In tho
Union which conducts such school FOR
its health officers We are proud OF the
school and it's work. This Is a wartime
school and II is 20 take lip the methods
Of wartimes. We hare got to fight to re-
tain the health OF the public at homo and
no release physicians to go across to save
our boys We have also got to be pre-
pared to take care Of our soldiers who
will como back with tuberculosis. as n
great many Of them will. The State has
. made preparation to handle the bad
cases and the soldiers thus discharged
from military duty will be placed In tents
at the tuberculosis hospital at Pttfetord
| for the summer. and winter arrangements
will be made later. There Is fund
Of $500 which has been contributed by
the generosity of Vermonters to aid in
restoring the health of children whose
poor health conditions are noticed
through the various poor departments or
charity departments of cities and towns.
This fund can be used when needed. DR..
Dalton Of the State board of health Is
one Of the directors of the fund"
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
Directly following the talk by Governor
7 Graham, President Caverly read his an
4 nual address He called attention to the
wartimes and urged that the health or
4 hcers do their utmost this year to main
] tain a clean bill of health in their dis
4 trcts, owing to the lack of physicians
I who have gone into the army. Twelve
! officers have died during the last two
\ years. The honor roll of the health Of
\ ficers' now in the service. follows: DR.
4 L. B. Rowe of Orwell, Dr. N. r. Caldwell
\ of Groton. DIR. r. d. Worden of Mont
4 gomery, Dr. w. O. Hutchinson of Wash
/. ington. DR.. F. n. Aldrich of Derby. DR.
[ p. E. Buck of Glover. Dr. F. H. Gebhardt
(; Of Rutland city, navy. DR.. b. d. Colby
! Of Sudbury, DR.. F. d. Gilbert of Grafton
( and DR.. L. o. Slade of Winhall.
|. During the last five years Vermont has
averaged 1856 deaths a year from typhoid
fever alone. During the same period
I 1S93-97 there were 9Ss deaths year from
= the same cause. This is a reduction of g.
\ in the death rate from 20 years ago
I The work of the health officer must bt
{ suited to the times. War breeds pestilence
: Disease of every kind follows in it's wake
I The infectious diseases which we nov
Z know to be largely preventable. have al
I ways fourished in war times. not only II
the field but at home. The armies nov
fighting in Europe have made a remark
I able record in dealing with the old in
I fectious camp diseases. 1t remains to b
1 seen whether we can duplicate this recor
I in civil life.
1 INFANTILE PARALYSIS.
A most interesting speaker wa
I Major Harold L. Amoss. U. S. r.. VIII
\ spoke on 'Infantile Paralysis" H
4 said. in part. "Infantile paralysis at
J tacks about one person in 1000 an
one child in every 200. 1t attacks al
! ages and the death rate increases wit
the ages of the victims. There hav
/ been four reasons why so many PEG
pie are not susceptible to the diseas
and the fourth and most importan
/ reason was discovered in Vermont /
the research work conducted at tn
State Board of Health. That reaso
Is that secretions in the nose kill tn
disease before it has a chance to &c
into the system. Quarantine decrease
the number of cases over the expecte
I rate. child endangers other childre
five days before actual onset Of tn
. disease. Vermont has done some wor
Y derful work and her reputation hs
I been world wide, for a man from Vel
( mont was recently sent to South AfriC
I to assist in combating the disease"