Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-05-23
HEALTH OFFICERS GIVE
SITS TO RED CROSS
Each One in Attendance at An
nual School Of Instruction
Which Closes To-day, to Con-
tribute One Dollar from His
Pay-Yesterday's Sessions

Approximately SITS will be turned into
the state Red Cross fund from the mem
bers of the health officers school which
will close its 10Th annual educational meet
ing here to-day, the donation being mace
vesterday afternoon by unanimous
vote. Each member will deduct u from
his expenses which are paid by the state
and turn Il over to the Red Cross. At ten
o'clock this morning the convention Will
close.
The session last evening was confined TO
two lectures, tho first being by Surgeon
r.. X. sprague Of the United States public
health service on "Venerea' Diseases and
the War" The closing lecture OF the see-
sion was given by Or. j.. i. Johnson.
| director Of the Vermont rural dental clinic.
He talked on "The Relation of Teeth to
!, Public Health" E:s lecture was illuS-
trated with several score Of slides ex-
hibited by Harold W. Siocum. DR., Johnson
strongly urged the health of,lcArU to do
everything III their power 10 bring besore
| the public the Importance o. good teeth
| to health. He told IN detail g number OF
Incidents in tho work Of The rural dentist
and how grsa. WIS .he health inprovo.
nent in q number o. cases. The il!ust.sa-
tons were ine.ruU:Ive and interesting, and
DR.. johnson eSplo.aed zach one IA detail.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At the afternoon so'si1n DR.. T.. H.
Y3uttles II the Stata :abora DRY spoke on
; causes O. Communicable Diseases" He
told how communicable diseases we're due
TO living organisms that through the nose
or mouth or by other means enter the
body and grow there. These germs or
| Ian frnvvt
disease or q carrier who 10 not ILL., In
every case OF communicable disease the
| preceding case and carrier should be
located, IL possible. and a quarantine
established until the danger is over.
| DIR. c. F. Dalton. secretary Of the
State board Of health, gave an interesting
address on 1.-The Management of
Epidemics" There are six factors in any
epidemic. SO DR.. Dalton said. they being
the patients, the contracts. the carriers,
the public, the food and articles. Practi-
cally all disease are spread by saliva and
nasal secretions.
In diphtheria and meningitis the ply
stefan is able to determine the carrier,
but in many other diseases he ts not.
All persons who have been In contact
with the disease are classed as car
riers and therefore have to be quarantined
for the safe period He explained the
full and partial quarantine for various
diseases.
Discussions followed both DR.. Buttles
and DR.. Daltons addresses and many
points Of unusual interest were thus
brought out and settled for several Of the
Health officers.
DR.. B. H. Stone, director o fthe labora
tory Of hygiene, spoke on "Laborator,
Assistance to Health Oficers." HI
brought out the value of the laborator,
to the physicians and health officers II
making examinations and detecting dis
ease. The lecture was followed BY I
discussion by H. l.. Pache of Danvill'
, and DIR. F. ]. Ennis. the local healtl
officer.
Closing the afternoons program wa
the playette Health" which was give
6 by the pupils of the Champlain school
, The cast of characters was printed Il
yesterdays Free Press. The playett
: produced such favorable opinion amon
I the health officers that a score aske
| for the manuscript and intend to hav
, it reproduced in their respective town
e and cities.
MORNING SESSION.
. The morning session was opened by
paper written by DR.. F. Thomas Kidde
!. Of Woodstock on 1.-The Duties and Power
. of the Health Officer" This was fol
- lowed by a discussion by DR.. A. +
Wright of Wilmington and DR.. ]. s
=. Hill Of Bellows Falls on matters per
. tanning to the powers of the health office
:, under certain conditions.
"Nuisances and Their Control" was ex
pounded by DR.. H. A. Ladd, inspectc
for the State Board Of Health. He urge
= that the officers do their duty in abat
. ing nuisances. no matter what tho CO.
to them. and to see that public place
are kept free OF such nuisanoes an
are clean.
DR.. Charles 8. Cavcrly OF Rutland res
?. q paper on Health Inspection in q
e Schools" In which he emphasized u
o value Of such inspection to tho ycur
h men and women % was shown IN the
It physical condition and a9air in the
l. markings in studies. Tho roiections
The military service show the need
}, medical inspection In the schools for q
ID coming generation. Tho paper fuHh
70 showed that good results wero not accou
IA plisAsd BY medical Inspection alone, b.
- By combining II With tho regular visi
" ct The school nurae Some time ",
N used In the advising Of o. way 20 rat
70 bin psssaA In the Legislature tor bA
70 ssr health inspection with rare pow.
10 Ia the ipspector