The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-04-13
FOUNDATION IS Laid FOR GREAT
HEALTH CAMPAIGN
BYCIIY AlDUS.HEALTH EXPERTS
Well Balanced Program Is Now
Being Worked Out and Re-
sp0nsibility Fixed.
ARMY SERVICE HAS
BEEN EDUCATIONAL
Sanitation Has Been Proven
Profitable From Standpoint
of Health and Wealth.

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Maintaining that the proposition OF |
health enters most conspicuously and
with greatest Importance every walkt
OF life. and into every vocation. thet
local health authorities. acting in con-,
junction with the u. 8. health depart-A
ment. have planned most thorough
campaign for Pensacola. Concerning
this movement DR.. o. HI. Cox. passed
assistant surgeon. OF the U. 8. Public
Health Service, says:
'.In a recent number of the Journal |
Of the American Medical Association !
Is a timely editorial on the work OF tho {
U. 8. Public Health Service.
Congress in its retrenchments OFT
expenses has not taken into considers !
tion that public health needs are !
greater than before the war. These :.
needs are more apparent at least, be- :
cause sanitation has been demon 7
strated in SO many useful ways. SAM ]
tation played a great part in helping
win the war. Prevention Of diseases
was applied in a practical manner TO I
the war winning machine, from. the
plants where war material was turned
out, through the training camps. and
to the A. e. F. right ZIP to the front /
lines. Even now the armies OF occu- ,
patton are living under . safe and
sanitary regime which a few years
ago was considered impossible.
"The work Of the army surgeon Is
largely concerned with prevention. i.e..
he directs the majority OF his efforts
to keeping the men we'll.
Part of the duties of the Public
Health Service was to keep healthy
conditions around training camps.
VUhn1o s~<sy1 esuf ho ~64
that sanitation was q paying PROPOSE
tion and could even be computed in
dollars and cents. Never again yil1
the people as = whole want to 90 LEX
70 old pre-war conditions. They have
had convincing demonstrations Of what
could actually be accomplished by well
planned public health activities car
ried on through the effective co-opera-
tion of federal state and local health
agencies.
THE call is TO physicians who are
generally looked upon to lead their
communities in questions of public
health. They should not hesitate to
urge their congressman to think well
before action is taken which may Grip
pie the activities that have had their
need SO plainly demonstrated.
"A program which meets urgent ma
tional needs has been published by the
surgeon general of the Public Health
Service. Not only physicians, but
every thinking citizen who reads II or
has 1t explained to him. must agree
that 1t will help to diminish the year
ly toll of thousands OF lives taken by
preventable diseases which are due to
unsanitary conditions. The success Of
this program naturally depends on the
cooperation OF the individual citizens
as represented by their state and local
health authorities.
There are none OF the main fea-
lures which do not have a direct,
practical bearing on the welfare OF
Pensacola and Escambia county.
Industrial Hygiene.
Means that measures are TO be
taken to reduce sickness among work.
ers. 1t is known that all classes Of
Industrial people have their special
kind OF troubles. due to their working
surroundings. Both employe and en-
ployee are responsible for many OF
these.
Rural Hygiene
Applies to conditions in the coun-
try districts. 1t is known that some
diseases are more common outside the
cities. These are due to the lack of
OI WHAT COHStItuL00 08uL-
tary conditions, and also lack Of mod
ern conveniences like good water
supply. and TO the careless manner in
disposing Of human wastes. The farm
er is not the healthy individual he il
usually pictured to be. He can be
made so but he needs someone TO help
him the same as does the city dweller
who selects specially trained sanit8r-
iums to direct him how to care for his
health.
Prevention Of Diseases Of infancy and
Childhood.
There are other health agencies like
the Red Cross and Children's Bureaus.
All these will be welded into one great
effort to raise every baby up to strong
It is trite but true that "as
the twig is inclined the tree will bend"
To raise this most important crop
pothing should be omitted from the
line even before birth up through in
,ancy and school years. Mothers
should be helped to handle their many
problems. Every child in scnoof
Ihould be closely observed by physi-
:ians so that he will be able to get
he most from his training. Educa-
ion pays. but the money we spend
N public education Is not well invest
d II every pupil is not In the best