South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-03
SOUTH BEND MEN
TO ATTEND MEET
City and County Health
Officers Will Go to
Indianapolis.

Or Emil Q. Freyermuth. city
health officer. and DR.. II. r. Mont
romery. county health officer. viii
Iesve Monday for Indianapolis where
they will attend the 18th annual
conference OF the Indiana health Of
acers on May s and 2. The confer
ence IS being held under the aus
uices OF the Indiana state board OF
health.
The principal speaker viii be Dr.
Lee Frankel OF New York. president
of the American Public Health assoc
cation. and sanitarian of note.
The program will include other
authorities on tho subject Of public
health. including representative Of
1hc army medical corps
FIRST in Nation.
The Indiana health officers school
he first OF ifs kind organized In the
country. and now regarded as "a
motto Public Health Is Public
Wealth" The organization includes
city and county health ofnicalS
whose expenses 70 the annual ses-
sions are paid from public funds
The attendance usually includes rep
resentatives OF every community. i'm
every quarter of the state who study
and discuss questions pertaining to
the duties OF health administration
DR.. Hugh A Cowing of NIuncie
president Of the state board OF
health. will make the opening adj
dress on Tuesday morning May 6
lie will be followed by "A talk by Or
Ada T.. Schweitzer on Ny Work for
the Babies" explaining the Indiana
baby saving campaign. DR. FrankeI
viii follow DR. Schweitzer on the
subject OF The American Public
Health Association The Tuesday
afternoon program Will consist of
symposium on Clean Towns led
bv Or. j. Y. Stevens, health officer
Of Spencer. The Work OF the Bac-
THEOLOGICAL and Pathological Labor
atories" will be presented by DR..
VIII Sinner. director Of the state
laboratory. Edward Warfel. director
of the division OF publicity Of the
state board of health. viii talk ON
Publicity and Public Health Educa-
ton"
waIkertOn Man 10 Talk
Or. S. =. Tracy, health officer Of
Walkerton. will present a talk on
The All-Time Health Officer ON
Tuesday evening Amos Butler. sec
retary OF the Indiana state Board
0f Charities and Corrections, will
make an address ON the subject
THE Burden Of -NIinderness.
which will be illustrated. as will the
address following, by DR.. William +.
King assistant secretary Of the
state board OF health, and director
of the bureau Of venerea1 diseases.
ON the subject. "The Fight Against
Neucreal Diseases
The wednesday session OF the
school will open with talk by DR..
Harry e Barnard state food and
crug comm issioncr on THE old and
tne New Food Laws This will bee
followed by "a symposium ON collect
me- vital statistics led by Or FL. w.
Greist. health commissioner OF
White county. Prof T. d. Myers,
Of the medical department OF Indi-
ana university, viii then tails on
The Relation OF Heredity to Pub
lie Health" The subject to bc dis
eusscd by Or q. u Humcs. major
United States medical corps is War
\euroscs.' The concluding session
90 the school on Wednesday after
noon Will be featured 10y two adj
dresses. as follows The Army Sur
econ and His Health Work Lieut.
col George T. Lake. commanding
o.. *. general hospital No. %. at ~
benjamin Harrison. and The Rela-
tiou OF Insects TO Public Health log
Prof. Il. u. Myers, of Indiana uni
versity school Of medicine