Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-15

| Mosquitoes, he declared were not so
bad here as some other places, but |
frsky enough, especially in Italian
Park, Wildwood and Paxtang, and
that they should be entirely decimat-
ed. He complimented the city on>its
filter plant, but insisted that it will
deteriorate and cause another water
famine if funds are not imm ediately
raised to reinforce mains and add to
the filters.
Major Leo Cans, chief of the
IVenereal Section, urged the establish
ment of prophylactIc stations for
civilians similar to those conducted
by the army for the soldiers. He
hefd that the most valuable by
product of the war would be the eX-
perience in checking the incident
of veneral diseases. 1t is to be done
by education, and by regarding and
treating them with the same frank
ness as other contagious diseases.
There should be established here a
station to treat these diseases just
as there are for tuberculosis. He
gave statistics showing that per
cent. of the soldiers at one United
States Army camp were found to be
afflicted by one Venereal disease.
More than so per cent. of women
brought to hospitals suffer with this
the need for such a station here.
Danger From Flies
DIR. John Miller. public health
educator, gave some exciting facts re-
garding the fly as a pest but he did
not agitate Mrs. William Henderson,
who wit hothers OF the Civic Club.
smiled in response. Mrs. Henderson
with some eXultaton reported that
the Civic Club campaign had been
going eight years and that last sea-
sons kill amounted to eighteen
bushels. DR.. Miller made the fly out
to be the rankest joy killer and all
round demon on earth; and begged
all hands to kill, kill, kill. He asked
that the city use boraX in stables
where horses are kept, but hopes
this will not be necessary very long
as by actual count he finds that there
Iare only 500 horses left in the city.
J DR.. Howard Hull, chief medical
Inspector, showed as a result of his
study that the incidence of con-
tagious diseases reflected the great
est credit on the health authorities
of Harrisburg, being lower than
that of any other similar commun-
ity in the state. He urged a more
prompt reporting of contagious dis
eases, a more careful supervision of
schools, education of the house
holders, and in particular the
prompt erection of a contagious
disease hospital to which sourses of
danger to the community could be
promptly removed.
DIR. Wilmer Bait, register of
state vital statistics, told that the
present average death per thousand
in Harrisburg is only Is, perhaps the
| in eta
~ dies in its first year, so that a
year. old child has the same chance
of life pertaining to a man of 65.
The birth-rate here is low, compared
to other cities, due somewhat to
the number of suburban residents.
Urges Inquiries
He urged better living and school
conditions and warned aginst the
exposing of children to disease in
the family.
"The dope traffic in this city is
practically the same as that in other
cities the size of Harrisburg" said
DR.. Blair chief of the Division of
Drug Control. There are 124 ad-
diets listed and probably 500 more
who are not listed. The dope traffic
is dangerous to the health of any
citv and the citizens should CO.
operate with the police in stamping
1t out.
"While the traffickers and the
hopeless addicts to dope are danger
Gus to a city's health, the tipplers
ore oven more dangerous. There
are those persons who, every time
they have q slight pain or ache, they
clamor for a dose of morphine or
some other drug. This is exceeding
Iv dangerous. There are thousands
of 'tipplers in the city. AS a physi-
clan. | warn you, don't do this, for
the drug habit overtakes you much
faster than does Intoxicating liquors
George B. Trip, for the Chamber
of Commerce, pledged the State
Board of Health sincere cooper
alton and. like Mayor Keister, eX-
pressed gratitude that the oppor-
tunity has been given Harrisburg.
'"The Chamber of Commerce" he
announced "has a committee right
on the Job to work on the contagious
disease hospital, which we need
Legislature to further; there is also
a committee on housing, and we will
he glad to cooperate in every way"
DR.. John NJ. Raunick, City Health
Officer, spoke briefly, just long
enough to pledge his cooperation.
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