The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-13
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Great Work by the
Rockefeller F0undatl
For the Coming Year

NEW YORK. Jan. 12.-EXtcnsivc worl
IN public health and medical education
and the completion OF its war work. viii
comprise the program Of the Rockefellc
Foundation for the year 1913.
The estimated in:omc Of the fund 70!
1919 is $3.50, non. and against this thu
budget provides for $2.o6i.l30 for public
health and $36662.5h4 for medical cdu
cation. The other items Of the bulge,
arc 100000 for miscellaneous payments
Oh long term appropriations and s14G..
662 for administ ration. The amount still
available for appropriations is Si65.ll0.
or the income received In 1918. s2.7S7.-
406 has been brought forward TO he used
| to meet appropriations for war work
made in 1915. but yc; to be paid.
The public health activities to be car
rjed out during the year will consist
chiefly Of efforts against yellow fever.
tuberculosis IN France, malaria and the
hookworm disease.
The yellow Fever Commission. headed
hv General Within G.. GorGas is start
inp a war on The disease which il is
honcd will .csul. in its complete elimina-
ton.
The Commission on tuberculosis IT.
Franco. which during the war has bcr.:
co-operating With the American Red.
Cross. Will continue its work on an en-
larged bulge at the request OF the
French 1uthoities
Demonstrations in the control OF ma
laria will be carried on in two southern
states.
Tho campaign against tho hookworrn
disease will be wrGcd during the prcsen;
year in twelve states OF America and
CT ~
In addition tothe public health work
TO b. carried at by the Foundations
international Faith Board, appropria.
tons have becrmadc for special studies
and dcmonstra ons in mental hygiene,
for the crcatm and maintenance OF n
School OF Hysne and Public Health ut
Johns Hopkin University and for the
development epuhlic health nursing.
Tho Foundon's chief work Of the
year in medic education will be in. con-
ncctron with ic development Of training
in modern SAntifc medicine in China.
through the oundation's China Medical
Board. This lard is developing a strong
medical cenr at Peking. which will
opcn this ,Mmn. and is planning an
other mcdh school and hospital Mt
Shanghai ie Board is also helping 10
Strengthen ,dical work Of other organi-
nations alnly established throughout
China. and furnishing fcllowshi2s for
medical sty in. America by Chinese
phys;ciansd nurses an OF medical mis-
sionarirs durloush.
Other e,nditures for medical edu-
cation 'auti5cd arc for special work Of
tho Rockelcr Institute for Medical Rr-
search atoward n contribution mad1
two yearEo OF orr million dollars for
the davctlent OF tho medical school OF
the Unvity OF Chicago.
Expcntrcs OF the Rockefeller Foun-
datior wwork N 1919. will be for the
following
Conti1 maintenance. nj the request
OF the If Department.. OF the War
DemonSion Hospital.
Work medical division OF National
Rcs~areouncil. which was appointed
by hclsidr It 10 coordinate the sci
cntific surc"s Of the nation.
Assi~r in care and treatment nt
soldier" l;ally and n"rvously disa blcd-
Payl on pledges made in 1915 Ia
t'nitcdar Work Fund and - work
under direction Of tho Commissions
on Ting Camp Activities.