Evening journal., 1919-02-15
SUGGEST CHANGES
IN HEALTH LAWS
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funds should be appropriated for this
very important work.
. 2. The State Board OF Health should
be required to furnish free prophs lac
tic outfits for the use Of physicians and
mldwlves.
3. The State Board should be re-
qulred to furnish free on request Inn
munlzlng treatments for the prevention
OF typhoid fever.
! Z. The State Board should be re-
quired TO furnish free diagnostic ex-
amlnatlons for yenereal diseases and
free treatment for INDECENT cases.
5. Medical inspection OF schools
should be compulsory In every school
district In the State Details in rural
districts would be different from those
In cities but every child In school
should have the benefit OF protection
OF this kind,
6. Every incorporated town or city
should be a distinct registration dis
trlct for vital statistics and the local
Board Of Health should be charged
with the proper enforcement OF the law
within It's jurisdiction.
7. The governing board OF every in
corporated town or city should be re-
qnired to appropriate at least ten cents
per capita for the use Of the local
health department. and should be al
lowed to appropriate whatever, addi-
tlonal amount II considers necessary.
8. Every local Board OF Health
should be required TO submit a detailed
annual report OF It's activities 10 the
State Board OF Health. This would be
OF value to the State Board as a mat
ter Of record and would cause the local
board TO keep a record OF what II had
accomplished and OF conditions during
the year.
8. All regular full time employees of
a local board OF health, except those
doing clerical work, should be required
TO pass an examination to be conduct
ed by the State Board to determine
their fitness for the work, as the pub
lie health should not be endangered by
inexperienced employees.
|. 10. Only duly qualified persons
should be permitted to practice as mid
wives.
II. The production OF milk and
cream should be regulated so as 10 pro-
tect the consumer to the fullest rea-
sonable extent. The main points to be
covered by regulations OF the State
Board OF Health.
~. n venereal disease control law
should be passed as suggested by the
United States Public Health Service
10. Local boards OF health should be
given authority to send TO an institu-
tlon all tuberculosis patients who are
menace TO others.
Health Conditions.
A study OF the records that are
available, although they are manifestly
incomplete, shows that In all sections
OF the State the death rates and The
infant mortality rates are excessive.
The amount Of typhoid fever and tu-
berculosls Is also excessive when COM
pared with that OF other communities.
These facts show the necessity for the
changes recommended In this report.
Work OF the Health Committee.
Immediately upon the appointment
OF a health commissioner by the State
Council OF Defense, an investigation of
State and local health laws and health
conditions was begun. which inyesti-
gation has resulted in the conclusions
embodied In this report. The recon-
In regard to sanitary con-
ditlons have been made as the result
Of the necessity for changing actual
conditions that have been fourd to ex-
list In the State.
The matter OF having Delaware ad-
mitted to the registration area OF the
United States was taken up with the
bureau OF the census, and all physicians
were asked to cooperate in making
Delaware registration State, and
were notified that the law would be
enforced.
me public Health Service was noti-
1ea sha Una. @ Delaware would cooperate in
" eNereal disease control program