Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-12-31
Supt. Hart Declares Vir-
ginia Was Foremost
In Work
TO HEALTH WORKERS
Drs. Stiles and Brumfield Address
Annual Conference in Fight Against
HO0kwOrm In Southern States. /.

Richmond Dec. Sit IS impcs
s:ble to separate the mental and ply
seal sides of children in the puol!'
schools, Harris Hart, Superintendent
of Public Instruction, stated yester
Gay in an address before the annua
conference Of the State Public Hcal,t
(, Workers in College Hall, Tenth ant
s Marshall Streets.
Mr.. Hart was speaking on the
physical side Of education in tbs
schools. and said that Virginia wa:
among the first States in the Union
to inspect the physical condition OF
pupils in the schools. lie heartily
indorsed physical training ard medi'
cal weak done for students.
How S2,0O0,000 was lost to the work
Of fighting hookwcrm in the South,
ern States was revealed yesterday fol
the fil.is time pGbEcly, when DR.
Charles Wardell Stilcs, professor in
zoology, United States Public Health
Service, spoke before the conference
on "Hookworm Diseases"
Dr.. Stiles is the man who induced
John D. Rcckefe Ter to give $1,000 900
to fight hookworm in the South.
After concluding his address. he arose
again and said that before asking
Mn, Rockefeller to make, the sstss
toward health work necessary for the
figh: on hcokworm. he had secured
the premise Of another man to give
doutre t!.s amount. The only con-
dit:on was that his name never be re-
vcalcl in connection with the gif:.
The day before the transaction was
/ to have been finally completed an!
napers signed. the man died without
makiny ~ coed ir:ercion known N
\ writ;nr, and thus the gift was loSs.
\ Supplementary remarks on hook
\ worm diseases were made during the
afternoon session by Dr.. B. B. Bagby
\ who sl'eted that daring the last four
| wears he has been unable to lcca:e
sirrle case of hookworm IN his
Il community. He said that there was
| no way to estimate in dol,ras and
| cents the tremendous amount of good
n done during the as: few years II
n practically eradicating the disease
\ frcm the South.
\ DR.. w. A. Brumf;e!d also spoke
briefly cn. hookworm before making
an address or The Malaria Prcb'
lem" He said that such a condition
as the panic Of the latter eighties
\ woul1 cause great SUFFERING and pow
| crty to large number Of people
and wculd again cause an cuaoreaF
of hookworm.
DR.. Brumficld spoke of making
2. .O51 examinations in one commun.N
for hookwerm and fin&;ng that 81 /:
per cent cf the people examined i:at
hookwcrm, Another examination
{lthree years later, after treatment hat
bccn administered. Showed, ne sal;
but IL per GER: of l.5OO persons eS
amined to be suffering from the al
lflict;on. Dr.. W.: A. pleckler. Stat'
Register of Vital Statistics. ais
smoke On tbs disease.
Several interesting things were re
yea!ed BY DR.. Brumfield in his nd
dress on the Malaria Problem. II
said that only the female mosquito
CT the species CT this insect wh:ci
srreaGs malaria. is dangerous. II
declared tnat the males are unable :
nono.rate the skin of q human bein!
with their prcbosoia. The supcrs:'
ton tina. night: air causes malaria. n
said, is caused through the fact tina
The species Of mosquitoes which car
~ the malaria germ are almost ea
kire,y MGR, flyers.
Rcbe,; B. Nelson. in charge of pu1
lcity fer TIE Bureau Of Scc'a! Hy
e:ene cf ne Stare Board of Heat!
caused scme amusement daring tn
afternoon session when ne arose an
gravely pointed out that he had DIS
covered. through careful addition 0
percentages given by various phys
tiars, speaking on special topics tbs
the tG:al p2rceKtage CT the inha6
kants who died in, the United STATE
alcti year from these specia! disease
vas l49 per cen: CT The tetal POI
liaticr. He brorel,, out the poiI
Shat through zeal IN their work, SON