Arizona republican., 1920-04-26
. HE'D CHILD WELFARE.
 CENTER TO AID FIGHT .0N THE WHITE PLAGUE

l Prevention work in tuberculosis, il IWas pointed out yesterday by Director T. c. Cuvellier of the Health Survey, l Is largely a matter of the examination of children, and it is hoped that one oi | the results of the present health sur vey will be the establishment in Phoe- | nix of child welfare center, which it | is estimated can be established for about S400
 The survey is paying much attention 1 to overcrowding, it being found that where houses are built close together, fand where there is not sufficient cir culaNion of air and a sufficiency of | light, the death rate is found to eX- ceed that of places or areas where houses have been properly constructed and have free spaces about them. The reports of the health department show that the death rate from consumption and infectious diseases especially de creaseS from one-roomed houses to those of two and three rooms. Director Cuvellier hopes, with the cooperation of the public in Phoenix, to be able to stem the increase of tu- oerculosis in this city and to drive 1t from the state of Arizona The CO., operation wanted by the survey is in the line of cleanliness As applied to the case of the home life itself cleanll- ness must be insured by the removal or
 all waste matter from its vicinity now that the hot weather is near.
 MT. Cuvellier pointed out that in no place is food liable to be contaminated more than in restaurants and cafes where it is handled and directly con
 stunned. Because of the channels
 through which it passes before reach
 ing the kitchens, much of it can be rendered unfit for human consumption.
 and there is great possibility of trans mission of disease by those who handle
 the food
 In many cities health departments realizing these facts, have required that all persons handling foods must pass physical examination. and complete records of the physical fitness of all who are employed in local restaurants are kept on file. In such cases score card system has also been established which standardiZes the requirements
 and makes it possible to show the prop rietor wherein his equipment is at fault
 In this system of scoring 60 points are allowed for methods and 40 points
 for equipment, so giving the place with clean conditions advantage over the place with better equipment. The use of the score card system has helped to secure better conditions in eating places. This is due to the fact that the score card is seen by the pub- lie patroniZing the restaurants. and therefore each proprietor is anxious to have a high record. This matter will be taken up by the survey, and recom- mendations for the adoption of some such system probably made at the end of the campaign.
 In the fight of the state board of health to drive the insidious germ of tuberculosis out of the state of Ari- zona, the state board of health and it's many helpers are aware that they have a tremendous job on their hands. but see hope in the organization of the proposed bureau on housing and living conditions which will be part of the equipment of the federal department of labor which will be charged with in- vestigating the housing and living con- ditions of the industrial population of the United States. The bureau will be one of research and experiment, with a view to the provision and publication of information to make economically practicable the elimination of slums, the improvement of living conditions. the reduction of the cost of construc- ton of dwellings, and the financing of extended home-building operations with federal appropriations. The bu- reau will help communities by making available all existing housing facilities, and will serve as clearing house of information on housing and living con ditions.
 The problem of the fly is also being under consideration by the survey and one of it's objectives will be the Mex ican candy stands that appear every Saturday and Sunday and on holidays at many street corners. the candy being uncovered and exposed to flies. Some remedial legislation will be asked in this respect, and recommendations made towards the elimination of the fly as far as possible as a carrier of infection in human food.