The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-02-28
NEGRO HEALTH
OFFICER NJ AXES
YEARLY REPORT.
WORK AGAINST TUBERCU
.LOSIS in OUR GROUP WILL
BE PUSHED.

,oaGnrs AHstin' ,o Texas ;xaassS Feb: 2e.-The new
work in Texas were elected at a
the Texas Public Health Association
at Austin, February 10.
The officers of the Association for
l9ZO VIII be: Dr. u. r. Scott, Austin,
president; Dr. Ella, A. Wright, Hous-
Fort Worth. End vlce-p president; j. b.
kaWiings, Fort Worth, secretary; II.
A; Wroe. Austin, treasurer; and ID. M.
Alexander, Fort Worth. attorney.
Twelve new members were elected
total of 4S. They are: Ira P. Jones.
Houston; Mrs. W. S. Benson, Alvin
John w. Everman. Dallas; Howell
Johnson, Fort stockton; DR.. Morris
l3oerner and Dr. Frank Gregg, Austin;
DR.. w. C, Farmer and Dr. G. S. Ven!
able, San Antonio; DR.. John Potts,
James Fl. Allison and Mrs. f. A. Wat
ters Fort Worth; and Mrs. Florence
Moore Cleburne.
orIdar u; A. NptTos WfToe, president Of the Am
placed 500 with the executive COM
mittee of the Association to be used
to stimulate health educational work
among the state normal schools. The
plans or the prize contest have not
yet been completed.
The report of the executive secre-
tary, ID. r. Breed for 1919, showed
the extent of health work done by
It showed that 1,171.942 pieces of
health literature sent out from the
Association carried health education
to thousands of Texans; 431 lectures,
326 school talks and 1856 conferences
brought the field workers into con-
tact with 1907 Texans to whom
they brought knowledge of good
The Association carried the Modern
Crusade to 10000 school children in
1875 counties of Texas in 1919; the
public health nurse examined 2.827
children in 60 Texas cities and talked
to over. 1900 school children about
health habits.
The Association realized that, in
order to keep tuberculosis from
spreading, the health of the Mexican
and Negro population must be cared
for, and a Mexican secretary and a
lecturer to Negroes were employed
The Mexican worker lectured TO A.
cieties and distributed 4,4S1 pieces of
literature among them. The lectur-
er to Negroes visited over 60 cities
Of the state, Travelled S149 miles, ad--
personally talked with 55,541 of his
own race on health.
Other important work of the AS
sociation for 1919 was: cooperation
spection of sanatoria of Texas; health
surveys made in foud Texas cities
and a special study made of the In
dlgent Migratory Consumptive prob
retary to assist in public health edu-
cation; publishing monthly health
magazine; free distribution OF health
literature; the sending of a Mexican
kind in the United States, among the
Mexican people; assistance of local
anti-tuberculosis societies; the sup
plying of speakers on health to sum-
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field worker to IL army camps where
he lectured to 1S,025 soldiers and
distributed 24,750 pieces of literature
to the men in khaki; sending a work.
er to talk on health on the tour of
the West Texas Chamber of Com
merce, and other important activities.
The Texas Public. Health Associa-
tion has made plans for an extensive
fight against tuberculosis in 1920,
and will rapidly extend its activities,
declares the Executive Secretary.