The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-21
STATE BOARD
HEALTH WORK
Is DISCUSSED
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country is in as much need Tor doctors
a. Il is for hospital beds
missouri has one doctor for every SIS
,cr.ons. the ratio for the United States
i one 10 every $50 The ratio in ST.
louis. however. is one 10 every $50 peo-
ple; and in Kansss City il IS one TO
eyery $50 people. In the county seals
south q the river, one doctor serves more
than 1000 people who are widely scatter
ed. Sixiy-six doctors who hive in twenty
county seats, serve sixty thousand Peo-
plSr
In closing DR.. Koyes said that we
mus, make the rural districts an en-
,icius field for new doctors so as TO
get a more normal distribuiien Of that
profession. The county HOSPITALS will
no doubt aid in doing this. he said.
DR.. Frank C. Nfong Of Columbia spoke
on The State General Hospital Pro
jeci.-
To-day we support hospitals for the IN
sane because they are considered dan
eerous to society. There are many 9th
e. people just as dangerous, said Dr.
Nifong, and many Of these derelicts can
be made virile and intelligent with prop
er care and treatment. There are two
things that should be done 50 that these
dangerous people can be reached. First,
there should be good roads, and second
there should be one or more hospital in
every county Of Missouri The second.
although ideal. yet requires great
amount Of education to bring ii about.
We can not hope that every county will
have a hospital all at once. Therefore
we should have state hospital for all
manner Of people. Il is the obligation
Of the state, and il is also good business
for the state.
After giving short sketch of what
has so far been done by the doctors Of
Missouri 10 insiitaie state hospital and
what is to be done, DR.. Nifong gave
the audience an outline Of stale hos
piiai and its organization.
The state hospital should be a sep
srsie hospital, that should be able to
take care Of every patient that will be
sent to it. IL should be Of access to
free service, and only nominal fees
should be charged The hospital should
have the best full time paid staff that
II can possibly get. II should be a sort
Of supreme court of medicine in this
state.
',0he Of the deficiencies in Missouri, is
stale medical education. Ii does not
stress medical education sufficiently. It
gives at no time substantial spportion-
mcni. There is sno individual that can
give back so much service to the state
as a physician. The making Of the
doctor is expensive, and takes more mon
ey 60 finish than any other profession.
Also the student gets a geaf deal for
the money that he pays for 1t. 1t is
therefore an obligation Of the doctor
graduate 10 pay back by giving reliable
service 10 the people We should be
constantly educating and re-educsting
doctors. Furthermore there is a need for
the Standardization Of hospitals. There
should be extensive extension work such
as the public health department which
our doctors mus, be educated to support
is only moderately supported. Some Of
these things. There are lot Of wooden
heads among them.
The medical department Of the Univer-
sity gets the tail end Of the apportion-
ments Of the state. and for that reason
the state hospital project should not be
taken up by the medical department Of |
the University. II should be a separate |
institution, but It's service and labofa- |
tory should be furnished by the medical
department Of the University Of Missouri.
The initial COS, should not be less than
Sl,0OO,000 with a good maintenance al
lowance"
After the addresses DR.. NJ. P. RaveneI,
who presided. opened a round table dis
cussion.
Doctor Rayenel discussed preventive
medicine and also pointed out the pro.
gress Of public health service taken up /
by the present administration.
Miss Nance Taylor. r. n, assistant 4
professor Of aursine and hospital admin,
istra,ion Of The University. gave an adj I
dress on -Nurse Training in the County
Hospitals as Influenced by Recent Leris-
lstion. H. II. Banks. president Of the I
Boone County Hospital Board, gave a
short history and plans in attempting to [
create county hospital association.
There were about sixty-ive delegates IN
the audience last evening.
Dr. c. P. Knight. surgeon Of the Uni,. /
ed States Public Health Service and Iii. /
rector Of the Division Of Child Hygiene
Missouri State Board Of Health. read a /
paper on Physical Defeels and Com.
niunicsble Diseases Among Children
yesterday afternoon.
According to Doctor Knight. many |
epidemics can be traced to lack Of prop. |
er care in the school districts. Some
years age. the routine closing Of the
schools was considered the proper way To |
overcome an epidemic, but now THE |
health Of the children is ssfeguarded by |
regular inspections.
= Each child must be studied and
handled with a view to its individual