The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-12-08

gence, spirit and character of COM
munity. Yet in another, the original,
meaning of politics, public health ought
always to be in politics. The safe
guarding Of health of the people is
community task and responsibility.
j.. One Of the essential qualifications
Of successful health officer is the
ability to explain his policies so as to
win support for them"
Reviews College Work.
The report goes Oh to review the
work of the public health department
at Johns Hopkins university, Harvard,
the University of Pennsylvania and
New York university. Then, writing
| Of the establishment of preventive and
curative medicine clinics where service
might be had at moderate cost, Doctor
Vincent says:
"An experiment in meeting this de-
mand was begun by the Cornell Uni
versfty Medical school in New York
city in November, 1921, with the CO.
operation OF a special committee Of the
United Hospital fund.- The work of
this committee, which is helping to
improve standards Of dispensary man.
agement and service, is supported by
the Rockefeller Foundation. The ini-
tial deficit of the Cornell clinic demon
stration, which is expected to become
self-supporting, was underwritten by
this committee.
1.-THE essentials of the plan are: Q
medical, surgical and specialist service
by well trained young doctors who are
paid for their work; (2) supervision by
the college faculty; (3) instruction of
medical students in the CLINIC; (4) ap-
pointments with patients made by tele-
phone or post to avoid waste in wait
ing; 90 clinics, in addition to day
sessions, open two evenings week for
the convenience of patients employed
during the day; (6) charge of 81 for
each call, laboratory examinations and
X-ray plates at cost, complete dag
nostic examination for patients re-
ferred by physicians for an inclusive
fee of $40. On the day the clinic
opened 700 persons presented them
selves. There has been steadily
growing patronage ever since. An in
creasing number of doctors have
brought patients for diagnosis and con-
sultation."
Retreat Of Yellow Fever.
The report cites the retreat Of yel-
low fever in those sectors where it has
been an ever present threat for at
least two centuries. The supreme sac
rifice made in this battle against yell
low fever by DR.. Jesse Lazear and DIR.
Howard B. Cross is noted The stub
born fight against malaria, hookworm
and tuberculosis is reviewed and the
fight made by DR.. Henry Hanson in
South America against yellow fever
first diagnosed as acute 1naiaria) is
set forth, telling in some detail Of
Doctor Hansons conscription Of fish in
the war upon the mosquito carrier.
"The result was finally accom-
pIished," reads the report, "by enlist
ing two local species of fish to devour
the eggs and the larvae of the mos.
quito. An attempt in the beginning of
the campaign to teach the people to
prevent breeding on their own premises
failed. Everything had to be done by
the mosquito squad. 1t was found
that by distributing fish-two to four
small fish to a container holding ten
to fifteen gallons-the problem was
simplified by about rs per cent. The
! 10000 fish distributed in this drive
conquered the epidemic.