The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-17
Public Health Seruice And Hygiene Association
 To Hold Daily Sessions
Prominent Physicians in At- tendance on Health Institute Conference at First Method- ist Church-Typhoid Fever Taken Up Yesterday.

Health officers can be held more regularly accountable for getting re- suits than other governmental off eers. pr. S. W. Rankin. state health officer of North Carolina. told hls hearers at the First M. E. church Sunday school auditorium last even ing.
 Citizens can get an accurate check by observing the death rate. he said, advising that the average life of an American was 42 to 43 years. of which time TOO days was the average time of sickness.
 He said that 6o.ooo vaccinations against typhoid were made In his state at a cost of 6S cents apiece and that 1850 children's tonsil and ade- noid operations were performed with a cost of ss.sS for persuasion serv- ice.
 pr. George Stuart, pastor of the First Methodist church, presided at the meeting.
 Where Vampires Originate
 Eighty per cent of our vampires come from the ballroom" said pr. Stuart, referring to the relation be- tween moral and medical issues, and
 
 Birmingham n municipal dance hall"
 Prominent doctors of America, Ala bama and Birmingham were on the program at the opening sessions yes terday of the Public Health Institute, at the Sunday school rooms of the First Methodist church, where all meetings of the institute will be held.
 Yesterdays program started with a discussion of Typhoid Fever" by Dr. J. S. McLester, public schools health officer.
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 pr. H. H. Hazen discussed the his- tory, pathology, primary stage. oc- currence, etiology and infection of syphilis at the morning session at the church and in the afternoon con- ducted a clinic in the old medical college building near Hillman hos pital. Dr. Hagen is a faculty mem per of the Georgetown University School of Medicine at Washington.
 Dr. Ynrros
 In the morning Dr. Rachelle Tar ros, special consultant, United States Public Health Service, Washington, lectured on Medical Social Work" In the afternoon at the social hygiene conference at the Tutwiler hotel ball room she discused the Aim of a Social Hygiene Conference for Women"
 Mental Hygiene Resume of Com mon Disorders" was the topic of Dr. Frank F. Leslie of the United States Public Health Service Hospital, Au- gusta, Ga.. at the morning session.
 Dr. W. s. Rankin, state health of ficer of North Carolina, Raleigh, dis cussed the relation of the state and the evening session at the First NJ. E. church, while Dr. W. R. Hendrix, pastor of the Highlands Methodist church. spoke on "The Ministry and Public Health"
 Health Institute Today
 Today's health institute program will include at the morning session, syphilis; Secondary Syphilis and Late Skin Lesions," pr. II. II. Hazen General Communicable Diseases; i; Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever" Dr. s. H. Welch; Nutrition, The Essentials of an Adequate Diet" Miss M. Jones, Sanitary Engineering; Disposal of Sewage" Dr. A. T. Mccormack; ; "The Delinquent; The Psychology of the Delinquent" pr. R. Yarros; Men tai Hygiene; Educating the Public in the Prevention of Mental Disorders" Dr. F. Leslie; syphilis; visceraI Nervous Lesions," Dr. H. II. Hazen; with clinics at Hillman hospital in the afternoon, while the evening program with Mrs. w. L. Murdock, presiding, will include, Dangerous Conditions Which Bring About Delin- quency." Dr. Rachelle S. Yarros Re lationship Between Health Depart |. ment and Medical Profession" Dr. A. T. Mccormack, state health of ficer of Kentupkv T,OuisviIla