Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-10
SILK RENAMED HEAD
OF HEALTH BOARD
(Continued from page IL

the information available on Schick
testing might be secured. Commits
sioner Benjamin Goldberger inform
ed the board he had written to the
United States Public Health Serv-
ice, the New York City Board Of
Health and to the physicians of this
city, in order to secur further in
formation and facts regarding this
method of preventing diphtheria.
Mr.. Goldberger said he was not
ready to report the results as vet
but could say that all of the replies
received by him favor the Schick
test and speak highly of it.
Commissioner John K. Buckley
told the board that he had yesterday
received a call at his drug store for
some toxin-antitoxin to be used by a
physician who had been requested
by a local mother to perform the
Schick test upon her child. Health
OFFICER Thompson declared that par
ents are commencing to become in
terested in this test, as he had been
called upon recently to give consider
able information concerning the
method of testing, the cost. etc.
DR.. Silk pointed out that forty or
fifty children could be given the
test almost as cheap as one, as once
a tube of the toxin is opened it can
not be sealed and kept but must
either be used or thrown away.
There is sufficient in this tube, he
said, to treat about forty persons.
The other members of the board
also declared themselves in favor of
continuing efforts to have the
Schick test introduced here. AL
ready tha nnnCant IF Q Tn0 ~aa,A3f.
have been procured and the children
of these parents will be treated so
as to be immune from diptheria If
the money necessary to finance the
work can be secured,
The subject of conducting a nutri-
ton campaign among the school
children of the city was discussed,
this being considered a most impor-
tant move to develop healthy chill
dren. DR.. Silk pointed out that the
question of money again prevented
this plan of luncheons of milk and
crackers for the children, served
daily in the schools, being put into
effect. However, he said, there is
morning to prevent the Weighing and
measuring of each child in order to
learn how many are under weight,
unGer nourished and not developed
In proportion to age. 1t would re-
quire at least $1,000 to pay the milk
bills to begin this nutrition luncheon
program, DR.. Silk estimated, after
which efforts cou.d he made to have
it self-supporting, a small charge be-
ing asked from the children for the
milk and crackers. In cases where
the children's parents could not at
fold 1t, IL would likely be necessary
for the city to pay for it, it has been
said during former discussions.
Health Officer Thompson reported
that he had received no further
word from President Sidney Rid
dlestorffer of the Perth Amboy City
Hospital as to when a committee of
the hospital governors would meet
a health board committee for the
purpose of discussing ways and
means of erecting a new contagious
disease hospital to be conducted as
a part of the present city hospital.
DR.. Silk named as the committee
which will represent the health
board, Commissioners William Fan
genberg, Dilts and Buckley. He also
urged as many other commissioners
as could possibly attend to be on
hand when the conference is acid.
Commissioner Frank Lakomski
brought up the matter of having the
students of st. Stephens Polish pa.
rochial school treated at the city
dental clinic and said he would ar
range for Health officer Thompson
to confer with Rev. Joseph Urban.
rector of st. Stephens church, on
this matter.
The new member of the board
Commissioner Eugene Boros, was
welcomed by the other members
this being his first meeting follow
ing his recent appointment by the
mayor. All commissioners were
nreSent-