Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-31

IL hS0ASA PAO6Aahi AIMING ShS FNF-~
have common goal. a single pur-
pose-healthy children. 1t would
seem that the relation of the
health officer to the school should be
sufficiently intimate and close as to
permit him to cooperate to the best
of his ability to each of the four
phases of the health program of a
modern school, that Is. in giving
health instruction, in providing ply
steal supervision. in maintaining an
adequate number of school nurses
and in securing medical inspection"
Or. C. A. MouIton
1.-THE Medical Profession in Public
Health" was the title of the paper
presented by DR.. c. A. Moulton of
Hartland. president of the Maine
Medical Association.
DR.. Moulton said that though death
is inevitable, suffering can be pre-
vented and human life prolonged.
Hygiene is not of modern origin"
DR.. Moulton con ed. THE
Egyptians paid specia! attention to
food and child. welfare. Hippocrates
ordered fumigation at pestilence at
Athens.
1.-The Romans constructed sewer
which is still in use and to be seen
in modern Rome. During the Mid
die Ages sanitation received SGT
back. Venice in 1348 took scien-
tific view of the matter and APP
pointed three guardians, of public
health which gave rise to the term
of quarantine
Toward the close Of the 18th,
century sanitary reforms were
adopted.
can epoch making achievement OF
the 18th century was the discovery
of vaccination. 1t was introduced in
Boston in 1900 by DR.. Waterhouse.
The result was that small pox, which
carried oft over 50,000,000 persons
in Europe during the 18th century,
and was the cause of one tenth of
all the deaths in New York City be-
tween 1885 and 1900. has been
practically eliminated, except in
I'm 1872 the American Public
Health Association was organized
followed by other similar organiza-
tions, all stimulated by the master
minds of the profession in molding
public opinion and framing and
recommending health laws.
THE average length of life has
been raised from is and 20 years in
the 18th century to So or go years
today. /.
1.-THE application of the knowledge
ODlulilSu ltOli CApSi
! ton has saved millions of lives and
prevented the incalculable amount
of suffering, not to mention the
economic aspect of the question.
I'VE have reason to expect greater
results in our war upon infectious
diseases. One remedy lies in the
systematic examination of school
children at least once year, and the
periodic medical examination of
adults for the early detection of
! all obscure insiduous cases of ILL
ness. with a view to prompt treat
ment."
Or. J. 8. Reidy
Or. J. B. Reidy, federal inspector
in charge of tuberculosis eradication
in this State, spoke on the subject
I Tuberculosis in Cattle and Its Re-
lation to the Milk Supply"
DR.. Reidy said that tuberculosis is
a slow, stealthily progressive, con-
tagious and infectious disease. unac-
companied in it's early stages, as a
rule. by an external sign of trouble
such as fever. which is the visible
symptom of most all other in
fictitious diseases of live stock.
For this reason cattle owners
should have their herds given a
tuberculin test by qualified veter-
marian each year. so that infected
animals may be detected and weeded
| out before they had reached the
dangerous stage known as spread
ers.' said DR.. Reidy.
Each tuberculous animal is
likely to be manufacturing. so to
| speak. tuberculous germs: this dis
ease produces agents under cover of
! the farmers feed and labor to
nourish themselves and increase
! their number so that they may in
| feet more cattle.
1.-THE volume of milk produced by
! tube-culouS cattle is considerably
| less than those same animals would
produce if free from the disease,
! therefore, bovine tuberculosis in
creases the cost of producing milk.
the most valuable of all human
| foods.
MANY tuberculous cattle produce
milk which contains living virulent
bovine tuberculosis germs. The milk
producers are very active in the
| present National Bovine Tuber-
culosis Eradication Program. and
| great progress is being made. Nearly
every large city in this state pro-
tects the public through it's health
| ordinances requiring cattle furnish
| ing milk to them to have been found
free from tuberculosis by scien-
tific tuberculin test. applied by a
recognized veterinarian not more
than year previous. The yearly
testing of cattle is advised because
COW may be harboring tubercu-
lous germs that have just entered
the system following the test Dur
ing heavy milking period a reduce
ton in vitality of the animal allows
the germs to multiply and invade .tthe
whole system which infection would
be found on the next yearly test
before the disease had advanced to a
stage where tuberculous germs were
being expelled.
"a large percentage of tuberculosis
in children is traceable to tubercu-
lous cattle.
"In 1914, A. Philip Mitchell. of
Edinburg, Scotland, examined ~
cases of cervical glandular tubercu-
losis in children under IL years of
age and found only seven display.
ing the human organism and IS dis
playing the bovine type.
Park and Krumweide in 1911,
published a report on 1924 cases of
tuberculosis in children in all coun-
tries. There were only two cases of
bovine type and $50 lung cases and
only four cases of bovine type in 95
cases of tuberculous bone and joints.
In children under five years, how
ever. SIS per cent of the glandular
cases, SO per cent of the abdominal
cases, % per cent of the generalized
cases and 1876 per cent of the
meningeal LESSONS showed tuberolc
bacill' of the bovine type.
Fraser. in Edinburg. reported on
SO cases Of bone and joint disease
In children. Forty-three bottle fed
babies showed 35 cases OF the bovine
type, three cases of the human type