Evening star., 1924-04-20
PROGRAM FOR HEALTH
WEEK IS ANNOUNCED
Addresses by Medical Leaders to
Be Feature of Observance From
A1ril 2S TO May 8.
TALKS TO BE BROADCAST
Council of Social Agencies to
Direct Event.
TALKS TO BE BROADCAST

Each day during health week" to
be observed here April % to May 5,
under auspices of the Washington
Council of Social Agencies. addresses
and other features will voice coun-
sells of health to the National Capital.
DR.. William c. Fowler. District
health officer. will brosdcast a health
talk from station WCAP on the open
ing day. and the following day Dr.
Cary T. Grayson will wing a mes
sage from station WRC.
The daily program OF events for
the week, officially designated by the
commissioners. is as follows:
.rMSIid Monday, ss31IS ARrii ~ 2s' to be known as
Society. as chairman OF the day
MONDAY meeting at Keith's Theater
with DIR. Victor c. Vaughan, public
health service, as the speaker and
Secretary of Labor Davis presiding
DR.. W. A. White to speak.
Tuesday, April %. to be known as
Mental Hygiene day; d.. Loren b.
| =. j S;r&on .: chairman Of tn day
MONDAY meeting at Keith's Theater
DR.. William a. White Of ST. Eliza
beth's Hospital as the speaker and
! Representative Burton l.. French of
Idaho as chairman of the meeting.
Wednesday. April 80. to be known
as tuberculosis day, DR.. George Nj
| kober, president of the Tuberculo-
| sis Association as chairman of the
| day. Senator Ball of Delaware will
presirN at the MONDAY meeting at
| Keith's.
Thursday. May /, to be known as
Noyes, president Child Welfare So
ciety, as chairman of the day. Noon
| day meeting at Keiths with Miss
Grace Abbott of the children's bureau
| as the speaker and Mr.. Cochran Thorn
| presiding.
Friday, May ., to be known as So
cial Hygiene day, Mr.. willard Smith
| OF the public health service as chair
| man of the day. Noonday meeting
Dr Edith Hooker of Baltimore speak
er and Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, chair
| man.
! Saturday Hospital Day.
- Saturday, May 8. to be known as
| hospital day, Mrs. II. B. Learned.
president of womans board of Co
lumoia Hospital as chairman of the
day. MONDAY meeting DR.. William
Mather Lewis. president of George
washington University. the speaker
ana Commissioner Rudolph presiding.
IN preparation for this new get-to-
gether EFFORT of the various health
FORCES of the city, the Council of So
clal Agencies, created a health com
mlttee, composed of representatives
from all of the health movements and
hospitals. Miss Gertrude H Bowling,
director of the Visiting Nurse So
clety, is the chairman. This general
committee placed the arrangements
for the health week program in the
hands OF the following executive
| committee:
Mrs. Foster Balm of the Social Hy-
giene Society; DR.. william c. Fowler
District health officer: DR. Hugh Da-
Wis of the Child Welfare Society; DR..
Loren 3. T. Johnson, director of the
out patient department of St Eliza
neths Hospital; Miss Elizabeth Fox
national director of the Red Cross
public health nursing service: Mrs. H.
Il. Learned of Columbia Hospital; Mrs
Joseph Sanders Of the Parent-Teach-
er Association; Mrs. Brown Miller
Of the Visiting Nurse Association, and
walter 5. UHord. secretary Of the
Washington tuberculosis Association.
Miss Bowling is the ex-officio chair
man of this committee