Evening star., 1926-02-22
MAY ASK $4,000
FOR CHILD HYGIENE
House Subcommittee Con-
siders Adding $4,000 to
Budget Figure for Work.

The question Of providing an addi:
tional $4,000 to the $25 900 recon-
mended by the Budget Bureau for
child hygiene service under the Dis
trict Health Department was carefully
considered by the subcommittee Of
the House appropriations committee
at it's hearing today on the District
appropriation bill Tor the fiscal year
beginning July ! next.
Chairman Funk vi the subcommit
tee expressed his desire To. consider
must symputhetically and carefully
any legislation affecting child welfare.
The additional $4,000 il asked iii or.
der that two more child hygiene sta
tons, one In the Brightwood district
and another in southeast Washington
might be established. nder the Dis
trict health office, seven such stations
are now in operation. With the addi-
tional $4,000 those VINO are urging
this humanitarian effort in behalf Of
child life figure on the appointment of
"A supervising nurse To be in charge
OF the nurses working at all of the
nine stations.
Besides the hearing today to the
District Health Office. Ihairma n
Funk said that Mrs. Frank Il. Noyes.
who has been taking ii particular
interest in this work, will be granted
hearing after the subcommittee ha y
'onIplet-d its hearing Of District Of
ficals.
viii Consider Citizens Ideas.
In this connection. Chairman Funk
.mpha sized that the subcommittee on
he District budget intends to give
special consideration to the recon
nenda lions Of the Citizens Advisory
'ouncil, which II recognizes as the
most representative spokesman for
he people of the District of Co
umbia.
He believes that very helpful sug-
gestions can be received in this way,
as it establishes new semi official
contact between the taxpayers of
Wa shington and the subcommittee
which frames the appropriation bin
for the District
At the hearing this afternoon the
row which developed last year he
tween the school authorities and the
District Health Office over appoint
ment and supervision of the medical
inspection force in the public schools
was thoroughly aired.
Seeks Efficient Supervision.
Representative Simmons, Repub,
lican. of Nebraska, questioned DIR.
w. c. Fowler. the District health
officer, regarding whether the funds
for this work should be carried under
the school budget or whether they
should be included in the appropri
ations for the District health Office
1t was brought out in the discussion
that the controller general had ruled
in favor of the health officer on both
controversies, supervision and ap.
pointment of the medical inspectors
Representative Simmons made 1t plain
that what he was seeking was eff
cheney and the proper assembling OF
appropriation items under the officer
responsible for the work they covered
The hearing this morning on the
District budget was largely regarding
the improved lighting system along
Sixteenth street. At first certain
members of the subcommittee
thought that cost OF $105 a yeaI
for maintenance of one light was
rather high, but Chairman Funk was
satisfied when it was shown that two
and a half times as much light was
provided in this way than hereto
fore.
The subcommittee on the District
budget is pushing it's hearings in
order to complete them if possible
this week, or surely the early part
of next week.