Evening star., 1927-05-11
capital LAUDED
! ON HEALTH SURVEY
Association Meeting Hears
Many Experts Discuss Juve-
nile Social Problems.

The comprehensive health and wei
fare survey now being conducted II
.2Vasbincton. received heartiest com
mendation today from DR.. Murray +
Norwood, assistant professor of pun
lie health at the Massachusetts, lnsti
t,lte of Technology, who believes sucf
q survey to be IAN indispensable too
in the protection and promotion OF
community health
Addressing the American Chic
Health Association at its noon Iunch
con at the Willard Hotel, DIR. Hor
wo a.. who has conducted several sur
We throughout the country ana Is
the author of q book on the heaItI
survey, congratulated the National
Canital on the movement under way
in charge of Bureau of Efficiency ano
the Public Health Service experts.
"Self analysis or frequent diagnosis
is absolutely essential for effective
health work." declared DR.. Norwood.
Points to Other Cities.
Pointing 10 several examples OF
cities in the United States. which had
been able more adequately to protect
the health of their residents as re-
suit of the surveys, DIR. Norwood said
such diagnoses We're of real value for
five principal reasons:
Al Because they serve to evaluate
the health work that is being done,
and TO formulate a program for fu-
tC~e health activities, based on a
thorough knowledge of existing condi-
tions, and the particular needs of the
community.
40. Because they may be used for
the scientific apportionment of the
available funds. and for directing the
use of adequate funds in those fields
of endeavor, which will yield the
greatest results.
'3 Because the recommendations
following such scientific study may
be used as a basis for introducing
much needed health reforms and for
obtaining adequate appropriations to
carry on effective work.
Stimulates Public Interest. a
~. Because the survey is a power
ful agent in stimulating public interest
in the local conditions affecting health,
as Well as for disseminating informa-
ton pertaining to health education.
as. Because the survey offers to
each community an opportunity to
compare it's health work with that
learn where it is superior, and where
further improvement may still be
made"
7. The morning program was given
over to q discussion of trends in Fed
eral and State child health work, with
reports from representatives of the
Federal agencies concerned, and from
State representatives.
The Federal government also has
had on display at the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States exhibit
from the various bureaus and services
Interested in child health.
s DR.. Hugh S. Cumming. surgeon
general of the United States Public
Health Service, presiding officer of the
morning session told of the work of
his service. and said, "It has taken
the human race centuries to begin to
apply in health matters the teachings
81 the old adage that an ounce of pre-
vention is worth a pound of cure"
Other speakers this morning were:
DIR. James +. Rogers. of the Bureau
OF Education, Miss Grace Abbott,
chief of the Children's Bureau; Miss
Miriam Birdseye of the Department
Of Agriculture, DIR. A. J. Chesley of
the Minnesota Department of Health,
Dr.. Ada +. Schweitzer of the Indiana
/ Ds III.
Commissioner of Education for Con-
necticut. and DR.. Mary E. Brydon Of
the Virginia Board of Health.
The conference will close this after
noon with discussion of the medical
school and child health by members
of the pediatrics departments of medi-
cal schools.
Afternoon Speakers.
E
pr. Borden S. Veeder. Of Washington
university, st. Louis; DIR. Richard NJ.
smith of Harvard University. DIR.
Harold K. Faber, of Stanford Uni.
verslty, DR.. Lawrence r. Royster of
the University of Virginia; Or. John
A. Foote of Georgetown University
and DIR. Herbert B. Wilcox. of CO.
lumbia University
The American boy. at birth. is val.
ued In excess of $9,000," DR.. Louis /
Dublin, statistician for the Metropoli.
tan Life Insurance Co. of New York,
told the delegates last night.
AT age s." he said, "the core.
spending hgure is more than $14 900,
and at age 15 in excess of s25, 900. -
Ihe flgures We're calculated, he ex.
piained. on the averages of figures
obtained from a study Of hundreds
OF thousands of policy holders.
Girls Valued at Less.
Girls We're valued at birth at one
half the boys by DIR. Dublin. This
was done. he explained. as there We're
Iewer women in wage-earning posi-
tions on which to base estimates. and
TO keep the estimate conservative.
Using these figures as estimates
DIR. Dublin arrived at the conclusion
that two and a half billion dollars
a year is the measure of our neglect
OF child health in the United States
DR.. Border Eeeder, professor OF
pediatrics, Washington University
st. Louis. stated that there is "the
same reason for sending a child Il
school in good health as there is fol
sending him to school at all. Health
and education are only means to al
end. What they. are worth depend!
on what use we make of them"
Other speakers at last nights ses
sion, which was at the Chamber o
Commerce Of the United States, in
cluded: DIR. Harold K. Faber, pro
fessor of medicine, Stanford Uni
yersity. and DIR. Eleanor G. Kemp
director Of the psychological cente
of the New York League for Menta
Hygiene of Children.
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