New Britain herald., 1928-03-23
WAR ON CANCER IS
 BEING EXPANDED
Aid Of Public Health Agencies
 Enlisted

New York, March ,-5 op-I.ne fer obtaining the active aii ot oiH- cial public health agenclea in tho fight against cancer iu the UuitcI States have been made hy tho Amer iean Pubic H.al'h association ard the American Society for the Control of Cancer.
 This movement, regarded as the most significant stcp eNer taken q asainst the diSeaS", seeks to lrue before state and local health depart n1ents the importance ot ada1u8'" facilities for diagnosis ald treatment ot accurate stafiStlcal information and Of pubic education Ill inc symp- toms of cancer.
 Cancer work has been done larss~ ly by endowed clinics, hospitals and institutes, for pHhhc Lealth admin istrators have not looked upon CaH- cer as a distinctly preHeu'apl- dla- ease, nor as one against which head way could be made. They naNo felt that cancer could best be coWN4tt"I through the JoIrt action of phrsl- clans and patients and that health departments could cooperate best by limiting their activities 10 ln- structins the public m the part 1t should play in the cancer battlo.
 More recently. however pubic cancer institutes have appeared in several states in response 10 q, ropn- lar demand for CllulcaI eerIce and now the American Pubic Health as- socIa'lon has decldcd that the couu- try's official health agencies must be prepared 10 take more active parts in the efforts to reduce cancer nUr- tali'y.
 The association ls h7sins its plans on the report of 2, Speclal committee which suggested 3. program of ac- ton. recommending that official public health administrators 'Shoni.e take coEniza nee of the cancer prob lem and engage in various activities connected herewith
 It was also recommended that , survey he made 10 determine cancer death rates in the terrifories within the jurisdiction Of the various health departne To ascertain aNaliabif facilities for diagnosis aDd treat ment to estimate the cost of avail able treatment and 10 determine the ability Of patients to meet the eN- rense of treatment. Health depart rnents, the committee found, shouit provide free h horatory assistance in the making of diacnosos or should encourage and assist tho develop ment of this service through me1l- cal societies, teaching institutions ol hospitals
 "Depa rtlnents of health should en- courage and assist the esta bllshmen of special cancer clinics III connHc ton with general hospitals with tl1' hospital resources in equipment am personnel already avsllahle,' th' committee reported. Tn every larg' center cf rcpulation therc should h' one firs, class cancer center Ther every modern facility of personne md apparatus should he aVall7hl Tor the diagnosis and treatment c cancer.
 With view 10 stimulating loca health officers to take up this pro gram in their respective commniflfs the association is adding cance work 10 it's health appraisal form t' which the adequacy and efficiency o the health work in a gwen ferrlfof' are systematically measured. Point utll be awarded on the basis ot citys hospital provisions for cancer it's dissncstic service, comrletensS and accuracy Of statistical 1ntorlna ton. and to campaign of nubIl instruction
 The program Of the American So rietv for the Control Of Cancer 10 the next year is broadly along 'h .7n,s lines, and the two crEanlza tons have eignifled their intention of eo-cperatinE m the ne" move ment to bring cancer work closer | the people.