New Britain herald., 1929-06-25
1lERlCAN. DOCTOR
 SAVES THOUSANDS
RlM iIk Prolonged by Sam-
 tilJ Mtlsur6 h Chile

Washington, D. C.. June 25.-The miracle wand of modern medicine has performed ono of its most amaz- ine feats in Chile where. according to . compilation received in Wash- lngton today, application of the new sanitary code in Chile is saving each ysar the lives of es,4o0 persons who, previous to 1925, would have died.
 Few earthquakes or other calami- ties that command newspaper head lines take such toll of human lHe: ana the rescue of decimal fraction of that number of people from shipwreck or a burning building would be first page news.
 ou1et Work Brings Dramatic Results
 The effective work which has wrought such changes in Chile. and h ether South American countries, whils spectacular in its results Is carried on 70 quietly and modestly that it has attracted little attention" says . bulletin from the Washing ton. D. c. headquarters of the Ma 10uol ucO8IdphIC ooSISty.
 Such . lessening of the death rate in . single country means a naked modification of the human gsegraphy and progress of that na- tioar the bulletin continues. "The wuy the medical scientist states it whon he says that the death rate is reduced from 3O.s per 1000 people h .lSzS to 23.7 in 1928. scarcely paints for the layman the picture of . fair-sized city being added to the oountry's population each year.
 Df. Long Hero" of Rescue The outstanding figure of this ufs-savtng effort, the South Amer jeans will tell you. is Dr. John D.. Long, of tho U. s. Public Health service. in Washington. D. c. To that pr. Long demurs, stating. It is the south American countries who are 1oing this work: we merely advise when we are called into consulta- ueA'
 achievement is the Pan-American oaAttary bureau. an international aeoocy formed at the Pan-American epdtsrence in Mexico in 1902, which h sspported by quotas from all re- pup1ics of the Pan-American Union. DF. Long. serving with that bureau. to which he is loaned by Surgeon General Hugh s. Cumming, of the U. '. Public Health service, the bu- reau's executive head, has advised government after government about sanitary measures which are result ing in such rapid cuts in the death rates.
 The charters of the movement are the sanitary codes. such as that which Chile adopted in 1925. Be- hvsa is about to adopt a similar oode. making ls republics which haxs signed the code. Twelve have rallied It. Bolivia has just created . Mtnistry of health, and is taking etb4r progressive steps to cut her eegth rate.
 Uruguay Sets Record
 "Dr. Long is leaving Washing ten this week for Panama. Later he will %. to Colombia aAd Peru. at the invitation of thoss countries. vhers notable health conservation psegress is being made. Before leav- ing Washington he reviewed some of the achievements of the South Amsrican countries in sanitation.
 Uruguay now has attained the lowest death rate of any country in 0outh America, vieing with the United States in cutting its rate to 6tpfoximtaely IF deaths per 1000 papnlation. The country has pure Astaking water. has installed sewage atYkamA and has excellent hospital facaiities.
 SThess simple measures are the baa1s of the atounding saving of hu- uasn liveA Chile. for example, achieved her dramatic results when aS of her cities provided pure drink ipg water and installed modern sew. aGs systems. A third factor in Chile's cas- was carrying the message ol personal hygiene into homes by the 3e visiting nurses now working with the country's Public Health de- partment. These nurses are trained a4 | school connected with the Uni- vsraty at Santiago-a pioneer in the training having been Miss Sara Adams of Wtnona, Minnesota.