The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-04-15
HEALTH OFFICIALS
ANNOUNCE PROGRAM
FOR SESSION HERE
Medical Men From All Parts of
State to Gather For Prob
lem Discussion

Addresses by DR.. A. j. Chesley, ST.
Paul, MIMI, health officer for Min
nesota, and by city and county health
officers of the state will have a prom
inent place on the program at the
eighth annual conference of the North
Dakota Health Officers Association,
to be held here April Is and q.
Public health problems will be the
chief consideration of the group &C
cording to the program just released
by DR.. A. A. Whittemore, head of the
state health department, and is Sc
cretary-treasurer of the association.
DR.. Will H. Moore, Valley City, presi-
dent Of the association, will preside,
assisted by DR.. Henry L. Halverson,
Minot, vice president.
Convention headquarters will be at
the Patterson hotel where the annual
convention banquet will also be serv-
ed. Arrangements have been made to
have a biological exhibit and film
displayed during the conference.
Or. Moore will open the sessions
with an address on STANDARD Milk
Ordinances in Small Cities" This
Will be followed by discussion. led by
DR.. E. G. Haagensen, city health Off
Ger at Grand Forks, and by A. L. Ba-
vone, state sanitary engineer.
To Tell Of Drouth Work
The full time public health project
carried on in the drouth area will &C.
cupy the attention of the convention
during the early part of the afternoon
session. Speakers will be DR.. Maysil
Williams. director OF the division of
child hygiene for the state health de-
partment and director Of the project;
Miss Mary A. Johnson. r. NJ, super
visor Of nursing service; DR.. S. j. Hill
lis, Berthold. DR.. l.. N. Serhus, Will
liston, and Miss Mable Alice Taylor,
r. NJ, Washburn, Mclean county
field nurse. They will discuss phases
of administration and nursing and
medical service.
DR.. Chesley's address on Control
of Typhoid Fever" will follow. DR..
G. B. Ribble, La Moure. will outline
an approved administration program
for local boards of health. with DR..
leading the discussion on
the subject. The annual banquet will
conclude the day.
James Morris, attorney general, will
speak on Public Health Laws" at the
opening of the second days sessions.
This will be followed by talk on
The Care of Deciduous and Per-
manent Teeth in Relation to HEALTH"
by DR.. H. H. Pfister. Wahpeton.
The remainder of the morning will
be given over to group of papers
dealing with the control of communi-
cable diseases. Those presenting pa
pers and their subjects will be. DR.. L.
w. Larson, Bismarck, Burleigh coun-
ty health officer, on "Poliomyelitis"
DR.. B. K. Kibourne. city health Off
GER. Fargo, on Measles: and Major
John r. Oswalt, U. S. A., post medi-
cal officer. Fort Lincoln, on "Vene-
real Diseases" Discussion of the var
Ious topics will be conducted by DR..
E. G. Sasse. Lidgerwood, county
health officer: and by DR.. F. E.
city health officer, Minot.
To Elect Officers.
Election Of officers will be the first
tenn Of business to be taken up at the
final afternoon session. DR.. A. w.
Ecklund. bacteriologist for the state
health department, will discuss COL
ection Of laboratory specimens: DR..
F. Jensen. Rugby, Pierce county
health officer, will speak on "Rela-
ion of Premature Births to Public
HEALTH with Miss Viletta Roche. di-
.ector of the bureau of vital statistics
'or the state health department, In
charge Of the discussion.
1.-THE Relationship Of the Public
Health Nurse to the Local Health Of
icer." will be the subject of a talk
~ DR.. j. F. Mckay, Bowesmont. Dis
;ussion will be conducted by Miss
Bessie Nicoll, r. NJ, st. Louis, super
'isor of the midwest branch of the
American Red Cross.