Evening star., 1937-04-06
STATE EMERGENCY
FUNDS ADVOCATED
Health Conference Urges
Coordination in Han
ding Disaster.

Development of plan for better
coordination among State and local
health agencies and the Red Cross in
preparing for and handling a disaster
was advocated today at the annual
conference of State and Provincial
Health Authorities of North America.
This action was taken after the
conference, meeting at the U. S. Pub
lie Health Service Building, heard a
symposium on flood health problems
by health officers of three States af-
fected during the last great food
Development of co-ordinating plan
was advocated by the health officials
and the Committee on Disaster Re
lief.
The conference urged, among other
steps, that each State provide a small
emergency fund of $4,000 to $4,000
for emergencies such as disasters, out
breaks of disease, and so forth; Or
ganize its personnel for disaster re-
lief so it can be thrown into immedi-
ate action; have facilities to provide
knowledge of when and where dis
ssters are liable to occur, and pro-
vide emergency equipment needs such
as immunization equipment, vaccine,
serum and antitoXins. The commit
tee also urged that manuel of pub
lie health procedure in disaster re-
lief be compiled by the Public Health
Service in collaboration with the
States concerned in the January
food.
Other Problems Discussed.
Other problems to be studied at to-
days meeting we're housing and the
sanitary aspects of interstate trans
portation.
Participating in the discussion Of
a. report by the conferences Com
mittee on Disaster Relief were
Surg. Gen. Thomas Parran of the
Public Health Service; DR.. William
De Kleine, medical assistant to the
vice chairman of the American Red
Gross, and DR.. S. H. Osborn, Con-
necticut State commissioner of
Health.
The first session yesterday was
marked by announcement of discov-
cry of gonorrhea antitoxin, hailed
by experts as one of the major medi-
cal developments of recent times, and
description of new developments in
treatment of pneumonia.
DR.. Thomas Anwyl-Davies, director
OF London's Whitechapel Clinic and
one of the worlds foremost authori-
ties on venereal diseases, told the
conference the gonorrhea antitoxin,
produced by injecting horse with
gonococcus from a human patient ap-
parently has brought about COM
cent of the cases.
DR.. Rufus Cole of the Rockefeller
Foundation Hospital, speaking on
Possibilities of Pneumonia Control
AS Indicated by Present Scientific
Knowedge," said studies have been
under way looking to use of rabbit
serum instead of horse serum in the
treatment of pneumonia, and that the
rabbit serum has produced 'promis-
ing results" indicating its introduce
ton may mark a further step for
ward in the specific treatment of
pneumonia.
Milk Recommendations.
After hearing report by DR..
James A. Tobey, director of the
Health Service Department of the
Borden Co., on Court Decisions on
Milk Since 1884" the conference
adopted several recommendations
made by the Committee on Milk.
The committee urged that all laws
dealing with milk should incorporate
uniform requirements, and that all
State health departments should
have a comprehensive sanitation pro-
gram to provide adequate milk con-
troll in all communities.
How the health authorities of Man
1toba handled the infantile paralysis
epidemic there last year was described
by Dr.. F. W. Jackson, deputy minister
OF health of Manitoba.