Show LATEST TELEGRAMS American Health Association Detroit 15At the session of the American Public Health asocia I tion large numbers of papers were read but there were so many of them that some were only read by title and will appear in the public volume of reports Dr Rudolph Hiring of New York read one on the removal of decomposable matter from the households He advocated the system now practied by the New York board of health for the complete removal of all gases from houses Dr William uldrightj of Ontario read a paper on overhead ventilation and sewers recommending recommend-ing the erection of separate pipes from a sewer to and above the roof of a houee Dr Joseph H Raymond of Brooklyn read a paper on the care of households house-holds divulging the methods of disposing dis-posing of filth that accumulates in houses Dr Oscar C Dewee of Chicago gave a very interesting < description de-scription of the drainage system of Pullman Ills where the contents of the sewers of the town ale pumped and taken away by pipes to be used as fertilizing material on large farms some miles away This experiment is claimed to be a success suc-cess financially as well as otherwise Professor A Vandibber of Baltimore Balti-more read an interesting paper on the problem of drainage on level lands A resolution wai adopted calling upon Congress to reenact the law which expired in 1882giving the national boaid of health funds for the prosecution of the general work of sanitation throughout the country The National Museum of Hygene under the care of the surgeon general of the navy also received the hearty endorsement of the association and Congress was asked to appropriate o fq djr its maintenance the evening session ses-sion Hugh Miller Thompson assistant as-sistant bishop of Mississippi read a paper on saving humanity aid Dr Foster Pratt of Kalamazoo Michigan Michi-gan one on the increase of insanity in the United States both quite elaborate ela-borate papers J |