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Show TO INSTRUCT IN FIGHTING 'FLU' Organize Work of Teaching Teach-ing American Cities and Communities. CHICAGO, Dec. 3. Four committees of the American Public Health association were chosen today to organize the work of teaching cities and communities to prevent or control outbreaks of influenza. influ-enza. The nominating committee will I announce the composition of these committees com-mittees at the first general session of the forty-sixth annual meeting tonight. I One committee will compile statistics on the recent influenza epidemic, another will devise and circulate the best known measures of prevention, another wtil han-I han-I die measureB of relief for convalescents. and the fourth will investigate vaccines j and serum. i The membership of the four "influ- enza" committees of the American Public j Health association announced tonight, is as follows: I Preventive measures Surgeon Gen- eral Rupert Blue, Washington, D. C i chairman; Drs. W. A. Evans, Chicago; Eugene R. Kelly. Boston, and M. S. Fra- ser, Winnipeg, Canada. Relief meaaures Dr. D. B. Armstrong Framineham. Mass.. chairmnn- rr w C. Woodward, Boston; Miss Edna Foley Chicago; Miss Eunice Dvke, Toronto Canada. Vaccines and serum Dr. W. H. Park ' New York, chairman; Dr. George W Mr-Coy, Mr-Coy, Washington; Professor Henrv Albert. Al-bert. Lniversity of Iowa; Dr. D. J. Davis Chicago. Influenza statistics Drs. W. H. Davis t rw uof CCT,RUS- Washington; Frederick T Hoffman, Newark. N. J.; J. T. Black, York Conil-; Edwin F- K'JIlf- New It will be the aim of these committees to bring out the fullest information concerning con-cerning influenza and try to form a national na-tional program for fighting the return of the epidemic. |