Show I I I I 8 ts I 4 1 1 A j I ih 21 c V P JA JAt t 54 t I 4 4 r i 7 1 i 4 A t i f t S 'S Speak at of Health Conference Dr K F. F Meyer left dir director of the Ho Hooper Hoop p r institute University of California Mrs Henrietta Landau second from right public health consultant tant U. U S. S public health service and arid Ellis S. S Tisdale right sanitary engineer U S. S public health service compare pu public lic health healt problems problems-in t the e United S States ates with those confronted con on- on fronted in England by Dr Arthur Massey second from left left medical officer of health Coventry oy England gland Public Health Group Opens Parley in SL Si Speaker Cites Action Taken to Protect Traveling Service Men Protection of the water supply of two million soldiers who get their drinking water from the railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road water coolers while on train trips is one of ot the important sanitation san Ban projects on which the war has lias made cooperation of the United United Unit Unit- ed cd States and state public health services necessary Ellis Ems S. S Tisdale Tisdale dale sanitary engineer U. U S. S public public pub pub- lic lie health service Washington D.C. D.C. D.C. D. D C. C informed the second wartime conference of the Utah Public Health association xi which opened at the Hotel Utah Monday ronday morn morn- ing The public health service in each state where the 2000 railroad Water water water wa wa- ter stations are located test the water for its bacteriological content content content con con- tent and make reports to the U. U S. S public health service which then certifies the water sources as suitable suitable suitable suit suit- able for the use of service men Mr Tisdale t told Ja the conference To assist the st states in this and other cooperative projects the U.S. U.S. U.S. U. U S. S agency has trained new a workers during the last three years to assist the often understaffed state services Must 1 Ration Ser Services ces cesTo To stretch the decreasing supply supply supply sup sup- ply of public health nurses their services must be rationed Mrs Henrietta Landau public health nursing consultant United States public health service from district No 8 Denver Colo Cob advised the Utah public health officials Care of the sick in the homes will be their first duty Other ther care must be turned over to someone else Routine visits must be eliminated she said and untrained public health nurses must be ire used to give care in clinics and occasionally occasionally occasion occasion- ally aUy in the home as in home in-home home de delivery delivery delivery de- de livery of babies Speaking on dental cavities Dr K F. F Meyer director of the Hooper Hoop Hoop- er institute University of California California Cali Call fornia said Ui that t the problem of dental cavities still exists in spite of the discovery that fluorine additions additions ad ad- to the diet aid in eliminating eliminating ing them Scheduled to speak t to the con conference con on ferenc ference Monday night Is Dr Arthur Arthur Arthur Ar Ar- thur Massey medical officer of ot Coventry England Dr Massey said that neither of the two threats to British health from heavy air atta attacks the ks-the the danger from epidemics ics because of damage to water supplies or the possibility of injury injury injury in in- jury to mental health health material material materialized in England There was not nota a single case o of shock shell-shock recorded record record- ed he said People were so busy helping that their own troubles were forgotten forgotten forgotten for for- gotten which resulted in psychological psychological psychological psycho psycho- logical benefits rather than injuries in inJuries injuries in- in juries from the air ral raids s. s Fight on Epidemics The English people have realized realised the need for protection from epidemics epidemics epidemics epi epi- epi- epi through boiling their Water water water wa wa- ter Dr Massey said Even distribution distribution distri distri- of essential foodstuffs and free distribution of milk and fruit juices to children has also helped American gifts of clothing were of ot great help to out bombed-out children children chil chil- dren in Coventry during the air raids he said Especially useful were childrens children's shoes Other speakers scheduled at the Monday session included May Mayor r Earl J. J Glade Dr H. H L L. L Marshall president of the Utah Public Health association Dr Reginald M. M Atwater executive secretary American Public Health association association association tion New York Abel Volman professor of sanitary engineering Johns Hopkins university Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore Balti Balti- more Md Dr Charles E. E Lyght director of health h education Nati National National Na Na- ti onal Tuberculosis association New York Dr Walter Waiter S. S Mangold Mangold Mangold Man Man- gold of the Ernest V V. Cowell Memorial Memorial Memorial Me Me- morial h hospital Berkeley Cal Cat and Dr Fred T. T 1 Foard dire director tor U U. S. S public health service district district district dis dis- dis- dis No 8 Denver Colo Dr M Massey and Dr Meyer will wiIl speak at a public meeting in Spaulding Memorial hall haIl East First South street at 8 p. p m. m Dr Massey will speak on wartime health in Coventry and Dr Meyer Meyeron on food preservation problems |