Show THAT BODY OF YOURS By Dr James W. W Barton UNITING ALL h HEALTH AGENCIES A man of moderate means learning that a certain family named Blank were In poor circumstances circumstances circumstances cir cir- cir cir- packed a generous basket and sent it to the home of the poor family to arrive the day before Christmas Meeting a resident of the same street as Blanks' Blanks he asked how the Blanks had got along for Christmas The reply was that Blanks had done the best on the street as they had received 15 packed baskets for Christmas Since that time In most communities what are called welfare organizations organizations organizations arrange to help all needy families but by cooperation with other organizations there is little or no duplication not only In baskets but in other channels of life sickness life sickness fuel childrens children's care and other needs As good health is lifes life's greatest greatest greatest great great- est human asset seeing after the health of the individual and the family is the chosen work of ot many voluntary health and welfare welfare welfare wel wel- fare organizations the men and women of which give without stint of their time and money The American people every year pour some fifty million dollars dollars dollars dol dol- dol- dol lars into the coffers of at their nonprofit voluntary health work Three hundred thousand board members and many more volunteers volunteers volunteers volun volun- give time and energy to the health agencies of the country I am quoting from a bulletin of the National Health Council 1790 Broadway New York 19 N N. Y However just as our charitable charitable charitable char char- organizations formerly overlapped and still do to some extent so d do our health organizations organizations organ organ- Iza as shown by a survey made by investigators M M. L Gunn and Philip S. S Platt These investigators found these voluntary health agencies uneven une in their usefulness despite despite despite de de- de- de spite their great help working In the fields of tuberculosis can can- mental hygiene blindness and others In one city 13 separate separate separate sep sep- arate agencies public and private private private vate were found to be furnishIng furnishing furnishing furnish furnish- ing visiting nurses To correct this situation a national movement movement movement move move- ment is under way to help every community in the country establish establish establish lish its own health council r representing rep representing rep rep- presenting p- p resenting all local health organizations organizations organizations organ organ- private and official General Thomas Parran United United United Unit Unit- ed States public health service states that extending basic health services to all parts of ot the country cannot be accomplished accomplished accomplished without the united endeavor endeavor endeavor en en- deavor of the official and nonofficial nonofficial nonofficial non- non official agencies |