Show COITAUIOX IK hCUUOLb Tbo Now York health department being convinced tbat tbe greatest I source of trsnimlstlon of Iniectloui and contagious die among children through contact with each other lu obool propciei 10 Ik radical rneuiuroi lor the mitigation If I not suppression sup-pression of this obvious danger For this purpose appropriations are asked for paying a corps of physicians whole duly II sbsll be to Inspect icbooli regularly and Inform tbemielves directly 1 di-rectly and Indirectly on all points connected con-nected with possible disease dlmIDa than The salary proposed for this service Is I 30 ter I month and lbs Medical Record raises the ttjictlin that no competent reiponslolo midloil practitioner can be Induced to do the work at such a figure That Journal lays the salarylproposlllon oilers a striking means of how not to do the work but It upholds I of Ibo board of health exuicalng jurisdiction jurisdic-tion over the public echo and give cogent reaions therefor It also dclrs Ih1 parohl1 aDd private Institutions should be Included so that all assemblages ol children may be guarded from infectious diseases of all kinds This New York proposition Is 1 one tbat can be noted wltb Intern by other cities ilnce a determination of Its value Is I of ioipartance The Ban Kranclico board 01 health clod the plan a short lImo since cod attempted to close public and private schools where Infectious diseases were claimed to be preient but where tho school authorities opposed Ibo oluMug Up to the present ito board ot health feemi to have got the wont of It and there was toil Ito spectacleol odious declared by health ofllclals to he opec atlng as a potent factor In aiding the epread of disease Ibo board of health was more theoretical than practice1 hence Us defeal Perhaps the jlhim lies will do better |