Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-11-22 | Page 9 | Officers Making Plans for Session

OFFICERS MAKING i I I R PLANS FOR SESSION 1 Health Conference to to Be BeHeld BeHeld c Held in Detroit on December 1 1 DETROIT Mich Nov 1 22 Plans 2 Plans ere re developing eloping rapidly for a national health I conference to be held in Detroit Novem Novem- November i iber II ber 30 10 0 and December 1 at which representatives of health departments from all aU of ot the larger cities in the tho count country will I discuss tho the housing situation and its ef cf effect effect ef- ef feet upon the health Of the tho people Officials of the local board of health I to dene determine de de- arc conducting a health survey termine ne the difference ff cn in death rate between between be- be I t tween c centers of the e c city that are crowded and those where the number ot 01 of I persons In a a. given territory Is not as great Similar surveys s 's arc are being conducted conducted con con- conI I ducted In other large larbe cities of the Ule country country coun- coun try and reports will be submitted atthe meeting here I The Detroit survey sur is a of one conducted in 1919 Several cross sections sec sections sections sec sec- of the city elty were chosen for the sun survey ey and representative blocks In these thes sections inspected The death rate per I 1 Is being figured upon the tho following following follow follow- In ing factors The number of ot families in each apart apart- ment The number of persons ms In each room I The number of pers persons ns using each lavator lav lav- ator atory The number of persons on each acre acro The number of or tO roomers mers I In previous surveys a a. a much higher I death rate was found In crowded centers I than In less populated districts and the I same finding is expected this year ear The arm aim of ot the confer conference nce according to Dr Henry I F I Vaughan Detroit's I health commissioner Is to bring to the attention of the country the danger of o overcrowding ding r I