Show courses offered in public health correspondence school conducted by institutions washington correspondence and reading courses in public health have been conducted by seven state departments of health and by six universities in this efty wry tr y in the last two to years yeara to the united states public health service for to more than a bear ear has been collecting data on the tha subject from the exec executive uthe officers of state departments of health and from ithe ahe universities with which class A medical schools are affiliated of the courses given by departments of otlie health alth five are for sanitarians sanit arians those conducted in kansas illinois ohio new mexico and in addition the virginia state health department offers a correspondence course for teachers in both virginia and minnesota a course Is given in the glene of maternity and infancy for mothers and a second course Is offered in Pennsy pennsylvania liania one for persons connected with nith industries schools and with civic and religious organizations in no case Is tuition charged for the courses conducted by state departments of health says a summary of the survey mimeographed or printed lessons are distributed in several instances and in two cases textbooks are used those taking the course are required to answer questions by mall mail from time to time in four or five instances in connection with each lesson the number enrolled enroll ed varies a great deal so BO also does the length of course some courses for laymen the correspondence courses offered by universities are in five fhe instances conducted by th extension division of the un university hersity and in one case by the department of hygiene one university conducts only one course two conduct two courses two tour four courses and one conducts seven courses most courses appeared to be offered primarily tor for those who mho are now or intend to be engaged in public health work although a few courses apparently are for laymen in all cases tuition Is barged textbooks are used and examinations given academic credit is granted tor for all courses except in one university where credit Is given when thle student Is enrolled in the school of medicine the length of courses varies from 20 to 40 lessons while the courses offered by universities may have a more dignified status than those offered by state departments of health lic alth the number ot of students enrolled Is not large the ohio state department of 6 health has prepared a course with the asal N te of the international health persons employed in public health y ork orb on a full time or part time basis not including however nurses the work requires quites re one year tint but no definite time Is set for completing it the kansas state slate board of Tie health alth which also received assistance from the international health board established in january 1923 a correspondence course for sanitarians sanit arians mostly part time county health officers of the aho inho vho enrolled the entire number completed the file course the course was repeated in 1021 1024 1 the bureau of public health of the department of public welfare of new mexico organized for city and county health officers a correspondence course in 1020 consisting of 40 lessons given nt ut weekly intervals th course was taken by LO 50 persons the work has baa not been conducted in a systematic way since 1020 the virginia state board of health operates two correspondence spon dence courses one for teachers and one for mothers the minnesota state board of health through its division of child hy hygiene glene conducts a correspondence course in the bigl hygiene e ne of maternity and infancy the pennsylvania deportment department ot of health through its division of 0 public health education has conducted two courses which it designated as correspondence spon dence courses cours cB the tha university of chicago maintains a 0 large home study department seven courses are given in th the e department part ment ot hygiene and bacteriology the UnI university universe versi ty of wisconsin at present offers chrol through gh its extension division approximately four courses two for mothers find and women generally one for nurses and one for health officers the university ot or arkansas announces through its general extension divisions courses in the fol following lowin g subjects school hygiene a ge water anks and illuminating engineering the university ot of kansas announces through its correspondence stu study dy bureau a non bon credit course in home health and homo home nur nursing ilog which Is tali taken en by many women over ove r the lie state the university of tennessee tenness ce through its department of 0 hygiene ot of fared in january 1923 23 a correspondence course in personal and community hygiene |