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Show COMMUNICATION FROM . B0ARD"0F HEALTH It is tiufortunate that so Urge a proportion of health officers should have failed to be present at the, recent annual meeting ul the Health Oflicers Associ itioti, IhVtotal attendance uot exceu-jngjje-iifth of the eutire number num-ber in the State. 'iMie purpose" of these meetings is to instruct and better equipped health officers for the performance of their duties through the discussion discus-sion of the cuise, ways of dis-semination dis-semination and methods of prevention of disease. Anyone of common intelligence would appreciate witlicfut argUEltat I .the extreme usefulness autlf iui portauce of such mcctgs 'and realize that every in-jmiinitv in-jmiinitv should be glad iOVJil itse.f of the opportunity afTmded to better wfegtinrrl the liymfciid health of the people. W, A notice setting forth UjVb-jects UjVb-jects and importance was' sua to various authorities iu thevSpte requesting that they 'tffiSint delegates ami provide .Ybjttie pa)tnent of their trntiuvg espenses. Their general4Bal-ure general4Bal-ure to do so merits the ".geffiy condemnation, which s.miJr mentcd b the further JUBmI11 a large majority of hcnltjcMBt iu the State receive prfiTOWUj' no remuneration for thctjBp vices and all arc rhlttnUMJfy underpaid. Human fiveJBjffll untold sufTering is the nficejiofj this kind of economy, audjmil remain io until the lethargwm ignorance and apathy is thwn off and an enlightened oWuS I sentiment asserts itself ' .Sm! |