The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 3, 1933, Page 2

ne ngkcea ee ete Se VRS Te E BISMARCK TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1933 MINNESOTAN AND CANADIAN ADDRESS HEALTH OFFICIALS Election of Officers and More Addresses Are on Wed- nesday Program Having heard four main addresses ‘and many discussions in their open- Ing meeting Tuesday afternoon, mem- bers of the North Dakota Health Of- ficers' association Wednesday were conducting the final sessions of their ninth annual conference here. A banquet Tuesday evening con- cluded the first day's activities. On Wednesday's program were ad- dresses by Miss Gena Johnson of F: g0; E. A. Bostrom, South Dakota epi- demiologist; A. L. Bavone, state sani- tary engineer; Dr. A. A. Whittemore state health officer; Dr. B. K. Kil- bourne of Fargo; and Dr. Maysil M. ‘Williams of the state health depart- ment. ‘ Miss Esther Teichmann of Bis- marck was to lead a discussion fol- lowing Miss Johnson's address. A report was to be given by Miss Viletta Roche, director of the state bureau of vital statistics. Main speakers on Tuesday's pro- gram were Dr. B. Sedlacek, Indian agency physician of Fort Totten; A. W. Ecklund, state bacteriologist; Dr. J. A. Myers of the University of Min- nesota; Dr. Will H. Moore of Valley City; Dr. D. A. Stewart of Ninette, Man.; and Dr. Whittemore. Discussions were led by Dr. L. Otis Fox of Fort Yates, Dr. L. W. Larson of Bismarck, Dr. Fannie Dunn Quain of Bismarck, and Dr. Charles Mac- Lachlan of San Haven. Speakers at the banquet were As- sistant Attorney General P. O. Sathre, Dr. Myers and Dr. Stewart. Dr. Henry L. Halverson of Minot, associ- ation president, was toastmaster. A dance was given by students of the Margaret Ann Ramsey school of dance while Miss Belle Mehus played @ piano solo. Ralph Truman of the Mehus conservatory presented a vio- lin solo. Life Span Lengthened Dr. Myers pointed out that since 1855 the average length of life in the United States has increased 18 years from 40 to 58. He attributed this to the knowledge of what causes especially diphtheria and ty- phoid fever. He traced the history of tubercu- losis to 3,000 or 5,000 years ago, stat- ing that many times the disease is traceable to dairy products. The U. S. bureau of animal indus- try and the livestock sanitary board of the various states, through the tuberculin test and the slaughter of infected animals have done more to control tuberculosis in human beings than any other group. Cooperation was cited as a means of eradicating the disease. In North Dakota that cooperation is being realized, Dr. Myers declared. “A movement has already been in- stituted to develop a state-wide pro- gram of tuberculosis control,” he add- ed. “Every scientific fact necessary to eradicate tuberculosis from the human family is in the hands of your tuberculosis workers. Your groups of workers are in the first class when compared with similar groups throughout the country. They consist of such workers as the practicing medical profession, the health offi- vers, the state sanatorium group, the ‘State Tuberculosis association, the state livestock sanitary board. “The practicing medical profession of North Dakota has an unusually high standard. This has been devel- oped and maintained through your state board of medical examiners. whose members have been extremely careful to admit to the practice of ‘medicine only those persons well qual- (fled. Therefore, throughout the na- decimal point man, and just second-| tion, the North Dakota State Medica! association is looked upon as one of the very best. “After all, the ‘practicing profession ts an extremely powerful group from the standpoint of tuberculosis control. Health Officers Elect Fargo Man Dr. B. K. Kilbourne of Fargo was elected president of the North Dakota Health Officers’ associa- tion at its ninth annual confer- ence here. He succeeds Dr. Henry L. Hal- verson of Minot. Dr. E. G. Sasse of Lidgerwood was named vice president and Dr. A. A, Whittemore, state health of- ficer, was reelected secretary. Each private practitioner's office may ‘be looked upon as a tuberculosis clinic. “Another extremely important group in your control program is your group | of health officers. \ | “In Fargo, one of the very best demonstrations of all time has been conducted. The work subsequent to that demonstration has been of a su- perior nature. “Such communicable diseases as ‘diphtheria have almost become of his- toric interest. Other city health of- ficers are doing excellent work. All of this, of course, under the direction of your very unusual state health de- ‘partment in Bismarck. | “One of the outstanding features of the public health work in North Da- kota is the good cooperation between the health officers and the practicing physicians. Although this does not exist in some parts of the country it is absolutely essential in the contro? of communicable diseases.” Dr. Myers praised the North Dakota state livestock sanitary board, point- ing out that the state was the seventh in the nation to become accredited. “This means that the incidence of tuberculosis among cattle has been re- duced from whatever it was in the be- ginning to five-tenths of one per cent or less. This is the greatest demon- stration of tuberculosis control work. either experimental or clinical, that your state has.ever experienced,” he} said. ' Must Consider Disease Dr. Stewart described his quarter of century of effort toward establishment of a tuberculosis sanatorium in Mani- toba. No talk of health, he said, is com- plete without serious consideration of disease. Just how far science has advanced \is indicated by the fact that “many diseases are banished and some diseases of the old world are about. as dead as the dodo.” “Death rates have been cut in two,” he said, “and we can cut them in two once more if we can only get the peo- ple interested.” | Explaining why we “say so much and do so much about tuberculosis,” he said “when one disease kills more than 400 persons a year in a small |province like Manitoba—with a popu- ‘lation no greater than a second-rate ‘city—or 300 a year out of the popu- lation of North Dakota, doesn’t it de- serve to be talked about?” | “Tuberculosis infection—not disease but infection—is almost universal,” |Dr. Stewart said, explaining that everybody has tuberculosis infection, at some time during life. | A plea for a more personal contact, between the physicians and the state public health laboratories was made by Ecklund. |. Two common types of errors made , by physicians in their association with the laboratory are clerical errors and those due to improper collection and preservation of materials submitted for examination, he said. He sug- ‘gested checks against these. Laboratory Errors Serious | Laboratory errors are more common and much more serious, he said, These are caused by “an inherent bi- and ological limitation of accuracy” and; “the personnel of the laboratory.” He then gave a description of how disease tests are made and explained ilimitations for accuracy and reasons for error. | The public health bacteriologist must make accuracy the chief aim of his life work, Ecklund said. He must be “not just a 3.2 man but a fourth ary to this, he must realize that he is ,not simply dealing with inanimate | specimens, but that through them he is touching the hopes and fears of hu- manity itself.” Dr. Sedlacek described the program ‘which health authorities at the Devils} Lake Sioux reservation, treating 1,500 Indians, are endeavoring to put through, “As in all new work among a race that has been in contact with civiliza- tion but a short time, we had to over- come suspicion, ignorance, tribal cus- toms, the.Indian Medicine Man,” he said, “and gain the confidence of the Indian people by concrete results of less sickness, quicker recoveries and a lowered death rate. “In order to do this, the field nurse and I have attended the meetings of various church and farm organiza tions, lectured to them and explained preventative medicine in the simplest language we know.” In the fall of 1929, toxin-antitoxin | was given to 337 children at the Fort Totten boarding school. This was followed by smallpox vaccination of all children not previously vaccinat- | ed. This work has been continued. | Epidemic Was Prevented | A diphtheria epidemic was pre- j vented, he said, by a tonsillectomy | Upon a teacher who had infected ton- | Sils. A written picture of the Indian home on the reservation is secured through a “family folder,” he said, “which contains the family history of father, mother and children, their health status in regard to syphilis, trachoma, smallpox, diphtheria and survey is expected to be completed this year, 187 of the 275 families al- ready having been recorded. Wasserman test work of all Indians jalso is nearing completion, he said. “Tuberculosis is our greatest pro- blem,” he said. Seventeen infected children have been sent to a sana- torium at Toledo, Ia, Dr. Sedlacek says he has spent con- siderable time this year in a fight on trachoma. He discussed this eye dis- ease, described symptoms and ex- Plained treatment. In closing he gave a statistical health report of the reservation, Dr. Moore gave a brief history of the state health department, from its organization in territorial days, 1885, to the present. Many Attend Sessions Those from outside the city who registered for the meeting included: Charles MacLachlan, San Haven; D. A. Stewart, Ninette, Man.; E. A. Bostrom, Waubay, 8. D.; J. A. Myers, Minneapolis; DeWitt Baer, Steele; Dr. Smaha, Elbowoods; R. H. Leavitt, Carson; P. F. Rice, Solen; Gena M. Johnson, Fargo; Mrs. Carl Johnson, the amount of their education.” The | Be bea while low Loree extends along the eastern ky Mountain slope. The weather is unsettled in all sections and yids occurred in the Great Lakes region and at many places from the western Plains States westward to the Pacific coast, Cool weather prevails in all sections. North Dakota Corn and Wheat Re- sion Sui For the week ending May 2, 1933. Cool, cloudy and somewhat unset- tled weather generally Vavoes with rather heavy precipitatién in the southeast portion. Seeding spring wheat is nearing completion with early planted in good condition; oth- er small grain seeding made good Progress. Plowing for corn general in all sections. Pastures and ranges improved rapidly and livestock is in good condition. Missouri river stage at 7 a. m. 2.5 ft._ 24 hour change, 0.4 ft. Bismarck station barometer, inches: 28.21, Reduced to sea level, 29.99, PRECIPITATION REPORT For Bismarck station: Total this month to date . Normal, this month to date . Total, January ist to date Normal, January 1st to dat Accumulated deficiency to di NORTH DAKOTA POINTS High- Low- est Pct “4 BISMARCK, cldy. Amenia, cidy. cldy. 338 3s 2 3 Oakes, peldy. Parshall, cldy. Pembina, cldy. ... Williston, cldy. .... Wishek, clear .... SOUTH DAKOTA POINTS High- Low- est est Pct. - 60 38 .00 es SSRSSRSLRRSARASaSRaszeaaRe 88888s8sseseeeesessss% 2 a eo = Huron, cldy. ... Pierre, cldy. ... Valley City; R. R. Hogue, Linton; 8. J. Hillis, Berthold; J. R. McGibony, Belcourt; I. C. Patterson, Lisbon; Fred C. Spalding, Valley City; Oscar Smith, Killdeer; D. W. Matthael, Fes- enden; Will H. Moore and J. Van Houten, Valley City; Colin Campbell, Ashley; L. G. Eastman, Hazen. John Simon, Napoleon; J. L. De- vine, Minot; B. Sedlacek, Fort Tot- ten; John A. Cowan, Flaxton; J. J. Seibel, Harvey; N. W. Schumacher, Hettinger; B. K. Kilbourne, Fargo; H. Vande Erve, Carrington; Bessie Nicoll, St. Louis, Mo.; E. G. Sasse, Lidgerwood; H. L. Halverson, Minot; C. E. Howard, Cogswell; Edwin Goss, Carrington; Mary E. McKay, Indian- apolis, Ind.; Dr, and Mrs. G. B. Rib- ble, La Moure; and M. R. Hagerott, Mandan. ° Se | Weather Report | oe—___—_—_—__. 2 FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Occa- sional showers tonight and Thurs- day; not much change in temper- ature. For North Da- kota: Occasional showers tonight and Thursday; not much change in_temperature. For South Da- kota: Occasional showers tonight and Thursday; not much change in_temperature. For Montana: Showers _ tonight and Thursday; not much change in temperature. For Minnesota: Cloudy tonight and Thursday, possibly showers in ex- treme west portion; little change in temperature. GENERAL CONDITIONS A high pressure area is centered over Manitoba and Minnesota this One of these New Electric Ranges can be YOURS convenient monthly budget. ever “Imagine a stove so kerchief spotless! Range. with a handkerchief . . A China dish isn’t any easier to keep clean than the gleaming porce- lain of my new WESTINGHOUSE Electric LEAN! it’s the cleanest stove I’ve used” clean you can wipe it . and find the hand- And what.a relief not having to scour black- ened pots and pans. on a clean. An electric range is a joy to the woman who likes to keep things “I'm certainly proud of mine.” North Dakota Power & Light Company Denver, Colo, cldy. ... Des Moines, Ia., peldy. Dodge City, Kan., cldy. 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