For the year 1903 we had 196 cases of typhoid fever with 46 deaths, for 1904 we had 1863 cases with 196 deaths, and for the nine months of the present year we have 866 cases with 98 deaths. This marked improvement in the public health has been favorably commented upon by our citizens and visitors. An additional factor in the purification of our water supply was the cooperation of the Board of Public Service in extending inspection over the water shed of contributing streams. Through the enlightened policy of this board, appropriation was made for a thorough inspection of the streams and water shed for a distance of twenty miles, under the direct supervision of the health officer of the city. The Board of Public Service deserves credit for the wise expenditure which they made for this inspection. The Board of Health has, by the application of the merit system and the appointment of employes under competitive examination secured efficient men to fill the various positions under their jurisdiction. The meat inspector and the milk and dairy inspector are both graduates of the College of Veterinary Medicine of the Ohio State University and are both active in bringing the work of their departments up to the highest possible standard. The Plumbing Department has received more attention in the last few years than ever before and during the last six months most efficient work has been done in this important department. Without attempting to give a full report of the work done in the various departments the following figures illustrate the increase of work and improved results of the last two years over that of the years just preceding: Milk analyses Retail milk and meat Meat permits issued ... Animals inspected on hoof before slaughtering Meat condemned, lbs.... Slaughter houses inspected Prosecutions for violating meat rules .. Other Departments. Vaults cleaned ... Nuisances reported 1477 1407 1404 1354 1570 1368 ...21857 21549 15283|18340 33762| 19734 Fees from plumbers and drain layers, meat and milk dealers, 1905, $2,000, a revenue not realized under the former regime. It will be seen by glancing at this table that three times as many milk permits were issued in the last two years as were issued in the preceeding two years, and this, notwithstanding a milk permit now costs fifty cents each six months whereas prior to that no charge was made. For the first time in the history of the city have the dairy cows been carefully examined by the veterinarian with the view of condemning those unsuited for the dairy. During the last two years 63.448 animals were inspected on hoof before slaughtering, thus insuring wholesome meat for our markets. During the same time 29,768 pounds of meat were condemned as unsuitable for food. Our milk is now inspected with a view of maintaining its standard of fat and the prevention of adulteration. The most perfect methods are also used by the milk inspector in making bacteriological counts of milk samples, thus insuring a reasonable degree of purity of milk. The milk inspector has kindly placed at our disposal a complete statement of the methods employed by his department in making these tests and counts, but it is too technical to be of general interest to our readers. In time no doubt the bacteriologic test will be very generally carried out since it insures proper care of milk before distribution and prevents long delay after the milk has left the dairy, making it necessary for the dealer to take every possible precaution against fermentation in transit. Medical News Notes. Dr. C. P. Linhart has removed to 106 East Broad street. Dr. Clark Elder has removed to Ohio avenue, near Main street. The University of Giessen will celebrate the three hundredth centenary of its foundation in May, 1907. Dr. Herman R. Kauffman, who has recently located at Akron, was in the city visiting friends the week of October 23. A TUBERCULOSIS LECTURESHIP.-The Iowa State University College of Medicine has established a lectureship on tuberculosis. Dr. Lewellys F. Barker, successor to Dr. Osler at Johns Hopkins, has been elected president of the Maryland Medical Journal Club. Dr. James M. Rector, who has been in Chicago for some time past, studying diseases of the stomach with Dr. Kirk, returned to the city October 30, 1905. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MEDICINE.-The thirtieth annual meeting of the American Academy of Medicine will be held November 9 and 10, 1905, at the Assembly Hall, Chicago, Ill. Dr. William Osler, Professor of Medicine at Oxford, has accepted an invitation to deliver a series of lectures on the "Diagnosis of Abdominal Tumors," at St. George's Hospital next spring, as the Thomas Young lecturer in medicine. The Pike County Medical Society held a regular monthly meeting at Dr. Mooney's office in Piketon on September 4. Dr. Flint Kline, of Portsmouth, read a paper on "Intestinal Fermentation." The Athens County Medical Society met in the court room, Athens, September 5. D. N. Kinsman, of Columbus, was present and gave a talk on "The Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardiac Diseases." OHIO VALLEY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.-The seventh annual meeting of the Ohio Valley Medical Association will be held November 8, 1905, at Henderson, Ky., under the presidency of J. W. Stone of that city. A varied and interesting program has been provided. The evening session will be followed by a banquet. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.-The thirtyfirst annual meeting of the Mississippi Valley Medical Associa tion was held October 10-11-12, 1905, at Indianapolis, Indiana, under the presidency of Brunsford Lewis, St. Louis, Missouri. The next meeting will be held at Little Rock, Arkansas. This association meets in a medical and surgical clinic, and occasionally further subdivision has been made on account of the abundance of papers. Medical Staff Organized.-The board of the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Xenia, has created a consulting and visiting medical staff, which organized October 6 by the election of Dr. Clark M. Galloway, Xenia, as dean, and Dr. A. C. Messenger, Xenia, as secretary. The staff is made up as follows: Dr. Warren C. Hewitt, resident physician. Drs. Frederick Forchheimer, Cincinnati, A. C. Messenger, Xenia, and Clark M. Galloway, Xenia, general medicine. Drs. George W. Crile, Cleveland, William J. Gillette, Toledo, L. E. Russell, Cincinnati, Robert C. Rind, Springfield, James F. Baldwin, Columbus, Samuel S. Wilson, Xenia, Benjamin R. McClelland, Xenia, and Lawrence H. Brundage, Xenia, general and special surgery. Drs. Robert Sattler, Cincinnati, and Pearle R. Madden, Xenia, eye and ear; Dr. Andrew Timberman, Columbus, nose and throat. Dr. Willian T. Corlett, Cleveland, dermatology, and Dr. Henry C. Houston, Urbana, pediatrics. Recent Medical Books. THE ERA KEY TO THE U. S. P.-A complete list of the drugs and preparations of the United State Pharmacopoeia. Eighth decennial revision (1905). Vest-pocket size; 83 pages; price 25 cents. The Pharmaceutical Era, Publishers, 90 William St., New York. The book comes in vest-pocket size and gives in a "nut-shell" all the essential information required by the physician who desires to prescribe pharmacopoeia remedies-their official names, synonyms and constituent parts, with average doses in both metric and English systems. AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORY. Published by the American Medical Association. An accurate and reliable directory of the medical profession is as necessary to the well informed and progressive physician as a dictionary is to an editor, or a Dunn or Bradstreet is to a banker. It has long been recognized that such a directory was needed. Medical directories, heretofore, have been published purely as commercial enterprises. The American Medical Association has undertaken the publication, upon ethical lines, of a directory of the medical profession of the United States and Canada, not as a commercial venture, but for the purpose of furnishing the profession with a register of legally qualified practitioners, together with other information of interest to physicians. This book is now being prepared and will appear early in 1906. I. It is intended to give the names of all physicians legally qualified to practice medicine, and none other. II. It will contain exactly the same information concerning each physician, as no distinction whatever will be made between subscribers and nonsubscribers. III. It will contain the following information concerning each physician: Name, year of birth, when it can be ascertained; medical college and year of graduation, literary degrees received in course, school of practice; address, office address, and office hours, in all towns over 50,000. IV. All information concerning college and the year of graduation, license and registration will be verified from official sources. V. Names of members of component county and constituent state associations will appear in capital letters. VI. The directory will, therefore, combine the features of a general medical directory and a society blue book. VII. It will contain under each state the following: (1) Medical Practice Laws; (2) Members of State Board of Health and of Board of Medical Examiners; (3) Medical colleges in the state with information concerning each; (4) Principal hospitals, sanatoria and health resorts; (5) Officers of State Medical Associations with roster of Component County Society Officers. Besides the general directory, arranged by states and towns, it will also contain: I. A general alphabetical directory of physicians, with present address. 2. Directory of medical officers of the United States Army, United States Navy and United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service; also list of United States Pension Examiners. 3. Directory of physicians engaged in special lines of practice. It will form a book of about 1200 to 1500 pages, 8x102, bound in dark blue, half leather and half cloth, with gold title. The price will be $7.00. Subscriptions taken in advance of publication will be subject to a discount of $1.00. Members of component county and constituent state branches of the American Medical Association will be given a discount of $1.00 from above |