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The application of sanitary science in the state is very 

 largely due to the efforts of the State Board of Health. In 

 this Board we have united in congenial cooperation a corps 

 of medical advisers, engineers, chemists, bacteriologists and 

 inspectors, of whom the people of the state should be proud. 

 The work of this Board has been aggressive, efficient and ef- 

 fective, as is shown by the results that have been attained in 

 the cities and towns, and now the work is being pushed into 

 the country districts with the same energy that was applied 

 to the city problems. 



I sincerely hope that the entire membership of the Academy 

 of Science will enlist in earnest cooperation with the members 

 of the State Board of Health in their work, and thus aid in 

 bringing to Kansas an era of sound practical sanitation. 



Although the progress that has been made in sanitary 

 engineering in the past decade is worthy of compliment, only a 

 furrow has been made in the field that lies before. What may 

 be achieved in the future depends on the joint efforts of the 

 scientist and the experienced workman. Let the people be- 

 come awake to the truth and join in the effort to eradicate 

 disease, and sanitary engineering will advance to an important 

 place in the life of the twentieth century. 



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