THE SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS 149 



The closing session of the Sixth International Congress was 

 held on the morning of October 5, 1908. The Secretary of the 

 Treasury, Hon. George B. Cortelyou, presided. The Committee 

 on Resolutions, of which Dr. Livingston Farrand was the secre- 

 tary had, during the sessions of the Congress, considered numer- 

 ous resolutions. To summarize the work of the Congress in a few 

 brief statements of purpose was found to be a difficult task; but 

 the following resolutions, adopted unanimously by the Congress, 

 accomplished the task in a commendable manner: 



Resolved, That the attention of the state and central governments be called 

 to the importance of proper laws for the obligatory notification, by medical 

 attendants, to the proper health authorities, of all cases of tuberculosis coming 

 to their notice, and for the registration of such cases, in order to enable the 

 health authorities to put in operation adequate measures for the prevention 

 of the disease. 



Resolved: That the utmost efforts should be continued in the struggle against 

 tuberculosis to prevent the conveyance of tuberculous infection from man to 

 man as the most important source of the disease. 



Resolved: That preventive measures be continued against bovine tubercu- 

 losis, and that the possibility of the propagation of this to man be recognized. 



Resolved: That we urge upon the public and upon all governments (a) the 

 establishment of hospitals for the treatment of advanced cases of tuberculosis, 

 (b) the establishment of sanatoriums for curable cases of tuberculosis, (c) the 

 establishment of dispensaries, day camps, and night camps for ambulant cases 

 of tuberculosis which cannot enter hospitals or sanatoriums. 



Resolved: That this Congress indorses such well-considered legislation for 

 the regulation of factories and workshops, the abolition of premature and 

 injurious labor of women and children, and the securing of sanitary dwellings, 

 as will increase the resisting power of the community to tuberculosis and other 

 disease. 



Resolved: That this Congress indorses and recommends the establishment 

 of playgrounds as an important means of preventing tuberculosis through their 

 influence upon health and resistance to disease. 



Resolved: That instruction in personal and school hygiene should be given 

 in all schools for the professional training of teachers. 



Resolved: That whenever possible such instruction in elementary hygiene 

 should be intrusted to properly qualified medical instructors. 



Resolved: That colleges and universities should be urged to establish courses 

 in hygiene and sanitation, and also to include these subjects among their 

 entrance requirements, in order to stimulate useful elementary instruction in 

 the lower schools. 



