14 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 



At the closing business session the following resolutions 

 were reported favorably by the Committee and were unani- 

 mously adopted by the Association. 



Whereas the registration of all births and of all deaths is most essential 

 for the study of infantile mortality and the prevention of the deaths of 

 infants and children from avoidable causes ; therefore be it 



Resolved, That the American Association for Study and Prevention of 

 Infant Mortality approves of the model law for the registration of births 

 and deaths, as recommended by the American Medical Association, the 

 American Public Health Association, and the United States Bureau of the 

 Census, and urges the thorough enforcement of such laws by the officials 

 charged with the responsibility of their execution, with prosecution of 

 physicians and midwives who neglect their duties to their clients and to 

 the public health by failing or neglecting to register births as required 

 by law. 



Resolved, That the American Association for Study and Prevention of 

 Infant Mortality urges State Boards of Health together with State Boards 

 of Education to provide, in the rural schools, for conferences of mothers 

 and for home instruction of mothers and expectant mothers in maternal 

 and infant hygiene. 



Resolved, That the American Association for Study and Prevention of 

 Infant Mortality endorses the movement for a National Department of 

 Health, believing that the establishment of such a department wilt lead 

 to a great reduction of infant mortality, not only through improved regu- 

 lation of interstate commerce in milk, infant foods, and medicines, but 

 also through wider dissemination of information and more rapid improve- 

 ment in our knowledge of the causes of infant mortality and the methods 

 of prevention. 



Whereas healthy parents, right customs and wholesome environment are 

 essential factors in preventing infant mortality; therefore be it 



Resolved, by the American Association for Study and Prevention of 

 Infant Mortality, that boards licensing teachers for schools should give 

 as detailed tests in elementary hygiene, sanitation, and biology as are given 

 in mathematics or in language. 



Resolved, That the Secretary of Agriculture be requested to consider 

 the advisability and the feasibility of establishing official standards and 

 requirements for milk branded as "Certified," "Inspected," or "Pas- 

 teurized," and, if found feasible and advisable, to establish such standards. 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Association are hereby offered to 

 President Remsen and the Board of Trustees of the Johns Hopkins Uni- 

 versity for the use of McCoy Hall for the meeting and the exhibition. 

 The Association is sensible of the inconvenience endured by the University, 

 its professors and its students for the sake of adding another to the many 

 previous examples of the University's fostering interest in movements 

 for the public good. 



Re'solved, That the thanks of the Association are due, and are hereby 

 expressed, to the retiring president, Dr. J. H. Mason Knox, Jr., who has 

 guided the Association successfully through the first year of its existence, 

 has developed a volume of valuable proceedings, has presided with admir- 

 able courtesy and patience, and, in a word, has served the aims of the 

 Association with distinction. 



