HEALTH 103 



We find urgent need for better supervision of 

 public health in rural communities on the part of 

 states and localities. The control is now likely to 

 be exercised only when some alarming condition 

 prevails. We think that the federal government 

 should be given the right to send its health offi- 

 cers into the various states on request of these 

 states, at any time, for the purpose of investigat- 

 ing and controlling public health; it does not now 

 have this right except at quarantine stations, 

 although it may attend to diseases of domestic 

 animals. It should also engage in publicity work 

 on this subject. 



6. WOMAN'S WORK ON THE FARM. 



Realizing that the success of country life de- 

 pends in very large degree on the woman's part, 

 the Commission has made special effort to ascer- 

 tain the condition of women on the farm. Often 

 this condition is all that can be desired, with 

 home duties so organized that the labor is not 

 excessive, with kindly cooperation on the part of 

 husbands and sons, and with household machines 

 and conveniences well provided. Very many 

 farm homes in all parts of the country are pro- 



