io8 Report of the President 



PUBLIC HEALTH * 



Charles-Edward Amory Winslow, Curator 



The routine exhibition work of the Department has been 

 concentrated chiefly on the completion of the exhibit on the 

 hygiene of the diet installed in the Forestry 

 Exhibits of Hall. The aspect of the subject dealing with the 

 Hygiene problems of personal hygiene is practically com- 



plete, the most important new material installed 

 dealing with the need of the human body for mineral salts, 

 calcium, iron and phosphorus and with the practical ways in 

 which these needs may be economically supplied. The next, 

 and final, section of the Food Exhibit will deal with the prob- 

 lems of food consumption and distribution, with the broad 

 geographical facts in regard to food production and with the 

 food habits of various races and peoples. 



A novel and important contribution has been made along the 

 line of health education by Museum methods in the completion 

 of the School Exhibit on Dietary Hygiene prepared in coopera- 

 tion with the Department of Public Education of the Museum 

 at the request of the Board of Education of the City of New 

 York. A set of twenty of these exhibits has been prepared, 

 each including fifteen food models, a set of food composition 

 blocks and eight charts, constituting a unique and invaluable 

 means for the teaching of dietary hygiene to school children. 

 The exhibit in large measure is based on the original investi- 

 gations of Miss Mary Greig, who has been in charge of the 

 preparation of our food exhibits for three years and whose 

 faithful and efficient service is worthy of special recognition. 

 The syllabus prepared by Miss Greig to accompany the school 

 exhibit is an important contribution to the science of dietary 

 hygiene. 



Under the Department of Public Health (see ateo page 228). 



