TALKING IT OVER 



This picture shows an officer of the Public Health Service in the act of explaining to 

 one of the residents of an extra cantonment zone the necessity of putting his premises into 

 a sanitary condition. The art lies in making the people themselves actually want to do the 

 work recommended. Much better results can be obtained in this way than are possible by 

 perfunctorily ordering them to do it. 



cities to be discarded and replaced by 

 modern sanitary conveniences. Data had 

 to be collected regarding all cases of com- 

 municable disease ; adequate diagnostic 

 laboratories to be installed, and complete 

 epidemiological studies made in each case 

 of reported illness. Isolation, disinfec- 

 tion, and the institution of prompt pro- 

 phylactic measures against epidemics ; the 

 frequent inspection and rigid supervision 

 of food supplies, especially milk, cream, 

 and ice-cream, and of all places where 



food was sold ; the pasteurization of the 

 milk supply; the scoring of dairies; the 

 careful inspection of each rural home and 

 the education of the general public for 

 the purpose of engaging its assistance in 

 this mighty task — these were but a few 

 of the activities the necessity for which 

 was pointed out in the report. 



On the 27th of June a sanitary officer 

 of wide experience took charge of the 

 work in an advisory capacity. The fol- 

 lowing day the local authorities made a 



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