Proceedings of the quarter-centennial celebration of the establishment of the Michigan State Board of Health : held at Detroit, Michigan, August 9, 1898.

Michigan. State Board of Health

Date:: 1898

Credit: Proceedings of the quarter-centennial celebration of the establishment of the Michigan State Board of Health : held at Detroit, Michigan, August 9, 1898. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

48/102 page 46

$work alrciidy accomidisluMl in pracHcal Sanilation in this Slate through these Sanitary ('oinanitions is incalcnlahh*, and lln^ l’ntni‘(* oj)ens a wide door of nsefnliK'ss along this line. Afternoon Session, Tuesday, August 9, at 2 P. M. (’Jiainiian Wrlls—Tin* lucctinf; Avill coiiic to onU*r. 'I'ho various lines of work which have eiijiafred tlie attention of tlie .MicliiKan State Hoard of Health will oc- cupy most of our time tids afternoon. I)istiiif;uislied sanitarians from abroad, wlio have liad practical t‘xperienc(‘ in tlicse various lines, liave beam asked to i)resent tlieir views upon them at tids time. Educational Work of the Michigan State Hoard of Ih'alth. iindudinj; tlie w<u'k of tlu> .State I.aborator.v of II.VKieue”. is tlie tirst subject upon the proKram. Tids will be considered by Prof. C. A. Lindsley, ^I. !>.. I)(>an of tin* Medical l-'acnlt.v of Vah* ('olli'^e, ex-l*rt‘sident of tlie <;()iiferr ence of Stati* and Provincial Hoards of Ilealtli, and President of tlie American I’libllc Health Association. I Introduce to you Prof. Lindsley:— EDUCATIONAL WOKE OF THE MICllIOAN STATE ROAKI) OF HEALTH, INCLUDINO THE WOKE OF THE STATE LA150KAT0KV OF HVOIENE. HY CHAKLE.S A. LIN’DSLKY, M. I)., PUOFESSOR EMEItPITS IX YALE (’OL- LEtJE, NEW HA VEX, COXX. A plcjistuil duty hits Ihmmi nssigned to nio todiiy, to ontlim* for yon the Avork which yonr St;it(* Roiird of Hetilth Inis iiccoinidished dining the twenly-tive years of its interesting tind illnstrions career. It is always plesisjint to 1‘eiietit the story of success tuid jirogress. Recanse success ini]dies tdTorts jiiit forth, diflicnlties coiuiuei'ed, tuid iichieveinents won. And tlnit jileasnre in this instance is enlnuiced by the consciousness that the victorious conllicts of tin* pjist Inive been so sti'iidily jirogressive towtirds the obji'ct sought, tuid have been so rich in fruitful experienct's as to give tissurances of still future victorii's. of still betttu' success, and of an onwtird progress in the great work of hunianity which has been undertaken. Th(‘ Stiiti* Roard of Health of ^Michigan is among the ohh'st in the T’nion. Not only because of its early establishment, but much more by its judicious Jiiid em*rgetic action, it has been a conspicuous symbol of the intidligmice, the widl-directed entm'iirise. and wisdom of the peojde of ^lichigan. It has been ;i iiionem’, in what Avas jit the time of its or- ganization iilmost !i noAV field of Avoi‘k in this country. Tender the skillful leiulershi)) of its able iind accomplished Secretary, it has jiroved a guiding star, to illumine the Avay and encourage other and younger org.inizations in the sanu* Avork. R(*fore, hoAvever, Ave make any dii-i'ct reference to the many and im- imrtant results Avhich it 1ms mdiieved, let ns brietly consider Avlmt Ave ought reasonably to expect ti Stati* Roard of Health to do. What is its mission? hat are its functions? Its mission is to preach the gosiiel of ])ublic hetilth to till tin* piaiple. *\nd to tluit end its first and foi'iMiiost ri^ipiisiti* is, to be AA’idl informed in stinitary scimicei to$