laboratory work in the year that is ahead of us, and we ask every physician practicing medicine in this county, to feel at perfect liberty at any time, to send this laboratory specimens of sputum, polluted water, adulterated milk, or anything of the kind that he cares to have examined, Education. September a year ago, this Board decided to put on a health exhibit at the State Fair. Last April another was put on at the Southern Electrical Exposition, held in the Armory building for two weeks. This latter exhibit was more than successful in point of interest manifested. The shows consisted of a number of pathological specimens from human and bovine subjects, demonstrating to those of inquiring minds the relationship of the bovine to the human tubercle. We had the walls of our space, comprising six hundred square feet, covered with maps, charts and data for the public, on matters of sanitation. There were distributed from this booth ten thousand circulars upon the prevention of Tuberculosis, Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever, and Typhoid Fever, and twelve thousand booklets on milk in relation to the public health. I can truthfully say that in my opinion no work ever done Lv this Board has been more far reaching in its influence than was these two weeks of hard earnest labor on the part of Dr. Eisenman, State Veterinarian, and two very efficient demonstrators, as well as your humble servant. In September of this year, the Fiscal Court of this county made us an appropriation of thirteen hundred and fifty dollars; one thousand dollars of this amount was spent in the erection of a model, modern, dairy barn for housing six cows, together with a large milk house of two rooms where demonstrations were given during the day to immense crowds of people who visited this space in quest of information. This work was conducted by Prof. Good and Lieut. Bryan, of the Kentucky Experiment Station, and it is needless to say these gentlemen did their part well. I desire to have this Board and the many people in Jefferson County interested in this work to thank these gentlemen, and hope that they may be with us again next year at the State Fair. The exhibit which the Jefferson County Board put on under the auspices of the Fiscal Court, was of the same character as that put on at the exposition in April, with the exception that we had the able assistance of the two Federal Inspectors, Drs. Burneson and Grace. who had charge of a large pathological show case which contained a number of specimens of lungs and intestines taken from dairy cows that had reacted with the tuberculin test in their hands. This part of the exhibit attracted thousands of people. One instance I wish to cite. A gentleman who will hold a seat in the next Senate spent two hours in this tent, and has stated to me since that he is enthusiastic in the support of any measure that may come before the Senate looking to the betterment of health conditions in this State. Again, the Federal Government, through its Dairy Division of Agriculture, sent us Prof. I. C. Wield, an expert in the scoring of milk. He gave daily demonstrations to the milk consumer and milk producer, and at night gave lectures illustrated with lantern slides, looking to the bettering of dairy conditions. This part of the work was highly complimented, and I feel that great good was accomplished through Prof. Wield's efforts. Part of the space in this exhibit was given to the Baby Milk Fund Association, where mothers having care of children were taught the most improved methods of handling milk for the babies. This space was turned over to Mrs. Helen Rogers, Superintendent of the Association, and we were delighted a number of times to be honored by the presence of Dr. Henry E. Tuley, of whom it can be said that not other man living in the city of Louisville today has done more to educate mothers in the care of their babies. I take this opportunity to state that we have suffered a great loss in the death of one of the best men we had in our ranks who spent a lifetime in this branch of work. I refer to Dr. Letchworth Smith, who died last March. His place cannot be filled, for it is to him that this city owes the origin of its Baby Milk Fund Association idea. We who are interested in this work will always cherish his name as one who did his part to help humanity. Peace be to his ashes. Schools. We have in this county 119 public schools, divided as follows: 79 whites, and 38 colored. I shall deal first with the physical conditions of the colored schools. The most of them are abominations and smack of civilization of fifty years ago, but on the whole, the negroes are to be congratulated that the conditions as found in these schools are no worse than they are. Now regarding the white schools. It seems that it has been impossible to educate the people of the rural districts of Jefferson County, to build modern, up-to-date schools, in keeping with the progress of civilization. The most of these buildings are frame structures, some with not enough light, and some with it badly distributed, with no protection for the children's eyes. The water supply is fairly good, with a few exceptions where the water has been examined in the county laboratory and found polluted. In each instance a remedy was found at once. The school teachers of this county are guilty of a very bad practice in caring for these school rooms. They persist in using a broom to sweep these rooms, as well as having the drinking water for the children at times overheated; bad ventilation; atmosphere dust laden; pollution arising from the dirt on the floors and chalk used on the blackboards. I took up this matter of the care of these rooms with the County Superintendent, at the beginning of the past school session and made. the following suggestions: That in future they do away with brooms and use an antiseptic, disinfecting, floor oil, using long handled brushes for cleaning them. I also recommended that the water for drinking purposes be cared for on the outside of the building, in some sort of a cheap structure that would protect it from heat and dust. I am of the opinion that these suggestions have not been carried out, but I shall renew them with the incoming of a new Superintendent. There is a better time coming in the future for the bettering of school conditions in this county, on account of the recent passage of a most excellent bill, known as the Sullivan Bill, which will, I understand, revolutionize the whole county school system as regards taxation and the bettering of all conditions. Dairies. In April, 1907, this Board adopted the Government score card. The dairy division of the Department of Agriculture of the United States Government sent to us Prof. Ivan C. Wiel, chief of the milk investigation. He remained three weeks and from him we learned much about scoring dairies. Now we have found that this system cannot be improved upon. It reduces the physical condition of the dairy to an accurate mathematical proposition. Any man in the business. who possesses average intelligence can at once be shown from this card. wherein he is deficient in barn construction, in the care of his herd, and his method of handling milk. For the information of the Health Officers throughout the State who are not familiar with this card, I herewith attach a blank card: SANITARY INSPECTION OF DAIRIES. Dairy Score Card. Adopted by the Official Dairy Instructors' Association. SCORE Perfect EQUIPMENT. Cows. Health Apparently in good health, 1 If tested with tuberculin once a year and no tuberculosis is found, or if tested once in six months and all reacting animals removed _5 (If tested only once a year and reacting animals found and removed, 2) Light: Four sq. ft. of glass per cow (Three sq. ft., 3; 2 sq. ft., 2; 1 sq. ft., 1. Deduct for uneven distribution.) Ventilation: Automatic system (Adjustable windows, 1.) Cubic feet of space for cow: 500 to 1,000 feet (Less than 500 feet, 2; less than 400 feet, 1; less than 300 feet, 0; over 1,000 feet, 0.) Untensils. Construction and condition of untensils 6 2 22 2 4 3 3 Water for cleaning (Clean, convenient, and abundant.) Small-top milking pail Facilities for hot water or steam 1 |