hall. The building was erected in 1883.

It is not a substantial structure

and would be in danger of collapse in high winds.

Heating. The building is heated by a stove in each of the two rooms. Ventilation.-There are no means of ventilation except by the doors

and windows.

Hallways. The hallways are each 11 feet by 13 feet in area. A stairway two and a half feet wide leads straight up from the lower hall and ends at the door opening into the upper room. A board partition separates the stairway from the rest of the halls. These stairs are very steep and would be very dangerous in case of fire.

Lower Room.-This room is 21 feet by 31 feet in area. It is lighted by six windows, each 3 feet by 7 feet. Two are in each of the north, west, and south walls, respectively.

This room is occupied by the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh grades. There are thirty pupils in the room. The floors are rough and dirty. The walls and ceilings are unclean and patches of plastering are absent.

Upper Room.-This room is a counterpart of the lower room in all respects except that the floor is shaky and dangerous. This room is occupied by the eighth grade and high school. There are forty pupils enrolled.

First, Second and Third Grades.-These pupils are quartered in a small room in the rear of an implement storehouse.

Recommendations. It is respectfully recommended that the building be

condemned.

After full consideration of the above report of sanitary survey, the following was adopted:

PROCLAMATION.

Whereas, It has been shown to the satisfaction of the Indiana State Board of Health, in special session, at Indianapolis, May 21st, 1907, that the schoolhouse at Fillmore, l'utnam County, Indiana, is old, dilapidated, insufficiently ventilated, improperly lighted, unevenly warmed, and otherwise unsanitary, so as to threaten the health and lives of the pupils; therefore, it is

Ordered, That the said schoolhouse is formally condemned for school purposes, and shall not be used for school purposes after June 1st, 1907. Any school trustee, township trustees, or school teacher or other person who may use said schoolhouse for school purposes after June 1st, 1907, shall be promptly prosecuted as by the statutes provided.

Third Regular Meeting.

REGULAR MEETING INDIANA STATE BOARD OF

HEALTH.

JULY 12, 1907.

AFFAIRS CONSIDERED OF THE FISCAL QUARTER ENDING APRIL 30TH, AND THE CALENDAR QUARTER ENDING JUNE 30TH, 1907.

Called to order by President Tucker at 2 p. m. Present: Drs. Tucker, McCoy, Davis, Wishard, Hurty.

Minutes of the last regular meeting and of the special meeting of the 21st read and approved.

REPORT OF SECRETARY FOR CALENDAR QUARTER ENDING JUNE 30, 1907.

The orders of the Board in regard to the schoolhouses condemned at the last regular meeting and the special meeting held May 21st, were duly executed. The proclamations, as adopted, were posted and in every instance new and sanitary schoolhouses will be built, but it seems proper to record that in two instances there have been vigorous protests by those who thought new buildings were not needed.

HEALTH OF THE STATE DURING THE QUARTER.

The statistical tables show the health of the quarter to have been about 212 per cent. better than in the corresponding period last year. However, measles has prevailed to an extraordinary degree, epidemics being reported from all parts of the state. In Indianapolis five schools have been closed and over 3,000 cases reported. Scarlet fever has also been reported extensively, but the cases have usually been mild. The situation in regard to smallpox and ty phoid fever is shown by the following tables:

May 4th-Washington, D. C. To attend National Tuberculosis

Association.

May 25th-Bloomington, city sanitation.

May 28th-Fishers, schoolhouse inspection.

June 3d-Kennard, schoolhouse inspection.

June 4th-Huntington, to attend court on subpoena.

June 17th-Evansville, city sanitation.

June 27th-Spencer, summoned by grand jury.

June 29th-Valparaiso, city sanitation and public health lectures. Full accounts of these visits are appended.

Washington, May 4th-On this date the delegates went to Washington, according to the permission of the Board, to attend the third annual meeting of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. The sessions extended over three days. Monday, May 6th, the Association was called to order in general meeting. There was an address by the President, Dr. Herman H. Biggs, followed by a report on the International Congress of Tuberculosis, by Dr. Lawrence F. Flick. In the afternoon the Associa

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tion divided into sections, namely: Section of Tuberculosis in Chil-
dren; Sociological Section; Clinical and Climatilogical Section;
Pathological and Bacteriological Section; Surgical Section.

The secretary attended the section on Tuberculosis in Children,
of which Dr. Thos. M. Rotch, of Boston, was chairman. Four papers
were read and discussed. On Tuesday morning, May 7th, I at
tended the Pathological and Bacteriological Section, of which Dr.
F. F. Wesbrook was chairman. Eight papers were read in this
section. On Tuesday afternoon the entire Association was received
by President Roosevelt, and following the reception we attended an
address by Dr. Osler. On Wednesday, May 8th, I attended the
Clinical and Climatilogical Section, of which Dr. George Dock, of
Ann Arbor, was chairman. Four papers were read before this
section and three reports were presented. The report of the com-
mittee on medication in tuberculosis was read, and the discussion
when summed up amounted to the conclusion that medication was of
little or no value. The report itself, and quite all the speakers, con-
tended that very little medication for symptoms not caused by the
tubercular condition was all that should be considered. The report
of the committee on mixed infection and its discussion was most in-
teresting and enlightening, and the paper entitled "The Varieties
of Tuberculosis," by Dr. Woods Hutchinson, of New York, was
striking.

I feel that I received much benefit and much enlightenment and surely acquired more enthusiasm on account of this visit to Washington.

Bloomington, May 25th.-On this date I visited Bloomington to confer with the authorities in regard to sanitary conditions in that city. I arrived about 11 o'clock and immediately met with the mayor and public health committee of the council. Bloomington's water supply and sewerage system, already constructed, and the sewers yet needed, were discussed and plans examined. I recommended the passage of a garbage ordinance, requiring that all householders shall keep their garbage in tightly-covered metal containers and that the same should be collected at least three times a week in the summer time and at least once a week in the winter time. For disposal of the garbage I recommended cremation, and lacking this, that the same be fed to swine at some distance from the city, or buried in a convenient ravine.

Fishers, May 28th.-I went to Fishers, a station on the Lake Erie & Western Railroad, in Hamilton County, in order to make a survey

of the schoolhouse at that place. This survey was presented at our last special session and acted upon.

Kennard, June 3d.-I visited Kennard on account of a schoolhouse, which was found very unsanitary. There was no opposition to building a new one, and, the advisory board and trustees being present, they then and there agreed that a new one should be constructed. No report, therefore, is required and no action by this Board.

Huntington, June 4th.-I went to Huntington in obedience to a subpoena from the circuit court, which was to try the cases of the schoolhouse condemnations at Monument City and Rock Creek Township. I was not called to testify, because the court dismissed the case on account of faulty procedure.

Evansville, June 17th.-At Evansville I consulted with the city engineer and committee from the council in regard to a sewer known as the Pennsylvania sewer, which was projected by the city government and which was opposed by certain citizens. This sewer, about two miles in length, was intended to drain a very wet region to the northeast of the city, and would empty into Bee Slough, a sluggish slough above the town. The objectors claimed that the sewer would become stagnant in Bee Slough and as the mouth of the same opened into the Ohio river about a quarter of a mile below the intake of the waterworks, that, therefore, the public water supply would be threatened. The plans of the engineer and all facts showed that for five years at least no sewage would be introduced into the sewer, and that it would only carry drainage from the land. As this drainage was exactly of the same composition as the water in Bee Slough, no objections could hold against it at the present time. It was, therefore, proposed to empty the sewer into the slough and leave to the future its extension down to the river. For if the extension were ordered at this time, it would be impossible to build the sewer, inasmuch as they could not carry the expense. A conference was held with citizens in the council chamber and it was finally agreed not to oppose the construction of the sewer, as it seemed to be the best that could be done.

Spencer, June 27th.-In obedience to a request by telephone from the judge of Owen County and the foreman of the grand jury, I went to Spencer. Upon arrival, the foreman of the grand jury, deputy prosecutor and a second member of the grand jury, went with me to visit three slaughter houses. It was the desire of the