*The names are published as they appeared on the certificates of attendance.

"AND THE STREET CARS ARE SO CROWDED NOW, TOO!"

"There are 75,000 persons in Toledo who have not had baths since the warm weather last fall, and won't have until the public swimming pools and the river open in the spring.

"The reason is that there are not less than 15,000 houses in Toledo occupied by large families that have no bath rooms or tubs with running water.

"And this condition will continue and grow worse, especially among the poor and foreign population of the city, unless a public bath house is erected. New York, Detroit and other cities have been compelled to do it-why not Toledo?"

These are facts that must be met before Toledo can be called a clean city, Park Secretary Frank Respess declares. Health Commissioner Selby endorsed the statements.-Toledo Blade.

WILL MAKE SURVEY OF PIQUA.

The United States health service at Washington, D. C., has detailed Surgeon Carroll Fox to make a health survey in this city, beginning on February 1st.

The Chamber of Commerce made application to the department several months ago to have a survey made of health and sanitation here and the announcement that this important work is to be commenced next month will be gratifying to the public.

The investigation will take in every phase of living and working conditions in the city and a full report will be filed by the surgeon after his return to Washington.

At the same time the health survey is made engineers of the B. & O. railroad will be here and make an industrial and civic survey of the city. The engineers and Surgeon Carroll will work in conjunction. The work will require several weeks time.-Piqua Leader-Dispatch.

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES AND THEIR WORK.

Thirty-seven cases of tuberculosis reported through the admission and discharge service from the various tuberculosis hospitals were investigated by the nurses of the division of public health education and tuberculosis of the state health department. Seven calls for conferences with public health nurses throughout the state were made by the State Supervising Nurse.

Mrs. Jean K. Graham has been appointed by the Boards of Education of Ashtabula county to introduce school nursing into the rural schools.

The Toledo District Nurse Association has supplied a nurse for the village of Rossford. Miss Wilma Kilmer has been appointed to begin the work.

December 1st-Miss Florence E. Pace began her work as public health nurse for the city of Fremont. She is employed by the Federation of Women's Clubs.

December 4th-Miss Mary E. Holz was appointed county nurse for Tuscarawas county. This position was left vacant by the resignation of Miss Margaret Ruba.

December 14th-The Committee on Nursing in the city of Tiffin employed Miss Natalie Heisser as their public health nurse.

December 31st-Miss Edna Dwelle, county nurse for Cuyahoga county, resigned.

Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Morse, of Shelby, have presented an electric automobile to the Shelby Good Health League for the use of the public health nurse. The city council has agreed to be responsible for the upkeep of the car. This is a splendid example which other cities would do well to follow. More can be accomplished if the nurse can devote her entire working day to public health nursing instead of wasting time and strength in walking long distances from one patient to another.

The board of health of Akron has set aside an experimental block in the city in which one nurse will handle all cases of sickness. This is the Dayton plan of one nurse to a district, which has been adopted in Cleveland as well.

The city council of Athens and the boards of health of Bellefontaine, Defiance, and Lorain have adopted resolutions favoring the employment of a public health nurse in their cities.

The Children's Aid Society of Canton has added another nurse to its staff. Miss Ida Meyer began work December 1. This society now has three full time and one half-time nurses at work. Mrs. Josephine Bifoss is the supervisor.

On December 14 Miss Leona Routledge resigned as public health nurse for Lake county. No successor has been appointed to date.

On December 15 Miss Delia Isler resigned as public health nurse for Norwalk. No successor has been appointed to date.

Miss Sutton's luncheon bringing together the Public Health Nurses of surrounding towns, Thursday, proved of much impetus and

aid to this fine community work in practical suggestion, as well as an affair of much social pleasure.

The guests were seated at a large round table in the private dining room of the Cherry hotel and served with a delicious prepared menu.

The Round Table discussion which followed took up educational features of the work, medical and dental inspection and many projects beneficial to the health of the community.

A special campaign is to be launched against flies. The nurses are planning to do fine team work.

Miss Abbe, of Greenfield, told of her "Practical Nurses Class," started but a short time ago but already showing results.

Miss Howe, of Lancaster, interested the other nurses in her "Little Mother's League," in which girls from 8 to 16 years are taught proper care, feeding and clothing of children-Washington C. H. Herald, Jan. 18.

Miss Grace Donsing, public health nurse at Athens, has issued the following announcement of a course of lectures which she has organized:

Women between ages of 18 and 80 are invited to attend a course of

"Live a Little Longer"

Lessons in HOW TO KEEP WELL

AND HOW TO CARE FOR THE SICK AND INJURED.

Course will consist of one lesson each Monday evening at 7 o'clock. The first lecture will be given on Monday, January 15, in assembly room of High School. No registration fee is required.

This course of lectures was made possible by co-operation of physicians, City Federation and Chamber of Commerce, and approved by Board of Education and Health Department.

Topics to be discussed by physicians are:

January 15-CARE OF CHILDBIRTH - Two Years.
January 22-CARE OF CHILD-Twelve Years..
February 5 ADOLESCENCE

February 19-EMERGENCIES

March 5-FIRST AID....

April 30

- DISEASE AND ITS CAUSE.
ANATOMY
GOITRE

May 14

CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.

May 21-DIET AND ITS RELATION TO DISEASE.
May 28 DISEASES OF SPECIAL SENSES...

DR. BIDDLE .DR. MERWIN .DR. ALDERMAN .DR. SPRAGUE .DR. SPRAGUE .DR. ALDERMAN

.DR. TAYLOR

.DR. MCDOUGALL

.DR. HENRY DR. HIGGINS .DR. ALLEN DR. COPELAND

TOPICS DISCUSSED BY G. E. DONSING, R. N. (NUrse).

HEALTH OFFICERS' ROUNDTABLE

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS OF INTEREST TO
HEALTH OFFICIALS.

The following questions and answers received and sent by the Acting Secretary may prove of interest to health officials in other communities of the state:

The Board of Health of our township has not a thorough understanding as to appointing a health officer. Would like to know if we have the right to go out of the township to appoint physician as health officer, as there is no physician in this township, and if we have the right to appoint the physician that is hired to doctor the poor. physician is located in an adjoining township.

This

The following answer was sent: In answer to your letter of the 12th inst., will say that your board of health would not have the authority to go outside the township for a township health officer. Under a ruling of the Attorney General, the township health officer must be a resident of the township.

If you do not have a physician in the township, the only thing you can do is to find some layman who is competent to perform the work of this office.

A township clerk recently presented the following statement of facts and asked advice:

A township health officer was appointed but the appointee refused

to serve.

Two of the township trustees acting as members of the township board of health lifted the quarantine imposed by the clerk before the end of the quarantine period.

The questions asked were:

Had the board members the right to act, a health officer having been appointed?

Could they charge a per diem and expenses for so acting?

Is it compulsory upon them to appoint a health officer?

As the township board of health doesn't meet till March 3rd, what shall they do for a health officer in the meantime?

The following answer was sent :

I am in receipt of your letter of the 9th inst., notifying me that SM, who was appointed as health officer for your township, has refused to accept the office. The township board of health should immediately find some other suitable person for this office.

No trustee of the township, as an individual member of the board of health, has the authority to remove quarantine. If this is to be done, it must be done after action by the board of health, or by the