The Fifteenth International Congress on Hygiene and Demography Held in Washington, D. C. from September 16 to October 5. 1912. I. Some Lessons and Suggestions from the Exhibition; II. Digests of Some of the Papers Presented at the Congress. Bulletin, 1913, No. 18. Whole Number 528
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Informe sobre el Decimoquinto Congreso Internacional de Higiene y Demografía celebrado en Washington en otoño de 1912. El documento recopila descripciones de las principales exposiciones del congreso y resúmenes de trabajos presentados. La primera parte analiza temas centrales como edificios y saneamiento escolar, higiene y tuberculosis, higiene industrial, nutrición infantil, higiene mental, higiene sexual y psicología experimental. La segunda parte presenta extractos y síntesis de dieciséis ponencias destacadas sobre enfermedades contagiosas escolares, inspección médica, higiene dental, antropometría, desarrollo de la higiene en instituciones educativas y mortalidad infantil. El contenido se enfoca en la salud física y mental de la población, especialmente de los menores, mediante intervenciones sanitarias en escuelas, hogares y lugares de trabajo.
Puntos clave
El congreso presentó exposiciones sobre saneamiento escolar, tuberculosis, higiene industrial e higiene mental como temas fundamentales en salud pública de la época.
Las exposiciones abordaron la nutrición infantil, higiene sexual y psicología experimental para instruir a responsables del cuidado de la salud de los niños.
Los trabajos resumidos cubrieron enfermedades contagiosas escolares, inspección médica, higiene dental, antropometría y estrategias para reducir la mortalidad infantil en contextos urbanos.
Para quién: Docentes, administradores escolares y profesionales de salud pública interesados en la historia de la higiene escolar y el saneamiento de espacios educativos durante el siglo XX.
Resumen de los autores
The Fifteenth International Congress on Hygiene and Demography, held in Washington City in the autumn of 1912, was a notable event in the history of sanitation and in the discussion of the conditions of the physical and mental health of the people. The exhibition held in connection with the congress was instructive in many ways, and contained much of interest to those who are responsible, directly or indirectly, for the health of children. The first section of the accompanying manuscript contains brief and accurate descriptions of some of the most important of the exhibits, and comprehensive summaries of their meaning. Topics addressed in this section include: (1) School buildings and school sanitation; (2) Hygiene and tuberculosis; (3) Industrial hygiene; (4) Nourishment of children; (5) Mental hygiene; (6) Sex hygiene; and (7) Experimental psychology. An appendix to Part I of this bulletin presents instructions relating to tuberculosis, distributed by the Department of Health, New York City. The second section consists of excerpts and summaries containing the gist of some of the most important papers read at the congress. These abstracts are as follows: (1) Ringworm in the Schools of Mexico (Manuel Uribe Y Troncoso); (2) School Disinfection (J. T. Ainslee Walker); (3) Campaign against Contagious Diseases of Children (Walther Ewald); (4) Management of Tuberculosis among School Children (Arthur T. Cabot); (5) Studies in the Relation of Physical Inability and Mental Deficiency to the Body Social (Isabelle T. Smart); (6) Education of Immigrants in School (William E. Chancellor); (7) Service of Medical Inspection of Schools to the Teacher (Helen MacMurchy); (8) Follow-Up System in Medical Inspection (Thomas A. Storey); (9) Hygiene of Children's Teeth (William H. Potter); (10) Dental Hygiene for Pupils of Public Schools (S. Adolphus Knopf); (11) Universal System of Measurements (Leotardo Matus Z.); (12) Development of Hygiene in Educational Institutions (Dudley A. Sargent); (13) Training in Personal Hygiene in Private and Public Schools (John W. Ritchie); (14) The Public School as a Factor to Lessen Infant Mortality (Henry L. Corr); (15) Physiological Age in Education (C. Ward Crampton; and (16) School Children of the Stock-Yards District of Chicago (Caroline Hedger). It is believed that the information contained in this bulletin will be permanently helpful to teachers, school officers, and others interested in the health of children and the sanitation of homes, schools, and other places in which they work. (Contains 1 footnote.) [Best copy available has been provided.]
Dresslar, F. B. (1913).The Fifteenth International Congress on Hygiene and Demography Held in Washington, D. C. from September 16 to October 5. 1912. I. Some Lessons and Suggestions from the Exhibition; II. Digests of Some of the Papers Presented at the Congress. Bulletin, 1913, No. 18. Whole Number 528. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED543141
