The New Spirit . ary. It is far wiser and more eco-nomical to employ a man and have him give all his time and attention to this work, thanto have one who gives only a part of his time and consequently accomplishes practicallynothing. A part time in any thing is more or less a failure, and in nearly every partof the government today, the entire time of each employee is required. The broadest field for this word is in the country where the people have thevery best opportunity for health yet are more unhealthy because of the ignorance of thefirst principles of hygiene. In towns the people are for
The New Spirit . ary. It is far wiser and more eco-nomical to employ a man and have him give all his time and attention to this work, thanto have one who gives only a part of his time and consequently accomplishes practicallynothing. A part time in any thing is more or less a failure, and in nearly every partof the government today, the entire time of each employee is required. The broadest field for this word is in the country where the people have thevery best opportunity for health yet are more unhealthy because of the ignorance of thefirst principles of hygiene. In towns the people are forced to dispose of their garbageand sewerage properly, while in the country there is no sewerage system at all. Educa-tion and direction in this matter as in that of pure water supply is a part of the work ofthe County Health Officer. The hope of ultimately accomplishing the great end of ahealthful home for every Mississippian is placed in the school teacher and the all timeCounty Health Officer. ALBERTA UNGER. 45. LOYETTE LUCILLE WEBB Pike County ®lf£ Era&tratton nf Ijonkumrm inJffnrrrst (ttnnntg N E of the hopeful signs for the next gener-ation isTthe growth of health organizationsamong the people at large. As physicians aredeeply interested in the study of health and disease,naturally they were the first to see the importance ofpreventive medicine, and in its development havebeen the pioneers. Along the technical lines theywill retain most of the leadership, but as the sociolog-ical aspects come into increasing importance, boththe leadership and the work will be carried on by theso-called laymen. The leader of the work of the eradication ofhookworm in Forrest county has been Dr. R. , assistant director of public health, connect-ed with the Mississippi State Board of Health. He has recently completed three yearswork in the rural communities of Forrest county. More work, proportionally, towardthe eradication of this disease has been done in this county in these th
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