. New Boston; a chronicle of progress in developing a greater and finer city--under the auspices of the Boston-1915 movement. uldbe as far removed from each other asthe conditions surrounding the site willpermit. Not only should the exteriorand the approaches to a public con-venience be of such a character as will HEALTH NEEDS AND CIVIC ACTION educate the public, but the interior andits equii)nient shoukl be so perfectlydesigned that the use of the station willtend to elevate the sense of decencyrather than degrade it. Habits of clean-liness sliould be induced, and self-re-spect stimulated, an
. New Boston; a chronicle of progress in developing a greater and finer city--under the auspices of the Boston-1915 movement. uldbe as far removed from each other asthe conditions surrounding the site willpermit. Not only should the exteriorand the approaches to a public con-venience be of such a character as will HEALTH NEEDS AND CIVIC ACTION educate the public, but the interior andits equii)nient shoukl be so perfectlydesigned that the use of the station willtend to elevate the sense of decencyrather than degrade it. Habits of clean-liness sliould be induced, and self-re-spect stimulated, and these results willnot follow if a station is poor in designand ef|uipment, and improperly cared to the question of fees for the use of 29 the conveniences there is a difference ofopmion. In London and (dasgow feesare charged. In Hiriniiigham flu- rev<-mie from the fee station is siidiciciil toF)ay for the entire ui)-keep and I lie in-terest on the capital invested, and per-mits the accnnuihition of a sinking fnndto pay cost of construction. In theUnited States the opinion is in favor offree stations. il HUaW. THE OLD TYPE OF CONVENIENCE USED IN NEW YORKTWENTY YEARS AGO HEALTH NEEDS AND CIMC ACTION* WILLIAM H. ALLEN, ). Director Bureau of Municipal Research, New \ork City OF $lb2,()()(),000 requested last yearin 4,400 appeals to one NewYork philanthropist, $1,075,000was asked for various co-operative healthl)urposes. Of this total, only $45,000, orless than one-half of one per cent, wasasked for preventive or educationalhealth work. The rest was for hospitals,dispensaries, clinics, etc. Of $163,000,000 in pul^lic benefactionslast year, $19,100,000 was for healthpurposes. Of this not one dollar was forteaching laymen or government officialshow to use knowledge already possessed,while $6,800,000 was for finding facts notyet known about cancer, hookworm, etc.,and $1^2,200,000 for hospitals and medicalcolleges. When John S. Kennedys will providedfor public benefactio
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