2. “The sanitary conditions and necessities of school-houses and school
life.”
3. On “Disinfection and individual prophylaxis against infectious
diseases.”
4. On “Preventable causes of disease, injury, and death in American
manufactories and workshops, and the best means and appliances for
preventing and avoiding them.”
These prizes were in cash, and amounted to five hundred dollars each,
the decision resting with a separate committee for each. Without taking
more space, it may be said that these meetings are usually attended by
about three hundred members, from all parts of the country. Canada sends
representatives, and the meeting in 1886 is to be held in Toronto. Very
diverse opinions are developed, and sharp discussions are the order. All
shades of medical and lay topics and views are brought out, but all meet
on the common ground of desire for improvement in health. The medical
officers of the army and navy are always well represented by such men as
Drs. Billings, Sternberg, Gihon, Turner and others, while Hon. Erastus
Brooks of New York is a layman whose views have been and still are
relied upon as representing a philanthropic sentiment which can be found
in all communities.