Department of Health
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
CITY OF BALTIMORE ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 1960 BALTIMORE To the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore for the Year Ended December 31, 1960 The leaves were falling from the great oak at the meadow's edge. They were falling from all the trees. One branch of the oak reached high above the others and stretched far out over the meadow. Two leaves clung to its very tip. "It isn't the way it used to be," said one leaf to the other. • "No," the other leaf answered. "So many of us have fallen off tonight we're almost the only ones left on our branch." "You never know who's going to go next," said the first leaf. "Even when it was warm and the sun shone, a storm or a cloudburst would come sometimes, and many leaves were torn off, though they were st2ll young. You never know who's going to go next." "The sun seldom shines now," sighed the second leaf, "and when it does it gives no warmth. We must have warmth again." "Can it be true," said the first leaf,,."ean it really be true, that others come to take our places when we're gone and after them still others, and more and more?" "It is really true," whispered the second leaf. "We can't even begin to imagine it, it's beyond our powers." 'It makes me very sad,' added the first leaf. They were silent a while. Then the first leaf said quietly to herself,"Why must we fall? .. ." The second leaf asked, "What happens to us when we have fallen?" "We sink down . ." "What is under us?" The first leaf answered, "I don't know, some say one thing, some another, but nobody knows." The second leaf asked, "Do we feel anything, do we know anything about ourselves when we're down there?" The first leaf answered,"Who knows? Not one of all those down there has ever come back to tell us about it." They were silent again. Then the first leaf said tenderly to the other, "Don't worry so much about it, you're trembling." "That's nothing," the second leaf answered, "I tremble at the least thing now. I don't feel so sure of my hold as I used to." "Let's not talk any more about such things." said the first leaf. The other replied, "No, we'll let be. But—what else shall we talk about?" She was silent, but went on after a little while, "Which of us will go first?" "There's still plenty of time to worry about that," the other leaf assured her. "Let's remember how beautiful it was, how wonderful, when the sun came out and shone so warmly that we thought we'd burst with life. Do you remember? And the morning dew, and the mild and splendid nights. ." "Now the nights are dreadful," the second leaf complained, "and there is no end to them." "We shouldn't complain," said the first leaf gently. "We've outlived many, many others." "Have I changed much?" asked the second leaf, shyly but determinedly. "Not in the least," the first leaf assured her. "You only think so because I've got to be so yellow and ugly. But it's different in your case." "You're fooling me," the second leaf said. "No, really," the first leaf exclaimed eagerly. "believe me you're as lovely as the day you were born. Here and there may be a little yellow spot but it's hardly noticeable and only makes you handsomer, believe me." "Thanks," whispered the second leaf, quite touched. "I don't believe you, not altogether, but I thank you because you're so kind, you've always been 110 kind to me. I'm just beginning to understand how kind you are." "Hush," said the other leaf, and kept silent herself for she was too troubled to talk any more. Then they were both silent.' Hours passed. A moist wind blew, cold and hostile, through the tree-tops. "Alt, now," said the second leaf, "I. ." Then her voice broke off. She was torn from her place and spun down. Winter had come. Chapter VIII, from }IAMBI by Felix Salten Copvrisht 1929 by Simon and Schuster, Inc. By permission of the publishers, Simon and Schuster, New York DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Commissioner, HUNTINGTON WILLIAMS, M.D., DR.P.H. Chief Assistant Commissioner, Ross DAvms, M.D., M.P.H. ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION Administration HUNTINGTON WILLIAMS, M.D., Da.P.H. Health Information I osEr it GORDON Laboratories CLINTON L. EWING Public Health Nursing kLICE M. SUNDBERG, R.N., m.p.H. Mental Hygiene MATTHEW L. TAYBACK, Sc.D. Eastern Health District W. SINCLAIR HARPER, M.D., D.P.H. Western Health District WILSON M. WING, M.D., M.P.H. Druid Health District H. MACE° WILLIAMS, M.D., M.P.H. Southeastern Health District JOHN A. SKLADOWSKY, M.D. Southern Health District WILSON M. WING, M.D., MBE. SECTION OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE MARK V. ZIEGLER, M.D., Assistant Commissioner of Health Communicable Diseases ROBERT E. FARBER, M.D., M.P.H. Child Hygiene JOHN L. PITTS, M.D., M.P.H. School Hygiene DALE E. HARRO, M.D., M.P.H. Dental Care H. BERTON MCCAULEY, D.D.S. Nutrition FI EANOR L. MCKNIGHT, MS. MEDICAL CARE SECTION J. WILFRID DAVIS, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Commissioner of Health Medical Care Research BERTRAM W. HAINES, Sc.D. SANITARY SECTION GEORGE W. SCIIUCKER, BE., Assistant Commissioner of Health Milk Control IvAN M. MARTA' Food Control FERDINAND A. KORFF Meat Inspection WILLIAM J. GALLAGHER, D.V.M. Environmental Hygiene GEORGE 0. MOTRY, BE., LLB. Industrial Hygiene CHARLES E. COUCIIMAN RESEARCH AND PLANNING SECTION MATTHEW L. TAYBACK, Sc.D., Assistant Commissioner of Health Biostatistics TODD M. FRAZIER, SCM. Vital Records SIDNEY M. NORTON Learn to Do Your Part in the Prevention of Disease [3 1 PARALYTIC POLIOMYELITIS IN BALTIMORE-1960 [41 CONSULTANTS DR. MAURICE C. PINCOFFS, Professor Emeritus of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Maryland. DR. JOHN E. BORDLEY, Professor of Laryngology and Otology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. DR. J. EDMUND BRADLEY, Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Maryland. DR. C. REID EDWARDS, Professor of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Maryland. DR. ANDREW C. GILLIS, Professor Emeritus of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland. DR. LOUIS P. HAMBURGER, Assistant Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. DR. PERRY F. PRATHER, Director, Maryland State Department of Health. DR. ERNEST L. STEBBINS, Dean, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. Dn. THOMAS B. TURNER, Dean, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. DR. ALLEN F. VOSHELL, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Maryland. DR. WALTER D. WISE, Professor Emeritus of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Maryland. DR. SAMUEL WOLMAN, Assistant Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON SANITATION Mn. CLARK S. HOBBS, Chairman Director, Civic Development Bureau, Baltimore Association of Commerce. DR. ANNA M. BAF.T.TER, Associate Professor of Environmental Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. DR. CALVIN B. SPENCER. Medical Director, United States Public Health Service in charge of the Baltimore Quarantine Station. Mn. HANS FROELICHER. JR. Honorary President, Citizens Planning and Housing Association. Mn. BERNARD L. WERNER, Director of Public Works of Baltimore. DR. ABEL WOLMAN, Professor of Sanitary Engineering. Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. [5' MEDICAL STAFF KIRAN C. ADIIIKAlil, M.D. L IRVING K RA M ER MI). C, MAURICE L. ADAMS, M.D. s ALBERT L. LAFOREST, M.D. WILLIAM A. ANDERSEN, M.D. C ARNOLD F. LAVENSTEIN, M.D. c CARLOS E. ARRABAL, M.D. HI, C LOUIS LAVY, M.D. c. RAYMOND M. ATKINS, M.D. S C. DUDLEY LEE, M.D. t DANIEL BAKAL, M.D. t Luen.LE Liam.Es, M.D. c MCDONALD M. BANDO, M.D. C, S RENOLD 13. LIGHSTON, M.D. C GILBERT L. BANFIELD, M.D. S JERRY C. LUCK, M.D. C M. L. BARKSDALE, M.D. V CHARLES F. MALONEY, M.D. C WILLIAM L. BERRY, M.D. S CLARENCE W. MARTIN, M.D. V, S BRUCE V. BENJAMIN, M.D. c ISRAEL P. MERANSICI, M.D. v ANNIE BESTEBREURTJE, M.D. C GEORGE H. MILLER, M.D. WALTER P. BLOCK, M.D. C WILLIAM K. C. MORGAN, M.D. t LOUIS V. BLUM, M.D. t HERBERT L. MOSELEY, M.D. 9' JOSEPH P. C. Borium, M.D. HI JOSEPH C. MYERS, M.D. S DONALD B. BOND, M.D. s GEORGE E. NAGER, M.D. ea KATHARINE H. BORKOVICH, M.D. t GEORGE C. PAGE, M.D. LESTER H. CAPLAN, M.D. S JOSEPH F. PALMISANO, M.D. C, S JAMES D. CARR, M.D. S GEORGE H. PENDLETON, M.D. V BARBARA K. CLARK, M.D. h WINTHROP M. PHELPS, M.D. h MORRIS M. COHEN, M.D. SAMUEL R. PINES, M.D. S ERNEST S. CROSS, JR., M.D. TALMADGE H. PINKNEY, M.D. V CHARLES R. DAVIDSON, M.D. S WILLIAM G. POLK, M.D. V GEORGE H. DAVIS, M.D. III DANIEL ROBERTS, M.D. V W. ALLEN DECKERT, M.D. STANLEY B. ROSENDORF, M.D. LEON DONNER, M.D. S GILBERT W. ROSENTHAL, M.D. C FRANK A. FARAINO, M.D. t CECIL RUDNER, M.D. t MARY S. FARBER, M.D. S ALVIN D. RUDO, M.D. s HAROLD S. FARFEL, M.D. C IRWIN SAUBER, M.D. S MAURICE FELDMAN, JR„, M.D.