Opium Campaign and Industrial Workers' Welfare Nanking, Feb, 10.
The opening session of the second conference of the National Board Health took place to-day amid in posing ceremonies in the newly-built model army hospital. Members of the Board were selected from among. well-known members of the medical profession as well as public health officers. The board will meet for period of three days.
At the opening session this morning, Dr. J. Hong Liv, Acting Minister of Health, gave a review of the work done by the Ministry during the past year in conformity with resolutions passed at the first conference of the National Board Health a year ago, which in substance consisted of 1. Training of personnel:
Training of health administrators in Europe and America for responsible posts in the Ministry of Health and in local health organizations; Giving of health courses in cooperation with the Peking Health Department, the National Epidemic Prevention Bureau and with the Peking Union Medical College; 2, Health Demonstration Station:
Ca-operation with local health departments in connection with the Peking, Kaochiao, Woosung, and Hsiaochuang—"demonstra-
Health polloi Establishment of the First National Midwifery School and the conducting of short courses for: old-style midwives Giving of a summer course for health educators, and school health work in ce-operation with the Ministry of Education; Definite plans for industrial hygiene demonstration at Wusih; Plague prevention work:
Suiyuan plague prevention work, conference.~with Dr. Rajehman of the League of Nations i regard to definite plans for port quarantine work and the suppress sion of cholera and small-pox in Shanghai; Medical education work:
In ce-operation with the Ministry of Education, establishment of the Central Hospital, the compilation of the draft health due:
The Minister's speech was follow. ed by others from the representatives of the Central Kuomintang, the Executive Yuan and other organizations. Discussion meetings will begin this afternoon and will last till Wednesday evening.
Feb. 12.
The three-day conference of the National Board of Health ended last evening. The following the more important resolutions adopt-
All problems relating to pharmaceuties and the manufacture of medicine were referred to a com mittee composed of specialists. Through their recommendation the following resolutions were passe:
(a) That the draft Chinese Pharmacoporia prepared by—the istry of Health be adopted, 'a few minor changes, and published in the next two or three months.
'That the Ministry be recommended to make a thorough' investigation of the drug producing centres; to provide a place in a central location for the exhibition of native drugs; to establish a botanical garden and a research institute for the manufacture of drugs; to. include pharmaceutical subjects jin the curricula of the present medical schools; - and to' train pharmaceutical personnel abroad.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.