A Central Council of Public Health was lately formed by the Academy of Medicine, in New York, to act “as a medium for concerted action by various health agencies, when need should arise.” While not distinctly a woman’s council, it is composed both of women and men representing women’s and men’s organizations.
Its general aims and purposes are thus set forth:
1. To provide for conferences of private health organizations,
2. To act as a clearing house for the exchange of ideas and information in reference to the public health of the city,
3. To coördinate and prevent duplication of the various public health activities of the city,
4. To promote coöperation in the investigation and study of health problems,
5. To study the city budget in its relation to public health,
6. To take an active interest in the administration of all such branches of the city government as have a direct bearing on public health, and
7. To provide for a combined expression of opinion on matters relating to public health.
At the first of their conferences on the city’s health, members of the Council discussed the problem with the police commissioner and the health commissioner and there was an exchange of viewpoints that was of inestimable value.