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PUBLIC HEALTH AND INSURANCE:
AMERICAN ADDRESSES
BY
SIR ARTHUR NEWSHOLME, K.C.B., M.D., F.R.C.P.
LECTURER ON PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION AT THE SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND
PUBLIC HEALTH, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND; LATE
PRINCIPAL MEDICAL OFFICER OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD, ENGLAND;
PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY OF MEDICAL OFFICERS OF HEALTH
AND OF THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SOCIETY; EXAMINER IN PUBLIC HEALTH
TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, IN PREVENTIVE MEDICINE TO
THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, AND IN STATE MEDICINE TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, MEMBER OF THE GENERAL MEDICAL
COUNCIL, OF THE COUNCIL OF THE IMPERIAL CANCER
RESEARCH FUND, ETC.
BALTIMORE
The Johns Hopkins Press
1920
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Copyright, 1920
By The Johns Hopkins Press
PRESS OF
THE NEW ERA PRINTING COMPANY
LANCASTER PA.
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DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR
(WITHOUT PERMISSION)
TO THE
RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN BURNS
A LEADER IN PUBLIC HEALTH;
WHO IN PARTICULAR MADE THE PUBLIC REALISE THE
IMPORTANCE OF CONCENTRATING ON THE
Mother and Her Child
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PREFACE
After more than three decades of work in preventivemedicine and public health, the opportunity has arisenin connection with a year’s visit to America, to take apanoramic view of public health in England, of theprogress which has been secured, of the factors whichhave impeded progress, and of the pressing desideratafor more efficient future action.
During my stay in America I have had the privilegeof addressing public audiences in every part, from NewOrleans to Toronto, and from New York and Bostonto San Francisco and Seattle; as well as more specialaudiences at Johns Hopkins University, at Saranac andat Harvard, California, Washington, and Yale Universities;and at the request of many friends some ofthe addresses given to these audiences are now publishedin volume form. These addresses briefly outlinesome of the lessons of long experience, andalthough the conditions under which they were deliveredrendered complete exposition impracticable,there are, I think, advantages in not overloading thepresentation for public consideration of a many-sidedsubject.
It will be noted that the same problem may be mentioned[Pg vi]in several addresses, though usually from a differentangle. The entire avoidance of repetition wouldhave necessitated the abandonment of the lectureform, and would, I believe, have diminished the utilityof the volume. The table of contents and index rendercross-reference easy.
Those wishing to ascertain fuller details on most ofthe p