One fundamental phase of national advancement which
we may confidently expect is increased activity for the
betterment of the public health. Present conditions all
favor such a development. (World War I has demonstrated
the prime importance of maintaining high standards of
health as a means of keeping up national efficiency. The
men returning from the army have received sanitary
training as well as military training, and as they take up
civil pursuits again they are going to demand that civil
authorities give them health protection equal to that which
they have received while in the army
