Abstract
When we take into consideration the comparatively short time that official care of the public health has been recognized in America, with certain noteworthy local exceptions, as a problem of fundamental importance to the citizenry, it is not surprising that the rapid strides that have taken place in this field, especially during the last decade, should be accompanied by difficulties inherent in any widespread campaign that seeks the adoption of a program frequently opposed to customs and habits of life inherited from individualistic forebears. Today the American people as a whole, when the value of rules and regulations affecting public and personal health habits have been convincingly demonstrated, show remarkable willingness to comply with their provisions, even though such compliance may entail a good deal of discomfort and not infrequently physical and mental suffering. There are no other countries in which the almost autocratic powers of constituted health authorities are
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