Tuberculosis Education by Elma RoodReview by: R. D. DefriesCanadian Public Health Journal, Vol. 29, No. 8 (August, 1938), p. 424Published by: Canadian Public Health AssociationStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41979474 .

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ample, it will be proper to vaccinate those who are tuberculin-negative. In view of the declining incidence and death rate from tuberculosis and the increasing proportion of persons reach- ing adult life who are tuberculin- negative, Dr. Madsen's comments in this respect are highly significant.

In the three other lectures are dis- cussed "The Mechanism of Bacterial Infection", "The Influence of Seasons on Infection", and "Whooping Cough".

A. Hardisty Sellers

Social Security in America. Pub- lished for the Committee on Eco- nomic Security by the Social Secur- ity Board , Washington , D.C . United States Government Printing Office, Washington, 1937 . 592 pages . 95c (paper). This volume constitutes a summary

of special reports to the Committee on Economic Security, and gives the fac- tual background of the Social Security Act. The book is divided into six parts dealing in turn with unemploy- ment compensation, old-age security, security for children, provisions for the blind, the extension of public health services, and the need for federal sup- port of social security programs.

Each of the various chapters pro- vides a detailed summary of the prob- lem under discussion. The section on unemployment compensation includes a digest of various experiments in this field, estimates of unemployment in the United States, the actuarial basis for and the role of the federal government in unemployment compensation, as well as structural provisions in unemploy- ment insurance and compensation.

The other sections of the document, as well, may be described as exhaustive in their scope and present a valuable source of information. In the appen- dices are included the procedures fol- lowed in estimating unemployment compensation coverage in the United

States, duration of unemployment, maximum duration of benefits, etc. Here are to be found also a summary of state unemployment compensation laws, the provisions of the unemployment and Social Security Act, old age and insurance in Great Britain, Canadian pensions systems, and survivor insur- ance in various countries. One of the appendices gives a financial history of the workers' invalidity, old age and survivor insurance in Germany. The last appendix to the document contains the text of the Social Security Act.

A. Hardisty Sellers

Tuberculosis Education. Elma Rood. Rural School Press , Madison Col- lege, Tennessee, 1936 . 125 pages . $2.00. It is fully recognized that an edu-

cational program is essential in tuber- culosis prevention and control. It is recognized, too, that such a program must be continued year after year, varying the methods and approaches as people change their attitudes. The success of a program may be judged by the increased interest of the com- munity in the problem of tuberculosis and an increased number of requests for certain tuberculosis-preventive ser- vices.

Elma Rood has presented a series of thirty short articles on tuberculosis which may be used by medical officers of health and public health nurses in school education, in newspapers, or for radio presentation. The articles bear such titles as "What is Tuberculosis?", "How is Tuberculosis Diagnosed?", "What Are Some Ways of Treating Tuberculosis?", and "How Can Tuber- culosis Be Prevented?" Material for use in an educational program, includ- ing statistical charts, exhibits, films and slides, and suitable playlets, is discussed. The book will be found to be very helpful. R. D. Defries

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