Columbia University School of Public Health - Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Y 9 1. Bernard L. Oser, M.S., Ph.D., Adjunct Professor of Public Health Nutritiong 2. Robert J. Mangum, LL.B., M.P.A., Lecturerg 3. Robert H. Chapman, M.B., B.Arch., M.A., Adjunct Associate Professor of Architectureg 4. Ruth Gold, A.B., M.A., Ph.D., Asst. Professor of Biostatistics: 5. Grace M. McFadden, R.N., M.A., M.P.H., Lecturerg 6. John P. Fox, M.D., M.P.H., Adjunct Profes- sor of Epidemiologyg 7. Herman H. Hilleboe, M.D., M.P.H., Joseph R. De Lamar Professor of Public Health Practiceg 8. Gloria L. A. Dammann, B.S., M.P.H., Asst. Professor of Public Health Practice: 9. George J. Christakis, A.B., M.D., M.S., M.P.H., Ad- junct Asst. Professor of Public Health Nutrition: 10. W. Henry Sebrell, Jr., M.D., Robert R. Williams Professor of Public Health Nutritiong 11. Emanuel Hayt, LL.B., Adjunct Associate Professor of Administrative Medicine: 12. Charlotte F. Muller, Ph.D., Ad- junct Asst. Professor of Administrative Medicineg 13. Harry O'N. Humbert, B.C.S., Adjunct Asst. Professor of Administrative Medicineg 14. Elinor F. Downs, M.D., M.P.H., Asst. Professor of Public Health Practice. 14 it .., HIV

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INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH by LEONARD J. GOLDWATER, M.D. Professor of Occupational Medicine COOPERATION among nations in the control of communicable diseases is an obvious necessity which grows in importance with each new advance in methods of transportation. The elaborate sys- tems which have been developed internationally to control the spread of living agents of disease are well known, and their effectiveness has been proved over and over again. When it comes to nonliving agents, such as chemicals -and physical forces, the reasons for international cooperation are not so clear nor does the motivation for inter- national action appear to be quite so strong. Con- tamination of the earth's atmosphere with radio- active materials is, perhaps, an exception. When we move outside the realm of chemical and physical agents of disease into the larger spheres of occupational health, such as medical care for workers, workmen's compensation, sick- ness insurance, housing for workers, nutrition, vocational rehabilitation, and the like, the rea- sons for international efforts become quite nebu- lous. If, however, we accept an International Labor Organization declaration that Poverty anywhere constitutes a danger to prosperity everywhere, the One World concept in occupational health takes on significant meaning, since good occupa- tional health leads to good industrial production and this, in turn, to prosperity. The International Labor Organization CILOJ was created in 1919 under the Treaty of Versailles and functioned as the only important interna- tional group concerned with occupational health until 1950. The interest of ILO has been limited to health hazards directly related to conditions of work. In 1950 the World Health Organization CWHOJ established a section on Social and Occupational Health, the activities of which reflect the broader interests of WHO. Faculty members of our School have played active roles in the work both of ILO and WHO in occupational health. One example of this is the designation of the Division of Occupational Health as a WHO Reference Laboratory. GOOD NUTRITION AS IT RELATES TO HEALTH AND THE OTHER DISCIPLINES by W. H. SEBRELL, JR., M.D. R. R. Williams Professor of Public Health Nutrition GOOD NUTRITION is the foundation of good health. Without it good health is impossible. Mal- nutrition today constitutes the world's greatest health problem, especially as it affects pre-school children in developing countries. Protein calorie malnutrition and the frequently associated xerophthalmia from Vitamin A deficiency directly or indirectly accounts for a large proportion of the exceedingly high mortality in this age group. It is infrequently mentioned in vital statistics either because it is not recognized or because the death is related to parasites or infectious dis- eases such as measles or dysentery, when actually death would not have occurred had the child been well nourished. It is now well established that there is a synergetic effect between infection and 16 malnutrition. Infection through its added stress on the organism precipitates serious and acute malnutrition. This malnutrition results in the death of the child who would have survived had it been well nourished. The fact that in some countries the population is increasing at a rate greater than the food supply makes an improvement in the present un- satisfactory situation more urgent and more dif- ficult. However, the growing recognition of the public health importance of the problem, the training of nutrition experts and growth of nu- trition activities in health departments, including the introduction of new food mixtures and better use of the current food supply, augurs well for the future. It is obvious that there can be no stable world peace until everyone has an opportunity to obtain the basic nutrients necessary for health and development.