Dr. J. F. McKinstry, Jr. Dr. R. H. Dean... Dr. W. L. Hughlett. Dr. Edward N. Liell Dr. C. W. D'Alemberte. Dr. S. R. Mallory Kennedy. Dr. Wm. Manning . Dr. A. J. Wakefield Dr. R. H. McGinnis Dr. F. J. Bowen Dr. J. M. Jackson, Jr.. Dr. R. P. Daniel Dr. R. T. Walker Dr. D. H. Yates.. Dr. W. C. White Dr. Wm. M. Stinson.. Dr. J. D. Watkins Dr. Jas. V. Freeman Dr. Thos. E. Thompson Dr. George Macauley .Gainesville Jacksonville ...Cocoa Jacksonville Pensacola . Pensacola Jacksonville Jacksonville Jacksonville .Kissimmee . Punta Gorda Jacksonville Jacksonville .Miami Jacksonville .Melbourne Jacksonville Jacksonville . Madison Live Oak .Jacksonville . Micanopy Jacksonville . Jacksonville . DeLand Daytona Tallahassee Jasper Chattahoochee Mayport Dr. Jos. Y. Porter Dr. Henry E. Palmer Dr. J. S. Helms Dr. R. L. Cline Dr. E. W. Warren Dr. H. S. Holoway Dr. Eduardo Andrade Dr. L. A. Greene Dr. C. M. Greiner Dr. A. H. Freeman Dr. T. S. Anderson Dr. E. W. Diggett Dr. J. B. Curtis Dr. P. C. Perry Dr. Sollace Mitchell Dr. H. F. Airth Key West Tallahassee ..Tampa . Arcadia Crescent City Jacksonville Jacksonville Jacksonville Jacksonville ..Miami Gainesville ..Ocala .Jacksonville .Greenville Jacksonville .Starke .Live Oak Jacksonville Orange Heights .Jacksonville .St. Augustine Crystal River Jacksonville Jacksonville Live Oak The annual report of the secretary was then read. Report was received and, on motion, referred to the House of Delegates. REPORT OF SECRETARY FOR 1905. JACKSONVILLE, FLA., April 19, 1905. Mr. President and Fellow Members: In making this report for the second year after the reorganization of our Association I regret to inform you that we have not increased in membership to the extent that we had every reason to believe that we would. I have tried in every way to promote the work and to assist the councilors in forming a society in each of their counties. First District-Escambia reports 26 members, which shows a gain of 5 members, and Washington reports 6, which is the same as last year. Jackson has failed to report, making a loss in this county of 12 members, and a total loss in the district of 7 members. Second District-Gadsden reports 6 members, a loss of 2; Jefferson 5 members, a loss of 5, and Leon 9 members, a gain of 3, making a total loss in this district of 4 members. Third District-Suwannee reports 14 members, a gain of 1, and Madison reports 8 members, a gain of 3, making a total gain in this district of 4 members. The councilor in this district has failed to report, and the secretary of the Suwannee County Medical Society writes me: "Relative to Dr. C. S. Brown. At the present he stands suspended from our society for nonpayment of dues." Hence he is no longer a member of the State Association, and you will have to elect a councilor in his place. Fourth District-Duval reports 46 members, a gain of 7, and St. Johns 3, showing a gain of 7 members in the district. Fifth District-Citrus reports 9 members, a gain of 4; a new society has been formed in Lake with 4 members; in Sumpter with 6 members, and Marion with 6 members, making a total gain in the district of 20 members. The councilor. Dr. H. M. Taylor, deserves great credit for his work, as he has formed a society in all of his counties but one, Hernando, and would have one there if there were enough doctors in the county to form one. Sixth District-Monroe reports 4 members, a loss of one; Hillsboro 21, a loss of 7; DeSoto 4, a loss of 3; Manatee 7, a gain of one; total loss in this district of 10 members. Much work remains to be done in this district, as we would have a good society in Lee, Polk and Pasco Counties, and the membership in Hillsboro should be doubled. Seventh District-Dade reports 12 members, the same as last year; Brevard 9, a gain of 2; Volusia 11, a loss of 4. A new society has been formed in Osceola with 4 members, making a total gain in this district of 2. Eighth District-Alachua reports 16 members, the same as last year, and Bradford 8, a loss of 2 members in the district. This gives us a membership of 244, an increase of 8 members for the year. A society has been formed in Putnam, with Dr. W. H. Cyrus as president, and Dr. W. E. Welch as secretary, but I have received no report from it. This shows that we have a medical organization in 24 counties, leaving 21 counties unorganized. Four in the first district, four in the second, four in the third, two in the fourth, one in the fifth, three in the sixth, one in the seventh, two in the eighth. The majority of these counties have very few physicians in them, and they live many miles apart, so it is very hard to get them together. Levy, in the eighth, has united with the Alachua County Society, and Lafayette in the third with the Suwannee County Society. Much work remains to be done in Hamilton, Columbia, Orange, Lee, Polk and Pasco, as we should have a good society in each of them. Under the plan of reorganization, which has been in progress in our State for the past two years, most important functions devolve on the councilors. "The actual enrolling of the physicians into county societies, which are the basis of the State and National Associations, depends largely on their efforts. If one link of a chain fails, the machine is weakened; the councilor is the most important link. His work is difficult, but as it is accomplished with energy and discretion, so will the organization prosper." The International Pure Food Congress has sent the following letter: INTERNATIONAL PURE FOOD CONGRESS, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE DAIRY AND FOOD DEPARTMENTS, HALL OF CONGRESSES, UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION, ST. LOUIS, OFFICE SECRETARY, LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, U. S. A. J. W. BAILEY, Chairman, Portland, Oregon. HOWARD J. ROGERS, Director of Congresses, St. Louis, U. S. A. March 24, 1905. Dr. J. D. Fernandez, Secretary. Jacksonville, Fla. DEAR SIR: Your Association is respectfully asked to discuss the subject of "Food Adulteration" at its next meeting. Efforts to secure National Pure Food Legislation have been made constantly in Congress since 1889, but so many interests are entrenched in the business of adulterating and debasing and misbranding food products that it has been impossible to secure a National law compelling honest standards and truthful labels. Such a law will not be enacted until the American consumers make Pure Food Legislation one of the demands of the ballot. It is impossible for other than Federal legislation and Federal courts to reach the root of the adulteration evil, for the reason that most of the food industries are of interstate magnitude and escape the jurisdiction of State courts. At the present time antiseptics, aniline dyes, harmful acids and other drugs are put into the nation's food and drink without restriction or prescription. Food imitators are permitted to mix up whatsoever they will and resort to any misrepresentation which will sell the mixture and sell it at the highest price. |