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A CONGRESS of social hygiene will be held at Lyons on October 7-9, with M. Edouard Herriot as president of honour and M. Risler, member of the Institut de France, as president. The following papers among others will be read: Thirty year's campaign against tuberculosis, by Prof. Courmont; the work done by the Rhone Departmental Com mittee in the campaign against tuberculosis, by Dr. Mouisset; the efforts made on behalf of cheap housing at Lyons, by M. Levy; the Lyons regional centre and the campaign against venereal diseases, by Prof. Nicolas; biological and medical foundations for the campaign against infantile mortality, by Prof. Mouriquand; the municipal work for infantile and maternal protection at Lyons, by Drs. Vigne, Trillat and Gardere; the Franco-American founda tion for children, its work and results, by Prof. Lepine; the social hygiene centre of the school of nurses and health visitors of Lyons, by Dr. Charles Gardere; and the work of the anti-cancer centre at Lyons, by Prof. Berard. Further information can be obtained from the general secretary, Prof. Rochaix, 61 rue Pasteur, Lyons, or from Alliance d'Hygiene Sociale, 5 rue Las-Casas, Paris.
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Social Hygiene Congress. Nature 134, 493 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/134493b0
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