Fifth Session.-At the Disciples' Church. 
INVITATION AND PROGRAM 
Friday, December 14, at 7:30 P, ML. 
FOR A 
1. Reading Minutes of Previous Meeting. 
2. Miscellaneous Business, Reports of Committees. 
3. Sewerage. A Paper by Prof. Henry F. Lyster, A. 
M., M. D., of Detroit, President of the Michigan Col- 
lege of Medicine, Member of the State Board of Health. 
4. Discussion of the subject. 
5. General Discussion. 
6. Resolutions, Miscellaneous Business. 
7. Closing of the Convention, Remarks by the Presi- 
dent, etc. 
SANITARY CONVENTION 
To be held under the auspices of the STATE BOARD OF Health. 
//I/ THE CITY OF IONIA, MICHIGAN, 
Thursday and Friday, Dec. 13 and 14,1883. 
LOCAL COMMITTEE. 
OFFICERS OF THE CONVENTION. 
Dr. S. V. Romig. 
Rev. J. Pierson, D. D., Chairman. 
Alex. W, Dodge. 
President-Rev. J. PIERSON, D. D. 
Vice Presidents: 
Dr. O. R. Long. 
COMMITTEE ON ENTERTAINMENT. 
Gordon A. Willett. 
Hon. Andrew J. Webber, Mayor of Ionia. 
Hon. E. H. Stanton, Ionia. 
Hon. Osmond Tower, Ionia. 
Hon. A. K. Roof, Lyons. 
Hon. H. H. Hindis, Stanton. 
Rt. Rev. Geo. D. Gillespie, Grand Rapids. 
Col. J. H. Kidd, Ionia. 
Prof. J. W. Ewing, Ionia. 
Hon. A. M. Willett, Muir. 
Hon. Alonzo Sessions, Ionia. 
Dr. C. C. Dellenbaugh, Portland. 
Hon. A. F. Bell. 
C. Oscar Thompson. 
Dr. Henry B. Barnes. 
COMMITTEE FROM THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. 
J. H. Kellogg, M. D., Battle Creek. 
Henry B. Baker, M. D., Lansing. 
Secretary-Alex. W. Dodge, Ionia 
Assistant Secretary-Erwin F. smith, Lansing. 
PRESERVE THIS PROGRAM FOR USE AT THE SESSIONS 
OF THE CONVENTION. 
Reduced fare on railroads may be obtained by apply- 
ing for certificates to the Secretary of the Convention.  
Third Session.--At the City Hall. 
Friday, December 14, at 9 A. Af. 
First Session.-At the City Hall 
1. Reading Minutes of Previous Session. 
2. Prayer. By Rev. R. S. Groves. 
3. Hints on the Care and Preparation of Food. A 
Paper by Arthur Hazlewood, M. D., of Grand Rapids. 
Member of the State Board of Health. 
4. Discussion of the subject. 
5. Disposal of Waste Matter. A Paper by S. V. 
Romig, M. D., Health Officer of Ionia. 
6. Discussion of the subject. 
7. Chemistry in its Relations to Domestic Life. A 
Paper by Prot, F. S. Kedzie, of the State Agricultural 
College, Lansing. 
8. Discussion of the subject. 
Thursday, December 13, at 2 P. Af. 
1. Convention called to order by the President. 
2. Prayer. By Rev. D. Van Alstin, D. D. 
3. Address of Welcome. By Hon. A. J. Webber, 
Mayor of the City. 
4. The Relation of Sanitary Science to National 
Wealth. An Address by Rev. J. Pierson, D. D., Presi- 
dent of the Convention. 
5. Contagious and Infectious Diseases. A Paper by 
John Avery, M. D., of Greenville, President of the State 
Board of Health. 
6. Discussion of the subject. 
7. The Best Method of Disposing of the. Dead. A 
Paper by Frederick Gundrum, M. D., of Ionia. 
8. Discussion of the subject. 
Second Session.--At the Disciples' Church. 
Fourth Session.-At the City Hall. 
Thursday, December 13, at 7:30 F. UH. 
Friday, December 14, at 2 F. UH. 
1. Reading Minutes of Previous Session. 
2. Ventilation. A Paper by J. 11. Kellogg, M. D., of 
Battle ( reek, Member of the State Board of Health. 
3. Discussion of the subject. 
4. Tobacco,-its Effects on the Human System. A 
Paper by Lemuel Clute, Esq., of Ionia. 
5. Discussion of the subject. 
6. Appointment of Committees. 
1. Reading Minutes of Previous Session. 
2. Present and Future Water Supply of Ionia. A 
Paper by O. R. Long, M. D., of Ionia. 
3. Discussion of the subject. 
4. School Hygiene. A Paper by Prof. T. P. Wilson 
M. D., of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. 
5. Discussion of the subject.