The resignation of Dr. Louis I. Harris as Health Commissioner of New York is referred to as “a serious loss to the community” and his twenty-year record in the Department is termed “a public service which will long be remembered” in a resolution adoptd by the Executive Committee of the Welfare Council comprised of 640 of the family welfare, child welfare, health, educational and recreational agencies of Greater New York City.
“The accomplishments of the Municipal Health Dpartment under the guidance of Dr. Harris are too well known to call for enumeration here,'” the resoution states. “Everyone undoubtedly realizes that he leaves the Department better than he found it, with improved personnel and with higher standards of efficiency. What is perhaps not so well known is the outstanding character of Dr. Harris’ cooperation with the private health agencies of the city and with the public and private welfare organizations in other fields of social service. Dr. Harris has shown a singular appreciation of the needs and points of view of social agencies in relation to his department; the Welfare Council especialy has had frequent occasion to be impressed with this fact and to be deeply appreciative.
“Among the accomplishments of the Health Commissioner, which are of significance to the community as a whole and are particularly appreciated by the social agencies of the city are : the re-organization of the work of the Health Department especially relating to public health nursing and public health education and the appointment of persons of outstanding fitness to supervise this work; the adoption of a plan for the compilation of health statistics by small areas so as to provide more accurate indices of conditions in particular communities; and the organization of a toxinantitoxin campaign which is shortly to utilize practically all of the private and public health education resources,” the resoution states.
A plan to divide Brooklyn into thirty-three somes with a working Chairman and staff in each, was adopted yesterday by the Executive Committee of the Brooklyn Federation of Jewish Charities at its regular weekly lunch-## at the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. This is the latest development in the campaign for $1,035,000, which will open Oct. 17.
Under this plan Benjamin C. Ribman. Chairman of the Goeographic Committee, announced, zone Chairmen will be appointed to lead individual groups of workers in each section of Brooklyn as well as in Jamaica, Pichmond Hill and other parts of Queens.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
