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HERBERT. Gover nor . HEERING. M.Ol . M.P.H. RECTOR OF HEALTH j6 OHIO DEPTS. BUILDING COLUMBUS 25, OHIO St at e o f Ohio DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH COLUMBUS March 20, 1917 Pu bl ic Hea l t h Co u n c il * WILLIAM HELMER CHAIRMAN SAMUEL F. RIDINGS, D.O.S. VICE-CHAIRMAN . MRS. LILY COOPER J. HOWARD HOLMES, M. D. L. F. HUFFMAN, M.O. HOWARD A. HINES, PH.C. PHILLIP T. KNIES, M-O. Charles Chesser, S.B. St* Joseph Hospital Broadway & Twentieth Streets Lorain, Ohio . Bear Doctor Chesuers ' This is to acknowledge your letter of March 13 with your rtatoment that a sample of urine was being sent to the State laboratory for lead analysis. Our Division, at the prosent time, does not have the facilities to analyse blood 6r urine for lead. 1 should like to recommend that should ouch lead determinations be necessary because of sons sedical legal consideration or clinical study that you consult with Dr. Hobart A. Kekoe, Director, Kettering laboratory of Applied Physiology, Cincinnati, Ohio. His laboratory provides a kit which is mailed containing the necessary instructions and lead -free containers, Dr. Echo, as you know, is the foremost authority on the evaluation of lead intoxication and hie laboratory has excellent facilities to conduct such analyses. I regret that m are unable to assist you at this time;, ' ". Sincerely yours, ) TFMsafo . CCs Dr. Kehoe KE- 0020129 I'honas F. Kancuso, K.D. Chief, Industrial Hygiene Division N20142