RT Journal T1 EDitorial notes. JF Journal of the American Medical Association JO Journal of the American Medical Association YR 1889 FD October 5 VO XIII IS 14 SP 491 OP 492 DO 10.1001/jama.1889.04440060023009 UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1889.04440060023009 AB HOME.  The American Public Health Association.—The seventeenth annual meeting of this Association will convene at Brooklyn, on October 22, 23, 24 and 25. From a review of the topics to be presented at that meeting, a list of which will be found on page 504 of the present issue, and from the prominence of those who are to engage in the discussion of these subjects presented, we have reason to believe that the meeting will be one of unusual interest. We shall endeavor to present our readers with as full a report of its proceedings as the columns of The Journal will permit.The Medical Colleges in Chicago opened last week with a large attendance of students.Proposed Public Baths for Chicago.—The Trade and Labor Assembly some months ago petitioned the city council for a system of public bath houses. The matter was referred for investion, and Chief Tenement Inspector