Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-07-20
HELP FOR CONSUMpTIYES.
Organization of a Society for the Relief Of
Victims of Phthisis.
New York Journal,

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Five thousand persons die of con-
sumption in Greater New York every
year. 1t is estimated by the health de-
partment thai there are at least 100, 900
men, women and children in this city
affected with this dread disease. and
that it is steadily on the increase is ad-
mitted by the whole medical profession.
In Colorado, which has for years been
the Mecca sought by many consump-
tives from the east, steps have already
been taken to guard against the spread
of the disease. which is highly contag-
ious. A society in Denver has estab-
lished a colony on a small scale, by the
| purchase of a number of vineyards, up
on which homes for consumptives have
been erected.
Now a similar society, only on a
larger scale, has beer organized in New
] York. 1t is called "The INDECENT Con-
| sumptives' Association and actual
| work in the interests of humanity will
be started at once.
The object of the society Is the pro-
viding of homes in the Adirondacks,
Colorado, New Mexico and other high
attitudes, where the proper climatic
conditions prevail for consumptives,
where, besides the best methods of
medical treatment, patients will also
have opportunity for manual labor and
the earning of a livelihood.
Speaking of the work undertaken a
prominent physician said: "We all
| know hat consumption is highly con-
| tagious. 1t is also known that the state
is about to establish a hospital for con-
| sumptives in the A~dirondacks. But such
| an institution cannot possibly meet the
| requirements of the greatly increasing
| army of consumptives.
Different cases require different alti-
| tudes, climates and treatment. The
| great mistake in the past has been the
housing together of many patients suf
sit, stare at each other, and wait for
death to come to their relief.
THAT is all wrong. A ~consumrtive
should have not only good air in a high
altitude, but plenty of outdoor exercise,
work that will keep him busy and divert
his mind from the fate he is told awaits
him.
"Consumptives who are compelled to
remain in the crowded cities succumb
to the disease in ninety-five cases out of
4 hundred. BY proper treatment such
as this society proposes to give it is
safe to say that at least so per cent If
not more of the consumptives coming
under the supervision of the society can
be saved. Denver has been at work
only a few months, and with a capital
Of $500, 900 her society has been enabled
to provide suitable homes for about 800
patients.
The colonies which III society pro-
poses to establish will consist of small
farms, say from two to ten acres each,
including small houses for the accom-
mediation of whole families, or, say.
of different families, who can club to-
gether in working-when they are abb
to work-the small farms.
"Of course, the main object of the So
ciety will be it's charitable work. The
establishment Of homes where the poor
who cannot pay will be provided with
proper medical treatment and some
thing to do will be our first care"
This society. though still in it's infan-
cy, has already interested a large num-
Der of influential citizens of Brooklyn
md Manhattan, who have subscribed
thousands of dollars.
Trenton, N. j., fearful of the large in
lux of consumptives from the sur
'ounding country who seek the pine
of New Jersey, has recently
through her local board Of
health, an ordinance compelling the
prompt reporting and removal from
to some sanitarium or hospital
If all consumptives.