New-York tribune., 1901-08-07
PREVENTING CONSUMPTION
PROFESSOR BRoUARDEL's ADDRESS AT
THE LONDON CONGRESS on
TUBERCULOSIS.
-, . london Tines of Julv 3.

From The London Times Of July ..
AT the general meeting, held at St James's
Hail yesterday afternoon an address was de-
Faculty OF Medicine in Paris on The Measures
Adopted by Different Nations for the Prevention
OF Consumption" The Right Hon H. Chaplin
~ P took the chair. Professor Brouardel read
his paper in French.
He said that mortality from tuberculosis varied
according TO the country In some cases it
accountable for a sixth. hfth and sometimes
fourth Of the total mortality; Havoc such this
rnents should strictly inquire into and adopt meas
ures arrest the propagation OF a disease which.
"a race The wonder was that the voice Of alarm had
been 50 long in making itself heard. and that for
The disasters going s on around them There were
struggle was considered Useless: the disease in
durable; II was not known how II spread. Exag-
agreed that phthists was hereditary They were
lulled 70 sleep by this formula. which served as
pillo| tor lGIeness and exempted them from in
sestigaJng the the 9Ttgn p Of the chef Popular OBJ
Norgagnis, who. in the seventeenth century stated
THAI N Italy II was customary burn the bedding
declared that he was frightened 10 make a post
@ SO - S OF phthisis 6ut Wnen, on DeceT-
Academy OF Medicine which proved the real pres
league Professor Ro6er Koeh 2nF Rad dsooTe4ea e9 e0
demonstrated TO the medical world the agent OF this
ogesed, -, 70 humanity I and every nation wished 70
gTgnr soe thg PoDle gooc 20 me recent sclentnc
toned had actually made known their discoveries
Convinced BY observation that tuberculosis thriTed
IN dark and damp dwellings in 1SSs-nearly seventy
date their zeal had not abafed Tbev ba5 Win
admirable perseverance. passed more than ten acts
of Parliament, they had rendered salubrious the
the whole kingdom This effort had been described
by ne name Of the Queen who presided over its
crecton-the Victorian era No greater homage
could be paid 70 her gracious majesty and. il the
English colleagues in adopting this Characteristic
name for The crusade that was undertaken and for
mittee 70 make the subject OF his address the
measures adopted by different nations for the pre-
NeEtlon OF consumption: but. unfortunately precise
information was dif1cult TO collect. and the time
at his disposal for SIS verihcation was very short
even errors.
LEGISLATION
He begged 10 dwell a moment on legislation II
interferes with daily life. that disturbs in
the bosom Of the domestic hearth. when it was
called tor BY public opinion; when all were con-
ne danger Of his vicious habits and was ready
2s6bor TO 70 DO Fefos fSs s & 31a TO require his
rubercuar education OF public opinion 10 be carried
presidency Of his royal highness the Prince ~
Wales, national association for the prevention Of
object was TO carry out prevention by Educating
the masses Germany founded societies for the
CONSTRUCTION OF sanatoria. and then societies for
The propagation OF the idea 10 popularize sanitary
Zach province had an independent branch In Nor
pose Of printing and distributing a popular work
on tuberculosis by DR.: Klaus Haussen and 1900
sa5ator5s In Fra-ce 80 re c S,- Le .sI@e & epent OF
uon Of tuberculosis by Popular Education under
the direction Of Dr. Peyrot. had collected together
gradually IN all countries the public were begnnjng
70 realize that personal care and cleanliness we're
izing that other idea, 10 his mind equally i'm
portant mat consumptiye patient was only dan
gerous II me necessary precautions not taken
around him, and II he himself did not take them to
from contagfon. The danger vas In r. s-r--,-
which contained thousands OF conta gious germs
and dangerous habit once This habit b5S aains si
qGIsappeaTed tuberculosis would decrease rapidly.
there had been a press campaign against IL The
quickly realized The consequences OF this depIora he
habit, As an example might be quoted the case OF
nilonatre-Mr, BEadbury-who. punished for
ne hEst oIenee oy me, on repeating It was sen
1Cneers9 Al sydney hne OF q was imposed on
persons Tor splitting in the streets. In Europe
less convinced Of this danger. ere none the
HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES
Recognizing that insalubrtous dwellings were ons
OF ne most potent agents in the propagation Of
tries had kept this insalubrity weu in view. ana
nae made avs ordering the destruction oS IN
inteTyened in favor OF associations for building
passed since then dealing with lodging houses and
re yo9-e-1T- @ Lls acuon on the part OF
benefactors, among whom he mentioned M Pei
Initiative had not been 50 successfui Fs ;,, T9
nae been one OF the most enthusiasts nsTio1s =
ings The law, passed IN 1859 formed cor1ittees IN
Sacn administrative district build and lar heaIrb,
houses 20 workmen. In Denmark building sccisriess
had hoLrished best Of all In 100 Christs5 81 les
ne example by erecting houses with gardens for
the law of 1850, dealing with unhea tbv 5vaiiir1st
0l Mesni!s work on lodging the poor in Paris: the
"a passed November 80 lse4 which defined he
POS OF the State and OF private Initiative in The
c aclien OF working dwellings u no un-
6y rye. six, eight and sometimes twelve Ders66ns
sLsS were community coming in contact with one
sHoI1ef, chances OF contagion were increased nv
s6acs s iaSt Ct, alone and in addition he limited
Tpa.s Leo 70 oe added the dirtiness Of the Occur
keeping sufficiently clean. Thus snalf tuberrioefs
toci were created, which invaded the whole bo|,ss
olsease into their workshops and Offices and soon
Haae large tuberculosis focus OF the town.
ALCOHOL AND CONSUMPTION.
Unhealthy dwellings caused other disasters: they
workman stayed in his home as little as as possbias
ne ate there and slept there. but the rest OF his
LsLl vas tfe most potent factor IN propagatinE
t1Derculosls He would quote but two sets OF sta-
showed hst the mean morraf heine 6atn9in
Ps-- ~ ta9t s caused y tqberculosis was among:
Ing musicians, I74 haIrdressers I4s; brewers Is.
SS,Seeps 49, pubHcans 40; coachmen I24; coalrnen
that mortality from tuberculosis and from alcohol
l5In was nearly identical In this connection he
"otained the following results:
Deaths rom tubercu- Annual consumption
losis IN 1000 Of iirres Of sico-
hsS.iaaIs; sa hol per head.
80 70 1921
70 70 N -----.---'---.' i5-1S
''''--r''--- 1870
More taan 50 ---''--'---'-.'' l1S 10
,bs bny y measure State or individual tending limit
s Tasagss Of alcoholism VIII be our most precious
summary N the crusade against tuberculosis.
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