New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-28
A CONSUMPTION CAMPAIGN
PUBLICATION OF CHARITY oh"A IN
=. TIoN SOCIETY DISCUSSES
THE PLAN.

- ,, under the committee the
r,re1ertjon of tuberculosis Of me MANY 20
cation Society and this week C"dil'ieS =.
,ec,aI number telling Of the campaign agaillsl
,,,ion 70 be waged in this city ana else
where on September Is an appeal was sent ou'
ASKING for al least $4,000 10 carry on TINS "oiN
and thus far so has been received
This new crusade against consumption by means
-. lc+,,,ae pamphlets special relief and district
nursing now undertaken in this city Is, OF course
or,, = small part Of worldwide movement III
which physicians and public spirited laErnen are
engaged In regard 10 the movement ChailueS
says:
To rrevent premature deaths, TO preserve wage
earners 10 their families, TO lessen The afnoulti 90
human suffering. TO obFlate nucn Oh b I'M Ne AIM
We are NOT seeking frighten consunlpt al
9h 0r message which comes from the wisest
among the scientists and physclans' Is e oiIir
iectnres and our pamphlets are to tell It is a
ror,eei of ortfn1isn and OF prudence, exhorta-
zion patience and obedience ,o stiii}g Iifca or
by print the committee can make us ileSe"e
known.
An interesting statement Of what statistics sho"
If mortality from tuberculosis in this city was CUM
riled for the number by Miss Lillian Brandt IaoIes
are given showing the mortality from ~ 10 I lol
Manhattan and The Bronx in comparison Win 'iloSe
Of five State and cities throughout the country
it is said:
hopgh urouoss SIN holds ts R ia3e at { {Rs
death rate in the United States from this cause haS
been deeTe2sing d0[ me II IS noticeable that
Fate for Manhattan and The Bronx is throqgh ii
states. but that It is now fast approaching the ne
lower rate Between lS7l and IN! me aefedss 7SI
the Emitted States was not gIeaIi pu tbe refe for
both rates have declined eonsi6eTa2y 4slIi3g the
rapidly OF the two.
The death rate for consumption in Manhattan and
The Bronx has fallen EOS per cent; while the de-
crease in the FIVE States and ten cities has neen chS
ar Pre- Prom ons,,mption in Manhattan and The Bronx
fallen OF all proportion 10 the Hee e- ~
able decrease in this city Is unoountediy 4LIoufd
BILE in large degree TO me n1eas eITes s~e more
comprehensive and have been lorgeF N Min
Tbs decreaee in the country at large, and in this
city in particular. is chiefly stgnihcant as in0icaL
ing what results may be expected IN the next
twenty years from further sanitary ana n1ealCaI
progress coupled with further education OF the
public intelligence in regard 10 the req! nature
long as consumption is responsible for me loss or
20 per cent OF me tb nT the situation is serious
and rather demands more strenuous enort tnah
rnent already accomplished
There seems TO be no relation between the death
rate from consumption and the SIZE OF me fl1S,
is there any reason why there should De, since
the conditions which make for the spread OF me
disease may exist in city Of quarter or mllllon
fnfa hitants as easily in the larger aggresations
ever is one the most important factors in the
prevalence of tuberculosis, and Il statistlc s On
would probably he TO exist Inc congestion
of population in large sections or New ork party
accounts for its position. fourth from the head
Of the list.
The general death rate is 10 per cent greater
in New-York City than in the rural portion OF the
State and the morta lily from consumption Is al
twice great
1t is thus nan:festly unfair 10 ascribe the whole
difference to city conditions, when comparing the
population Manhattan. with its considerable col
ored element and abnormal proportion Of both men
the middle periods, with the
portion Of the races especially susceptible 10 the
disease and its lack Of the proper quota OF young
men and women by reason Of the tendency OF TINS
class to move cityward. After making due allow
ance however, Tor thes differences in the compost
the population. there remains distinct dis
the evils arising from the massing Of large num-
hers of persons small areas
Leaving of consideration the point OF age Is
per cent Of all the deaths among males in New
Ycr CITY in 1900 due 10 consumption. but only
81 per cent Of all the deaths among females An
ness the economic devastation wrought by con-
sumption. Thirty-siX OF every hundred men
who died in York CITY in 1900 between the ages
of fifteen and thirty-five. and thirty-four out Of
every hundred women at the same ages. died from
consumption. The period between tnirty-f1Ve and
consumption cause Of death. Over hfty-five
its importance dinninishes. and below fifteen IL
Is insignificant factor But at the period
Of life when both men and women are repay
ing 10 society the capital investor in them. so
speak the way of maintenance and education,
Of their productive capacity and have families de-
pendent them. one-third of the mortality in
the first instance. and one-ifth in the second, is
caused by this Treventabe and durable disease.