New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-12
WAR on TUBERCULOSIS.
COMMITTEE FOR ITS PREVENTION BE
GINS WORK-INTERVIEW WITH
MISS VALID.

definite plan Of operation was outlined the
FIRST meeting executive branch Of the Charity
Organization Committee the Prevention of
tuberculosis which was held this week. An i'm
portant event Of the meeting discussion of
the feasibility OF providing separate class in the
general treatment Of consumprives and arrange
nlenrs made for interviews with the officers
n such institutions There are already such dvis-
ions as eye and ear" heart and lungs etc.
Ply A cIas sifcation of throat and lungs il is
thought that people who have hard colds as
consumptives otter designate their disease, will
avail themselves more readily Of the privi sges
ofered them in the dispensa-ies. Il would also
prevent infection among the patients waiting! to-
gether in the IispensaTies-
The subject Of sputum cups. TASKS and papers
received a large degree OF attention. and people
with coughs vii, be asked 10 carry them in their
pockets and refrain from splitting elsewhere.
japanese paper in small squares which are incon-
spicuous and which be carried in paper bag
the pocket is il Is thought. the most practical
A resolution was passed favoring the erection
under the direction Of the Board Of Health Of
Eanatoru for incipient cases Of tuberculosis out
side the city limits This could be done under the
provisions a Law passed by the legislature TWO
years ago It is expected that the Board Of Health
VIII include in its next estimate the money for
such building. While there are hospital accommo-
cations for one thousand tuberculosis patients In
his city. there is provision whatever for people
b the early stages Of the disease
The committee also arranged for the publication
and general circulation OF leaflets giving advice as
10 the care and treatment Of cOnsumptive people
nd those living with them. Edward T. Devine,
general secretary OF the Charity Organization. was
authorized 10 employ four assistants, among them
an expert statistician. trained nurse and visit
Dr. About g 900 for the work has already been
raised. OF that $50 was given with the pro-
vision that g 80 be obtained
Miss Lillian Wald. who is member Of the COM
nictee a head worker At the Nurses Alumn9
settlement. in Henry-st-. believes that the ques-
lion OF tuberculosis is q very pressing in the
sl--as Of this big city. No one can work among
he tenerlents without feeling the awfuness Of this
curse she said a Tribune reporter our
nurses have been confronted by so much Of il that
se .ong ago christened il the 'tailor's disease.
all would come IN. a nurse would 90 10 invest-
gate. and upon her return would say simply. On
another case Of taIor's disease"
All around Us are families that have been
stricken Scarcely Is unscathed mere are
houses which have acquired a reputation AAe IN
siydaals through the numbers Of their inhabitants
Fho have died Of consumption. l knew tanll-E
aear the end Of Henry-st, consisting Of d talheI
mother and six children, which was wiped out oy
consumption. and I know OF many instances oiI''
ess tragic
of course our experience is confined principally
o the Hebrews around US and TO the streets within
"a king distance Of the Settlement believe sta
nsrics do not prove that the death rate from con-
F1nption among Hebrews is greater than WIN otIsi
races. Bur me Hebrew. q rule ADOPTS some III
soor sedentarv trade-he i seldom mason or sail
ur-,rbf-e the Trfshruau Of a corresponding social
scale is likely 10 become a longshoreman. truck
arvc-. trolley conductor or something OF me SORT
Rnicn gives him constant exercise IN the open
Again the Hebrew is not a fine race physically he
is slender and understood, a rule He sometimes
grows Eat, but ne seldom becomes muscular Ihese
racial characteristics are accumulated BY MS ten
1ency 70 choose an intellectual pursuit or else 4
sedentary occupation ike tailoring
I have noticed that social workers among other
races such as The Italians. Irish. negroes or Bo-
heraians. are rather given 10 thinking each that
his nationality is most subject TO consumption
The truth is that the poor Of every nation are
terrible sufferers. because the poor OF Whatever
race are always placed under physical conditions
that super induce the disease 1t does not partcu-
l2gey matter whether a family is Hebrew or Irish
# il lives huddIed up one or two dark III ven
Hiated closets. irregular, insufficient fooc the
thing Is pretty happen in either case
Oyercrowding and underfeeding-thus. in Woro'
3Og have the most prolific sources OF consumption.
Opposite the Settlement d double tenement
Aouse The front is tastefully ornaTiletea, , L.e
entrance hall rs attractive ana AZ ms Ners H.,
tAe ianitor be seen polishing the brass gaT ian
ii --l.o sili 1:sS - one roof IjVe az
Ill more attractive Hafr lhal ~ ~, rl,e
Conservative estimate. three hundred SOUS. ~ ~
as the Ie5r ara children parents grandparents.
aneleg aunts and boarders are packed INTO SasIa
believe he ,cneSr1erts could hold so many. the
streets are so fi b,Ir oDlv in the cool OF the
ing when the svgeatshops have yielded up tlelr
thousands and the women and old Iolks are situS
% TIE stoOps. the houses really eInptto- III
lis eongested state consumption breeds ApAce- t
= The majority OF The people in this part OF me
10y are chronicaIy underied. These people WI" VIZ
s9sue You the sidewalk and POKE so eHclleuiS
--..l9hs the pushcaTts on the brihK OF StlIIi
9.ttarFauon. They never have all the nonrlsnneI
10y heed. When they have money they Duy IN,
b-oiclodsy; they DO know how 10 COOK, anu
49, nothing TO cook with. Tea ana pfeau aic
sr staples with ueighborhood -,
n., aaese people profoundly ignorant OF III
~'afe OF consumption. and are inclined 10 accept