Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-11

JUDGE k,NNE COMPLIES FACTS
Result Of Important Investigation Au-
thorized and Directed by the Lesis.
Iature-Efforts to Establish State
institution For the Care of Consump-
tives, to Be Renewed.
pecial to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican,.
|. Des Moines Nov. 11.-Just before
starting for Sioux City yesterday to
attend the annual state conference OF
charities and corrections. Judge L. G.
Kinne, of the state board of control.
completed a compilation OF facts which
have been secured by the state board
as foundation for an exhaustive re-
port to the next legislature on the eX-
tent of tuberculosis in Iowa and the
best means of prevention and treat
ment OF the disease. The Investigation
has been going on for the past four or
five months, Judge Kinne devoting
much of his personal time to the work.
1t was an investigation authorized and
directed by the legislature and many
regard 1T as one of the most important
matters set on foot by the legislature.
1t will be recalled that many prominent
physicians of the state beSought of the
Legislature that it appropriate a large
sum of money for the establishment OF
u state institution for the care Of con-
sumptives. They were in dead earnest
in their Views that more good could be
done in this way than in almost any
other one thing the Legislature could
do. 1t is known that the effort is to be
renewed at the next session. The leg
islators generally were much impressz
aH u.it1 bn ~ "a n
them but they felt that they were not
ready to act until more detailed and
official investigation was made. This
is what was authorized. Informally
Judge Kline viii report to the state
charities and corrections conferences on.
the results Of the preliminary investi-
cation, for the legislature contemplate
ed the widest publicity to all informa-
tion secured.
The investigation was commenced
with an inquiry addressed to seventy
three experts in tuberculosis in all
parts of the world, from which 1t was
decided that the right thing to do was
to secure statistics from the physicians
of the state as to the cases treated
in the past, but that 1t was not wise
to place cases under observation be-
cause of the shortneses of time and the
small funds. All of these experts ad-
vised the following as desirable for the
location of either temporary or per-
manent hospital for the treatment of
tubercular patients, viz: pure air, a
considerable elevation, reasonable
distance from city or town, good drain
age timber protection, southern ex-
posure. A few advised high altitude
of from 1900 to several thousand fee.
as desirable, although the greater
number favored moderate elevation
and deemed out OF door care and prop
er treatment more important than al
titude.
During the month of September
blanks were mailed to all the physic-
ians in Iowa, 1852 in number, and
up to the evening of October 20, 1904
replies had been received from 1896,
Of whom 67S reported no cases and 91S
repo1.ted one or more cases. OF those
not reporting cases few had retired
from practice and some had removed
from the state or died. The 91S ply
sicians reported $500 cases as exist
ing during the year ended June 80,
1904.
In regard to the age of the patients
the following was shown: One year
and under, %; two to ten years in
elusive 1876; eleven to twenty, 1856:
twerty-one to thirty, 1,161 thirty-one
to forty, 79s; forty-one to fifty, 299:
fifty one ITO sixty 2O3; sixty-one to
seventy, 1Os: seventy-one to eighty SO:
over eighty lone, 3; age not given, 40.
In regard to social state there were
married 1892, single 1907. widows ia,
widowers 20. not stated IT,
Only 81 we're black in color.
s&s
In summarizing his facts Judge Kin
ne obtained the following which he will
present to the conference:
tIt appears that of the $500 cases
reported 1872 were males and 1879 fe-
males, 49 sex not given, being an ex-
cess of over 500 females over males,
and this notwithstanding the fact that
according to the federal census of 1900
there We're S1.S45 more males than fe-
males I'm this state
1.-THE disease is most prevalent from
twenty-one to thirty years inclusive
SNeAA>'
elusive. There were 1.161 cases COM
ing within the first period mentioned
and 79S within the last period. Six
hundred and forty-three of the total
number afflicted We're under twenty
one years of age. and 2,6O2 were under
forty-one years Of age, or more than
two-thirds of the total number repor-
ted 1t thus appears that very large
per cent of the cases occur during the
productive period of life when men and
women should be most capable of earn
ing and accommodating.
More than four-fifths of the cases
are of a pulmonary character and in
many cases the disease has affected
both the lungs and other parts OF the
body. In almost one-third of the total
the disease was found in per-
sons Of foreign birth The federal CEN
sus of 1890 shows that there were IN