The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-05-03

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sumption. They Instruct the attend
Ing physician 10 report 10 the
health office some other cause Of
dvnfh. They do not like TO have IL
known that there is consumption Ia
the family.
Organic heart disease ~ the only
disease that exceeds Il as a slayer Of
humanity In this city. The figures
shown above. which were complied
from tho health office records. show
that the number of deaths by heart
disease during 1908 exceeded by 10
those Of tuberculosis The mortality
Ia eases OF pneumonia and bron j.
ehitis was only 81 az compared with
III from tuberculosis. The number
Of deaths from those destructive dis.
eases. iirlght'a disease and typhoid
fever. were only 80 and 81. re-
spsetivsly.
The number OF deaths by scarlet
fever. measles and smallpox. gem
crnily deemed 40 dangerous. ln in
siEnifleant an compared with the
uuanbrr from consumption. And yet
consumption r. catching and
tfsnreforc prcventable and. IN early
atAsaa. even durable. Dr. a. II. Linn
eriek Of the health board said Sat
unahys
Medical discoveries during the
nsHt few years have shown eoncla-
slsaiy that there n no more excuse
frn ths existence OF consumption
TINA there is for typhoid fever or
buitonic plague Such diseases are
estifel1 the result OF unmatiiatY con-
dftlvtss that should not exist And
80 Ga the neishbofhood OF fs0.o
psunls. or a number equal 10 the
population Of Seattle and all It's sub
us1'e. die IN the United States from
consumption every year. Reckoning
the earning capacity OF every man
At ti1.so0 and Of oouSumptiye AZ
1875, the loss In wealth alone 90
the sountry on account of conaump-
ton amounts to approximately a
billion and q half dollars a year.
The board OF health Ia doing its
best 20 prevent this unnecessary loss
Of life IN Seattle. All children ar
digted with tuberculosis found In
tho schools are removed and gepi
Isolated. II parents refuse 10 do
this the houses are quaraniiued. II
n an outrage 20 have every child In
school room exposed 10 contaaion
ou secount of one or two OF their
number ard ~ do not intend TO al
ies. II. Teachers have been given
Instructions 10 help Us ia detecting
such cassa
by prevailing upon The Seattle
Electric Company aud tho police "a
snfofrs expectoratinR ordinances We
aiso are trying 20 prevent unneces-
saFy Infection. A consumptiva. en-
paetoratea on the sidewalk or IN q
ear The moisture In the sputum
dries and leaves tho millions Of tu-
befeuloais baeilIl free 20 circulate In
thhe air or 10 be dragged into homes
en- ths skirts Of women. There Is
no tei,ing wbere or how the germs
vii find lodRmsnt In the lungs OF
other portions OF the human body.
Most Of this danger would be
avoided n people would expeciorate
only In the street The establish
ment OF the bacterfoloFical branch
Of the city laboratory viii enable
anybody who suspects that he has
consumption 10 have his spufum
analysed free Of cost IL necessary.
such a course Il advisable for any
person. 80 that he may be sure that
he r. Immune from the disease.
''ous of the greatest difficulties In
dealing with tuberculosis IL that
people afflicted sith Il viii not adj
init IL. ortenttmsa even when they
know ~. 10 make II a matter Of pub
Ito record. II will often iniure them
II the fact IL known. 10 might pre-
vent marriage or interfere with the
ordinary social or business rria-
lions. For instance. have a case
at the present time where young
mdy Of 10 has found out that she
has tuberculosis IN tho throat. Nat.
orally she does not want everybody
10 know about H.
but In the big cities tie health
board keeps an account OF every
eouHnmptlye person IN the city. or
tries 20. II the patient does not
want Co be removed 10 public san-
uariuIn his physician must make a
yearly report 10 the board The
inttsr furnishes free. II necessary.
paper boxes into which patients can
spit and afterward destroy the box.
In some European cities expec-
torafion In public places Is abso-
lutsfy forbidden and In several Ger
man cities smoking Ia public Ia