Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-20
ANNOUNCE PLANS
FOR HEALTH CAMP
PASADENA WOULD CARE FOR
CONSERVATIVES
PRESSING Need Is There for Regime
Which Shall Effeetually Check
the Spread Of Tuber-
culosls
Pasadena Agency,
1914 East Colorado Street.
Telephone Main 152.

AtAGbhSAN $1,000
PASADENA, Aug. 19-Leaders in
the movement to establish a health
carnp" or sanitarium and home for con-
sumptives in this vicinity have pre-
pared a statement of the situation
which makes the institution a practical
necessity and a call for funds with
which to carry on the work.
Those who will sign the appeal are ;.
Hazard Halstead, John Wadsworth,
Charles Burton Scoville, DR.. George E.
Abbott and Mrs. Gertrude H. Macy
The circular calls attention to the
fact that circumstances have brought
TO Pasadena considerable number of
indigent people suffering in varying de-
grees from pulmonary tuberculosis.
'These poor victims of disease and
disaster" continues the statement, ARE
virtually penniless, unable to work, live
in ill-ventilated ill-kept shacks, ex-
posed to atmospheric changes, improp-
erly clothed, insufficiently nourished,
endanger the lives of others by going
from one eating house to another try
ing to obtain food within their means,
and much of the time too miserably
i'll to keep themselves or their sur
roundings clean.
''How shall we regulate this class so
as to give those in the advanced stages
of the disease hygienic care without
fnperiling others, and those in the
early stages an opportunity to recover?
This is the perplexing query importun-
ing our attention and spectraly loom
ing before us for prompt settlement, in
sistently and rightfully claiming the
cooperation of every resident, for it
concerns us all, in our homes and our
families"
Danger of contagion
Concerning the danger which faces
the citizens of Pasadena under present
slipshod conditions the circular which
it is proposed to give wide circulation
goes on to say:
I'VE know that one-seventh of Ill
the deaths in the civilized world are
caused by tuberculosis and that it is
properly placed as first among life
exterminators. We know that 20 to so
per cent of those deaths are among the
poor.
while pulmonary tuberculosis is
the most frequent source of tubercu
Iosis, we know the disease is prevent
able and curable. The sputa of such
patients contain the bacilli in large
numbers; when deposited where it may
dry and become pulverized the germs
can readily obtain access to the lungs
of others Therefore the most common
mode of infection is the inhalation of
air contaminated by dried and pulver-
lied sputa of consumptives."
Recognizing and accepting our re-
sponsibilities, concludes the circular,
1.-THE Pasadena Health Camp associa-
tion has been organized and is pre-
pared to institute in Pasadena an in
telligent crusade against tuberculosis.
To Check the Disease
"They will adopt a regime under
which the spread of the disease will be
aa.a1lN dI.faF IL Il .YN1 l.n- Ea.,aar
secured near Linda Vista and it is
planned to establish camp where poor
consumptives may receive the benefits
of the open air treatment without dan
ger of disseminating the disease.
IAN administration building is
needed at once, also tent cottages for
patients and equipment Fifteen thou
sand dollars is the sum necessary to
undertake the work, with only $500 on
hand. For every reason hygienic,
humanitarian, moral we earnestly ap-
peal to every Pasadenan for aid in this
momentous social movement. The work
will be non-sectarian and humanitar-
ian in the broadcast sense of the word"
Subscriptions may be made payable
to John Wadsworth, treasurer, and let
ters concerning the matter addressed to
Mrs. F. E. Ferris, 2SS South Marengo
avenue, this city.
Crown City Notes
E. E. Gray has formally withdrawn
from the race for the Republican nomi-
nation for justice of the peace because
of continued i'll health.
Carl f. Lunkenheimer, a wealthy
manufacturer from Cincinnati, o., has
completed the purchase of the A. X.
Macomber residence at Oak Knoll. The
consideration was about $4,000.
Miss Chita Kraft has leased the resi-
dence of Mrs. M. j. Hill, 376 North
Raymond avenue, and will open it as a
girls dormitory for the students of
Throop institute. The building is very
commodious and within block and a
half of Throop.
j. c. Mather, one of the city's best
known business men, was the speaker
this afternoon at the mems meeting of
the Y. M. c. A, his subject being ITO
the Rest Is Given" The music con-
sisted of singing by the male quartet
and by w. l.. Jones.
Justice Klamroth has fixed upon Sat
urday of this week for the hearing of
the case against John Miller, H II.
Anderson and Frank Herr, charged
with extreme cruelty to an unbroken
colt, 1t being alleged that they dragged
1t at the back of a wagon until it had to
be shot to put it out of its sufferings.