The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-18
WHITE PLAGUE IS
TO Be C0MBATED
ASSOCIATION WILL BE FORMED
TO STUDY TUBERCULOSIS.
Representative Men and Women from
All Parts Of Minnesota Hold Meeting
on Invitation, Of Messrs. Christian
Sanatorium at Lake Street and River
Has Four Patients,

Steps were taken this afternoon to
form a state association for the study
and prevention of tuberculosis at O
meeting held at the rooms Of the Com
mercia1 club. Representatives from
Minneapolis, st. Paul, Duluth, the
State Federation Of Women g clubs, or
ganized labor, all schools Of medical
practice, the state board Of health and
the health departments of Minneapolis
and St. Paul were in attendance. ~ a-
The response to the call sent out by
George G.. Christian, chairman of the
anti-tuberculosis committee Of the Min
neapolis Associated: Charities, was
prompt and enthusiastic. More than
hreefourths Of those invited were in
attendance. The steps toward effecting
permanent state organization were
need of organization to combat effect
lively the disease. VII SEs*
:, Work Of Prevention.
Combating the .nsawhite plague'' is a
| work Of prevention rather than Of cure,
according to he1experts, who say that
those afflicted should be placed in san
itoria, not so much for their own cure
for the + Of the aRinf atbs
wise come in contact. H.
+ It is along this line that George 81.
and George G. Christian intend to work
in establishing tuberculosis camp near
the bank Of the river, at the, intersec-
ton of Lake street and the projected
extension Of the. Riverside boulevard
Six acres Of land have been secured, q
1 temporary tent camp has been in opera
tion for a week., and az, architect. L
@ Rssg e e. e fsf have eeSeesa
!, pleted by fall. The cost Of securing
| the land and erecting this permanent
structure will reach $4,000 and they
!. expect to expend the same sum fol
maintenance each year: The permanent
camp Is designed to accommodate
/ eighty patients and nurses doctors apt
| attendants necessary properly to ca cal
1 for them. ~ II, :. - - !
In the present temporary camp fou17
children, a girl Of 16 and three boy
under 10, have been receiving treat
y ment for a week and the results o:
their regular life, wholesome food, ant
7, fresh air, are already apparent In the1
| increased weight and color. The CAM
is in charge Of Miss Ida M. Cannon
| supervising nurse. Ill., . 49,.
~ Only for Poor People,
Il So far the patients have been admit
i ted upon the recommendation of Mis-
Marie Jamme, head visiting arse 70
, the Associated Charities. They ar
! children who ard&'either orphaned
without supporting. parents. Late:
when the accommodations are NOR
ample, paying patients will be adml
tetd but the charity cases will have tn
precedence. H. sE,,':t
: awe can hardly hope to do much, g
} our sanitorium will accommodate onl
eighty patients, while a conservativ
"A estimate places the number OF tubercl
n lous patients in Minneapolis at 1000.
! said George H. Christion today. "Br
i we hope to save some of the childre
3 and furnish comfortable home f
q some Of the incurables who are e,
) cluded from the hospitals. AS the. p;
tients admitted come from homes whe1
/ ignorance and poverty combine to fave
+ infection, we may do something
;. check the spread Of the disease M
a son and I expect, to support this san
torium without outside aid. -