The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-27
HEALTH CAMPAIGN.
Yellow Fever and Malaria Having Been
Wiped Out, State Board OF Health De
ctdes to Tackle Tuberculosis
and Small Pox.
New Orleans Picayune.

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and Small Pox.
New Orleans Picayune.
The Louisiana state board Of health
has begun campaign against variola
and tuberculosis, and proposes to
keep it up throughout the winter. The
general public has ignored these two
diseases to great extent, and few if
any sanitary precautions have been
taken against them.
DIR. c. Fl. Irion proposes to hold a
tuberculosis institute in the state in
the course of a few weeks, and it is
not unlikely that some point in ST..
Tammany parish will be selected for
the purpose. He intends to make q
thorough and scientific investigation
of the effect OF the climate in the ozone
belt on persons afflicted with the dis
ease, and il the results bear out the
claims that have been made for that
section he will probably urge its more
general use.
Medical Inspector Fred. j. Mayer
will start out shortly on tour Of the
parishes, his itinerary comprehending
every parish ia the state. His object
is threefold: To look into the question
of vital statistics, to investigate the
varioIa situation, and begin the move
ment for campaign OF education
against tuberculosis.
DR.. Iroin recently sent circular let
tiers to every physician in the state
and to every parish and munich
pal health officer. They were accom-
panied by blank forms showing the
information desired about the cases OF
variola and tuberculosis under treat
ment or known of by the doctors and
health officers.
Ia his tuberculosis letter DR.. Iron
says:
I'm view of the alarming increase
OF tuberculosis and the great mortality
resulting from that disease in this
state, it is the intention OF the state
board OF health to use every effort, ID
conjunction with the medical profess
sion, the local health authorities and
medical societies, to check the spread
OF the disease.
SIN order that the extent and scope
of the work to be done may be ap-
proximately arrived at, it is very
necessary that the number and local
ity of cases should be known to the
state board of health
The variola letter, among other
things, says:
1.-THE alarming prevalence Of variola
in the many parishes of the state has
assumed such proportions that the
state board of health feels that It is
incumbent on it to do everything in
its power to aid the parish health Of
ficers in supprsssing the same. This
can best be done by securing the active
and hearty cooperation Of the medi-
cal men Of the state, and through their
individual efforts in securing yaccina-
ton and re-vaccination TO facilitate
the work OF the parish health officer,
both In this and other sanitary meas
ures, for the suppression Of loath-
some disease, the existence OF which,
in any community, is a standing re-
proaeh to the profession. !"
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