The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-03-16
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS
Making War on the White Death.

A crusade against the spread OF tub
erculosis among the employees of the gov
eminent service in Washington was di-
rected by President Roosevelt, who is
sued an order to the heads of all depart
ments, giving them explicit instructions
as to their duties in combating the dis
ease. The following is the text of the
order
"In accordance with the report and
recommendations of the committee ap-
pointed by executive order of December
7, 1905, to prepare plan for the pre-
vention of tuberclusosis in the govern
ment offices and workshops, hereby
promulgate the following order, with
the object of eliminating and preventing
tuberclusosis among the employees of the
public serv ce:
1T shall be the duty of the head OF
each of the executive departments in
Washington to cause to be printed and
transmitted to all of the federal build
ings under his control the rules pre-
pared by said committee to prevent the
spread of tuberculosis in the buildings,
and to require their display by the Gus
todian in such manner and in such num-
Der as is necessary to carry out the IN
tent of the rules.
ct is hereby required of each de-
partment to ascertain the names Of any
persons in service in said department
afflicted with tuberculosis, and to pre-
sent to them the printed rules prescribed
by said committee for their observance.
"The nonobservance of said rules
shall, in the discretion of the head of
the department, be considered a just cause
for separation from the service.
whenever there is doubt with re-
gard to any person in the government
service as to whether said person is at
flicted with pulmonary tuberculosis, an
order shall be issned for said person to
present himself Cor herself) at one of the
government laboratories for examination,
and to present the department, from the
director or other authorized officer OF the
said laboratory, certificate showing the
result of said examination. If govern
ment laboratory is not accessible, the
laboratory investigation shall be made
at government expense
"The surgeon general of the Army, the
surgeon general of the Navy and the
surgeon general of the Public Health
and Marine Hospital Service are hereby
directed to cause thorough sanitary IN
spection of the public buildings and
workshops under their respective de-
partments and they are authorized to
detail from their respective medical ser
vices sanitary board, or boards, for thus
purpose. The inspection of the public
buildings and workshops other than
those under the War and Navy Depart
ments shall be conducted under the sur
geon general of the Public Health and
Marine Hospital Service. The sanitary
board, or boards, thus appointed shall
report upon:
First, insanitary conditions immedi-
ately remediable; second, insanitary con-
ditions requiring structural changes.
"The said board when entering upon
it's duties in any department shall report
to the executive head of said building or
workshop, who shall, on the request of
the board, give such assistance as may be
required.
"The sanitary board, or boards, will
make reports to the surgeon general OF
their respective services, who shall bring
these reports before the committee ap-
pointed by executive order of December
?, 1905, and said committee shall trans
NIT full report with recommendations
to the President.
'"These duties to be additional to,
and not take precedence of, the regular
duties of the members of the committee.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"