The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-06-26
TUBERCULOSIS AMONG NEGROES.

/ ri E14GeAl 1-~ytIdAa'I4 49,
the North Carolina M~dlca4 Assem-
tion CcolOred), entitled me lH'iea
az Consumption Among Negroes
r rn.-r T., th-
>dNst7 - ~bfhfts
OF me titdI7" th' d1
siner- desire 10 help MS race Tdli~I
than TO exploit himself or his knowl-
NH .raate his subiacr with a
S' I'M -
feiE'9hIhG d'sie" u
He evidently knows the negro ana ms
Tendencies and does not hesitate 10
. r,ainf. ,ba caue.e for the in
-' tba race
- do V -, -
10 De IN many
ignorance. ambition lhteih-
terauce and a saualor OF life which
ae,,I, MOI 60 much
~
fIOm necessity az from w
euce.
C0ueumptiOn in the negroes. says
IS, D.. ,rderiablv H. large
TIE "ii''-' - -
measure To ignorance not 50 ihuth -
cause as in prevalence. Admitting the
Inability 10 obtain accurate statistics.
~ +a HI. c,pviction thar
~ "''''i
II IS 100 modest an eSuiild't ''i
that at least one in every seven ne
q FITC GllEG. rs ne result III III Oh LII
''h' jim % Nil
The negro can not stand debllltdl-
ing diseases Tor long without ehdIHS
up in consumption. any more IMAM i+
can I'VE comfortably ana lohG III the
coolest climates In inns connection /
.ilsiit So rm't rTI%tamt o,aasmr. Is
= modified bar to consumption. My
meaning would be very much obscufed
II "llat say mere gives ~
'H e. 49, nnt ioct thair ,-acial
integrity and peculiar characteristics,
cannot have consumption.
A list Of one hundred cases, taken
"i'IIo"' "''cIhpl " 80
o.,le. ~ ,act ,,era of ,nived blood
i'm varying degrees Of mixture. The
dispropofuon between the death rate
y 1no31 h az n da1 y - hv Wa fact mar
fuli-blOoded negroes constitute not
more h One-SiXth of the race. |
am not pfepdled 10 STATE "hclilel
49, thora 81 Ola ana chanpa-
less (black) color approach more
nearly the primitive state of the race
rs 10 p!ySlca coI,uitlGi' H. 40" 10 So So
5c onnroacbpd in tho nhvsioue and the
living of men today. the less Vulner-
abe ,hey are 70 disease ana tlie Suior-
SeI ho - - ~ traka Of c%iyili-
uclS ''i"I ionil4" ~ - naha ann 70
! - rat frano
h !" l1Tn ornracaoa NV ~ nhraca
az ~
D'Oh ~ '"0 ST.
Ignorance ana poverty combine III
the negro 10 llcle7S Ms 'eliueics 70
"alu7 CONSUMPTION Hiiou6H
"SSieH0 aHu pi'p0i io -
IFS HSSieiiic eli'i' "io ~ -
l"l 'he lio9' pat Hioio ~
IMAM TO cdreleSShesS or leSllsehce' ne
"'eS not hllo" 'h"' lshol"i'
. "hnle p0'pie ny way
" III" w '''ho " go =
''l" ~ ~ 'Hhi io non
coloieu peopie y olleil '''ii
ed ny odu 'hah pS Eoou results h
'"o' 'n"' ''o H3i' W."
was . Ni'"h " io
10 ieJeo'e" eNoep' III 80 XXI -
1T 'i"' 1T "oiN
~ 'e op0i GIL 'ei'NU ~ 'e mn
1898 li"olo H'0ie'o' as ~ h'lV''s' =
6oe'' says uo "li'el' u" 'hah
liz udiSilli97ioh VI d 'ehuehoS' u
Il do not know that LOCALITY has SO
liuCI W oo VIM IL III ne o"h ~
homo in the worst and most ,Inhealthy
portions. Both poverty and sentiment
restrict him to these localities; and. to
De tlutliuI, ne aeelaiS 'ie ~ "ppie-
Hp"i' va dho 'Hi
VI oiuiidiS HSSieli1 plecdu'ioh9 "iu
doNlce "9 TO the ddhSel Oh ll'eiilpei
"hce' the Nli'0i rests MS hope VI
prevention OH ou'-uoor occup"'iolS
ne notes viii SdoHeA9 thdI Tie ue"'ii
rate IL illllill'elY larger Among ol"o9e
VINO III Deter circumstances ana u
lllShef lhteillSellce are employed III
seuehIdrY occupatiohS' 1hlS feliioNdi
from the heldS ana the strange pfoVls-
ION of nature which WeakenS the con
stltutlons of the croSs-bloods remain
the great causes at work. Ihe negro
pays dear Tor SQcn euuCatlOn ana re-