The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-03-12
TO CHECK TUBERCULOSIS.
A Crusade Has Been Started by Presi,
dent Roosevelt.

0SnL ROOSEVELT.
Washington, March 10.--A crusade
against the spread of tuberculosis among
the employees of the government service
in Washington has been directed by
President Roosevelt, who issued an order
to the heads OF all departments, giving
them explicit instructions as to their
duties in combating the disease The
following is the text of the order:
L In accordance with the report and
recommendation of the committee ap.
pointed by executive order Of December,
1905, to prepare plan for the proven.
tion Of tuberculosis in the government
offices and workshops, ! hereby promul.
gate the following order with the OBJ
iect Of eliminating and preventing tuber-
cuiosis among the employees OF the pub
lie service,
1t shall be the duty of the head of
each OF the executive department 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.
II is hereby required of each depart
ment TO ascertain the names of any per-
sons in service in said department al
tiieted with tuberculosis, and to present
to them the printed rules prescribed by
said committee for their observance. The
non observance of said rnles shall in the
discretion Of the head OF the department
be considered as a Just cause for separa.
tion from the service.
Whenever there Is doubt with regard
TO any person in the government ser
vice as to whether said person is afflicted
with pulmonary tuberculosis, an order
shall he issued for said person to pre-
sent himself Cor herself) at one of the
government laboratories for examination,
or the director or other authorized off.
GER OF the said laboratory, a certificate
showing the result of said examination.
II 4 government laboratory is not ae-
cessible the laboratory investigation shall
be made ut 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 di-
rected to cause a thorough sanitary in
spection of Che public buildings and
workshops under their respective depart
ments, and they are authorized to detail
from their respective medical services
a sanitary board, or boards, for this pur.
pose. The inspection Of the public
buildings and workshops other than
those under the war and navy depart.
geon general OF the public health and
marine hospital service. The sanitary
board or boards, thus appointed, shall
report upon:
First, sanitary conditions immediately
remediable; second, insanitary conditions
requiring structural changes.
The said board when entering upon its
duties in any department shall report
10 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 an.
pointed by executive order of December
Z, 1905, and said committee shall trans.
init a full report with recommendation
to the president.
These duties to be additional To. and
1 "a
ties Of The members Of the committee.