The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-07-04
tuberculosis Exhibition Begins At St.
PauI's House.
PLAN OF PREVENTION PROVED
Association illustrates Methods OF
Fighting Plague in Comprehen-
sive Way.

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more at St. Paul's Guild House,
539,Columbia avenue Wednesday.
The literature and signs used in
the fence" campaign were seen
first. Beyond this was Section
No. I, which represented consump-
ton as contagious disease. The
section consisted of unsanitary
sweatshops, tenement houses that
were dark and filthy, courts
and also Baltimore's notorious
Lung Block" which has a rec
ord of from one to eight deaths in
each house on both sides of the
street.
One of the notices in this sec
ton was:
Consumption is a filth disease;
hence be clean"
Signs in reference to the danger
Of splitting and notices about dust
ing and sweeping, showing the
real danger in spreading tubercu-
losis by germs in the dust, were
also shown, The right way to
dust" showed dust cloth that
should be dampened, and the
wrong way showed the use of
busting with a brush or broom.
Specimens showing different
stages of diseases in the lung were
shown. In some there were cavi-
ties three-quarter of an inch in di-
ameter, which had been eaten
away by the tubercle bacilli. There
was also booth showing the plas-
ter jackets which were used in
cases Of tuberculosis of the spine.
Next was shown a chart with the
percentage of tuberculosis in diff
ferent cities and the deaths due to
consumption. There were also
| giving the ratio of tuberculosis to
other diseases, such as pneumonia,
bronchitis and influenza.
| In the second section tubercu-
losis as a preventable disease was
dealt with. The city's method of
prevention - fumigation of the
house after the removal or death
was illustrated. The supplies
| given by the Board of Health were
also shown, as follows: Disinfec-
tant and solution, 100 paper nap
kins, waterproof pockets that
were sewed inside the coat or dress,
100 paper sputum boxes and box
holder. Dark and unsanitary
rooms, where the nurses from the
Visiting Nurses Association have
found conditions that were dan
gerous to both patient and COM
munity, were pictured. In the
last reports of nurses the number
of cases of tuberculosis in the city
was 1853, and they are under the
Nurses Association. In the
Southern and Southwestern dis
tricts there are 26I patients, in the
Northwestern district I42 and in
the Southeastern district I4o.
Three of these nurses are support
ed by the Maryland Association
for the Prevention of tuberculosis.
Section No. 3 showed the sani-
tary methods in different sections
of the country. Pictures were
shown of the outdoor life of St.
Agnes Memorial Sanitarium, at
Denver, showing the avenue of
tents and spacious halls in the
buildings.
The Massachusetts, State SAM
tarium and the Adirondack SAM
tarium were also on view. A
series of photographs representing
the Maryland Hospital for Con-
sumptives, at Eudowood, was also
on exhibition.
The exhibition was in charge of
Mr.. William T. Reynolds, assis-
tant secretary of the association
and nurse of Bellevue Hospital
New York. 1t continued Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday, with
an address Thursday by DR.. John
Girdwood, of Christ's Church
tuberculosis Dispensary, and on
Friday by Miss J. f. Kemp, agent
for the committee on improved