Arizona republican., 1907-10-06

campaign in which much has already been accomplished, and in which tho future is bright with the prospect O still greater results.
 We have a tuberculosis dispensary in active operation, a visiting nurse supervising the home life and treat ment of those in need of her ministra- tions. a system of relief for those un- able to provide themselves with the necessary food and medicines-and all these activities supported, for the greater part, by the municipality, as should be the case. We have also been carrying on. more or less steadily, 2 campaign of education which has ac- complished something toward bring ing to the masses of the people a knowledge of the disease and how to combat it. In addition to all these, one of our most philanthropic citizens is now establishing. in a beautiful wooded plot of about one hundred acres. on the outskirts of the city, a sanitorium with a capacity of twenty-five beds for the treatment of incipient cases. It is proposed to treat in this institution cases of workingpeople who. pursu- ing their usual vacations during the day. may spend their nights and Sun days in the midst of country air and health-g giving surroundings, and under proper control and treatment.
 The indications are that the work we have already done has produced some results. In the fiscal year end- ing May 1. 1905. Yonkers had a popu- lation of 6O.OOO, with 133 deaths from consumption. or. at the rate of 22 per 10000. In the following year there was a population of 63.5OO. with 127 deaths from consumption. or at the ra of 20 per 10000. Last year the population was 67.OO0. With 122 deaths. or at the rate of IS per 10000. It would. therefore. appear that the nor tality from consumption is steadily falling. It will perhaps make these results more apparent if We state the facts in another way. Had the mor- tality from consumption in the year 1S05-06 been the same as It was in the preceding year. there would have been 139 deaths instead of 127, and last year there would have been 147 deaths in stead of 122, an apparent saving of 25.
 Much more than all this still re- mains to be done, but We feel that a good start has been made. and the foundations laid for a great work in the future.
 Whether the city in which q cam paign is to be undertaken Is a large or a small one, the problem in the fight against consumption resolves itself into:
 l. The control of those who are now i'll. so as to give these sufferers the best chance of recovery and also. what Is of still greater importance. so as to minimize the danger of infection to others.
 .. The education of the people with regard to the disease to which they are all exposed. so that they may intelli- gently protect themselves against it.
 The first and most important step in campaign against consumption is the formation of an efficient. concen- trated organization. Tn Yonllcrs the movement was begun by organizing a Sanitary league which had for it's ob- ject the protection and promotion of the health of the people of Yonkers." :" All citizens interested were invited to p'NpAi4t AiAtAAibNlS. buA AAl| lllSt W d- limited to those who contributed a small annual sum. The organization of the league Is such that its affairs are administered and controlled by an ex- ecutive council composed of a presi- dent. a vice-president, a secretary. a treasurer. and twelve councillors or di- rectors. From this executive council are chosen the chairmen of the stand ing committees, as follows:
 1. On Laws and Ordinances.
 ?. On water supply and drainage.
 3. On education and publication.
 1. On relief
 5. On hospitals.
 6. On statistics.
 :. On finance.
 s. On membership.
 Each chairman ot committee is empowered to select five associates. and is required to render to the coun- cil. at stated intervals. detailed reports of the work done by his committee There is thus cO-ordinated. under the direction and control of a central body. the work of a considerable number of active. public-spirited citizens. To this concentration is due much of the suc- cess which our league has up tn this time attained. and I recommend it's adoption by other societies whose ob ject is similar to our own.
 Each of these committees should at once take up the work which naturally falls to it, and should begin prepara- tions for an adequate. sustained cam paign. As soon as this has been done. the movement, I am inclined to think. is best launched by some sort of pub lie meeting-fOr example. to consider consumption as a disease of the masses;" to hear a series of lectures by experts on that subject. Such a meeting should be by invitation, and should include prominent philanthropic laymen. officers of the civil govern ment, and especially all of the physi- clans of the community. The discus sion should include a consideration of the economic and social as well as the purely medical aspect of the disease. This meeting should be given consid- erable publicity. and the proceedings should be fully reported in the daily papers.
 At this first meeting the preliminary work of the Statistical committee should be submitted, the number of deaths from consumption. the parts of