The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-09
ON TUBERCU L0SIS Important Conference of Com. mission With Factory
 Men Here.
TO START AID FUND
Cooperation of Factory Owners Promised in Big Endcayor
 Planned.

An important conference of the state tuberculosis commission which was appointed by the state legislature at the last session and which will make report to the next session was held in the mayors office in city hall yes- terday afternoon at which time the myaor and number of representatives of local factories were present. John k. Gunshannan of Hartford gave a strong exposition of the disease, It's gcope and the methods of caring for those afflicted and then the matter es- peclally at issue in this session was brought up. The commission Is setting out to establish system by which the working people in all the large centers of population In the state may help themselves and their fellow workers and so assist in the reduction and con quest of the disease.
 The plan Is to have the employees at the factories contribute sums of mon ey for the establishment of free beds and free care for working men who be- come afflicted and for caring for them and giving them all those things which tend to help and where possible cure them The proposition was dis oussed with interest by the representa- tives of the factories on hand yester- day and several of them promised to do all in their power to aid the work Among those who gave promise Of as- slsting were Sargent's the New Ha- ven Clock company, Howe & Stetson, Max Adler of the strouse, Adler com pany, and others. Thomas c Bennett of the Winchester company sent word that whenever MT Gunshannan wished to come to his factory to carry on the work he would give him all the assist ance in his power II Is planned to send subscription papers through the factories and in some of the places placards announcing the work will be posted to call attention to what 1t Is purposed to do. The idea is to have the men help themselves
 Mayor Martin expressed himself as willing to take an active part Tn the campaign when t is put into operation in this city.
 At the session MT Gunshannan told of the spread of the disease. how one eighth of all who die each year in the United States succumb to tuberculosis and how 1t Is estimated that each per son of the so0,ooO now affected in this country spread the disease to two and a half others each year Then he told Of the plan of the commission thus:
 "The first thing to do in this cam paign which we are about to undertake in New Haven is to raise funds to carry on the work We will have sub scriptien cards started in the factories and business houses, and ask every body to give something if 1t Is only five or ten cents and have the local pa pers announce the subscriptions as fast as received. All outdoor wage earners can contribute through their organizations, and when the funds are all in the hands of the treasurer. we can decide how best to perfect an or ganization to carry on the work.
 T believe from experience that to ob- tain the best results, you could not do better than to have dispensary where poor people can go and receive free treatment, and be furnished with fresh milk and eggs; and also to engage 9 few nurses to devote their time in vis- iting the homes where people are af- fected In the chronic stages and give such aid as will prevent the spread of the disease.
 While we have in the Gaylord Farm in wallingford and Wildwood at Hart ford two excellent institutions for the treatment of incipient or early cases (let me say that neither of them is run on a moneymaking basis and both are showing excellent results). still I am a strong believer In the work in the homes where the sufferer can be with his family and friends and given at tention and care, and for results we have only to point to the records of the board of health In New York city where the work In the homes has beer carried on for over 25 years, and they show that in the year 1881 there were b,S12 deaths from consumption among 1,244.510 people, and there were S,95i deaths among 5,152,s6 people in the year 1906. The rate of reduction is 5C per cent on a population increase ol nearly 300 per cent"