The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-12-16
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ing the typical shack often occunied
oy colored women, who wash and iron
our clothes. The first room will show
the crowded, dirty. poorly ventilated
room in which a colored laundress In
ironing a weeks wash, while nearby
In the same room is a tuberculosis pa
tient in the bed, coughing and splitting
up millions Of the bacilli OF tubercu-
olsis, while the ironed and unironed ar
ticles Of clothing Of white families are
strewn around the room to be infected
with the germs of this fatal disease.
which will be carried home I'm the
clothing to possibly cause the death
OF our loved-ones. The second room
Will show the houses as 1t ought to he.
with the tuberculosis patient absent,
the room nicely swept up, the win
dows open. admitting the fresh air
and sunlight so destructive of the tu-
bercula bacilli.
These two features alone win show
how important it is for people to find
out first where their clothing is being
washed and If there are any tubercu-
losis patients in the family of the
washer-woman. 1t will further show
the importance and necessity for in
vestigating where our numerous SEP
wants came from and sanitary condi-
tions surrounding the inside of their
homes.
There will be also a lot Of descrip-
tive literature to be distributed free.
which will contain much valuable in
formation to the public. County SUI
perintendent Of education, 8. ID. Cain.
| has at the request of the COMMITTEES
OF arrangements, invited the teachers
OF every school in Sumter county and
all of the scholars above the 7th grade
to attend this demonstration Dec.
22nd. 1t is intended that the demon
stration feature including the grama-
phone lecture, in fact the demonstra-
ton feature complete, will be repro
| duced from time to time at every
school house in Sumter county.
Early hygienic education in the
schools will be inaugurated in this
county. The intelligent and public
spirited ladies and gentlemen of Sum-
ter. the city council, the city Board OF
Health, the city Board Of Education
and city superintendent of education.
together with our local physicians are
cooperating heartily in this movement.
DR.. Walter Cheyne. secretary. ha,
extended an invitation to every ply
sician in the Sumter County Medical
Association, which association also is
taking great interest in this demon
stration by special committee and
! otherwise.
The meeting will open at 10 o'clock
a. m., and will adjourn at d. m. The
| afternoon session will be from IN
p. m. The demonstration and lectures
| VII be held at the Sumter Light In
fantry armory, in Masonic Temple
building. Mr.. r. N. Abbey of tho
| Lyric theatre, has kindly consented ia.
take charge Of the lantern slides and
hash-light features. The Civic League
ladies and Civic League nur.e are rem
dering valuable assistance. More COM
plete programme will be published lat
er.
1t Is hoped that every health officer
In South Carolina or any others in
terested in sanitary work win be pres
ent. While, as before stated, this is a
meeting for beginning an educational
campaign in Sumter county neverthe-
less. the people Of this county. will he
delighted to have others from different
parts OF the State, derive the benefits
OF the initial demonstration to be pull
ed off at Sumter.