The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-12
IN This Whole County
Against the Terrible
White PLAGUE.

WILLY = - = LlSs
Every other day sees q sanitoriupi
assoela ca. or lqt tas
trea lentsgr tion of stllbercn-
iosis 1lisbeII n this so G1Itly. Is a
statement issued today by the Ma
tional a for the Study and
Prevention OF 1sefsuIosls During
the months OF septem Der and October
Is associations I 0 sanatoria, and S
dfspensaries were started or provided
for IN the United Stdtes, making a
record Of achievement u anti-tu Der.
culosis activity never before equaHed
IN any conntfy OF the world. The
stimulus for this wave Of philan-
thropic endeavor has been derived
largely from the recent Interna tional
Congress on Tuberculosis.
From one end Of the country to-
the other, men and women OF ali
ranks and classes, are rising up .oi
fight in the battle against tubeBcu-
hosts. Including the recently formed
societies, there are at the present.
time, 81 associations for the study
and prevention of tuberculosis in the
UNITED States, with a total member
ship of over 20, 900. ali engaged inI
an active war on consumption. Never
before in the history of the country,
has such an army been massed tol
Tight against disease, And, with thaI
present rate OF INCREASE sustained, til
is estimated that tlis army Will bel
doubled in size within a year Oni
January 4, 1905. there were in thel
United States only "a associations
for the study and prevention of tuber-
culosis. by January /, 1909. there
VIII undoubtedly be $50 such asso-I
Citations. an Increase of over 500 perl
cent The states which lead In thel
number of associations are, Massa-
chusetts with 90, New Jersey with %, i
New York with I 9. Michigan with 16, |
and Pennsylvania with II. Thirty
five OF the forty-six states have one
or more associations.
These associations are all phi1an-i
thropic in organ ization, and are COM
posed OF physicians and laymen. both
men and women. who are anxious toll.
see the number OF deaths from tubeIli
cuIosis reduced. That such organiza-
tons are Instrumental in saving life,
may be seen from the reduced death
rates in several states and cities. Ins
Boston, the death rate was reduced (.
from PHO to 1916 per ten thousand
largely through the efforts of the
local association. In New York, 1t
Is estimated that the campaign,
against tuberculosis has saved to the
city annually at least 5000 lives. I.
In Chicago. a similar reduction I'm the
1umber of deaths from tuberculosis
lA been Affected 4
At the head of the great campaign
nm,
ry. is the National Association forl i,
he Study and Prevention of Tuber-
ulosis. with President Roosevelt as :
me of its heads and with nearly 3
1000 members in every state in the A
Union. Allied with the national \
iody, are p State associations. who
re fighting tuberculosis in their var
Gus states And under these state
EXAMINATIONS, or independent of them i
here are nearly 200 associations III n
he principal cities OF the country, p
The increase in the number of san 2
toria at the present time, is also p
noteworthy, since the p
eed for beds for tuberculosis pa .
ents is evident in every state. y.
hire are, at the present time, $50 -
lnatoria and hospitals making spec Q
Il provision for tuberculous patients, 4
nd the entire bed capacity of all OF CT
lese institutions is but $1,000. When tc
is considered that there are in the p
pited States. at least $4,000 peo- 70
lie suffering from tuberculosis, one ~ ~
ilrd of which number ought to be-
sanatorIa or hospitals, the lack of ,y
roper bed capacity Is very evident. %
The dispensary movement. one of W
lie later phases in the anti-tubercu- tie
isis campaign, is also receiving al be
-eat impetus. Four years ago. 50
lere were only 19 dispensarIes in SC
lie United States; at the present W W
m, there are 165, and new ones are y,
,ing established at the rate of one n,
week. These dispensaries ar la
aces to which anyone who thinks co
at he has consumption, or knows m
at he has the disease, may go and sa
, examine and given proper advice -
id treatment free of charge, or for W.
very small sum. The emphasis in T.
ese institutions has been laid = by
gular and sanitary life on the part be
the patient, and on his sleeping in to
e open air. IL