Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-25
State A|.D|||.SOUGHT
FOR C|'0NsiUMP TiVEs
Subject Of a Hospital For Suffer-
ers Coming Up Before the
Legislature.
DR. . . i. !. 3. BEATTY ON MATTER.
Secretary Of Board Of Hcal,l, Emphatic
Regarding utah's Responsibility in
Connection With Tuberculosis.

2 shall the state take upon itself the
duty and Responsibility of providing an
y institution for the care Of persons ssuf-
8fsearl4i Ffg from consumption? To this
question, DR.. r. b, Beatty, secretary Of
IN state board of health, says yes,
WITH emphasis. Nor does he stand alone
yin this matter. The sentiment is spread
Ing mildly IN these parts that Of ali
/ sufferers that should be cared for3sat
the public expense. the victim Of tuber-
culosis III any Of IS forms. stands first
h l(And3 foremost. But the very contrary.
eonditlon is true. The city undertakes
+ The care of smallpox cases, in most
4 cases without cost to the patient
Smallpox Is far less deadly In its raw
& ages than is consumption. and is im-
4 i n sureably less a menace to the pub
8 lie. -
85 One person in seven in tho United.
4 States states dies from consumption and Of
IL The present population. l0.O0O0O0 are
4 doomed TO die from that much dreaded
& fillSease. The opinion has largely OBJ
y famed btfa cases of the disease do not
\ 81 mate In this region, but this notion
Is declared by th0se who know TO be
e feposterous. The fact is that this state
y, ~ t!stNe more llallt IFS share
\ 0f tuberculosis. not from natural con-
4 ditions, either climatically or5physical-
Z ". put from the fact that afflicted
persons flock here from elsewhere in
search 20 restoration to health.
IT is now generally conceded byalnedi-s
cal science that consumption does not
come from heledity.{It is CONCEDED that
q person whose parents orgriore remote
ancestors suffered from the disease are
ihlt. nty,
germ or bacillus must beSconmuncated
from some other case of. the disease.
The source of contamination NAV be a
human being. or 1t may be All animal,
such as the COW, but without such COM
5lnunica ton no person could contract
the n,alady though an army of his am
cestors may have died from it
5 s.l.i WHITE MANS PLAGUE.
Z Consumption has been rightfulIy
named tlse white mans plague,
Where another disease may Stay it's
thousands, consumption Stays tons of
thousands. Its nearest coR1petitoralis
pneumonia, which is steadily gaining
in point Of deadliness. Mod
sefil8 thods in the treatment of tuber-
scuiosis has caused a decided decrease
In the number OF fatalities, and has
proved conclusiyely that the disease is i
5bySrlo means incurable. Yet the situa-
hon is alarming. and the wonderis that
os1nucl1 apathy is manifest on the part
pr the public. People mingle with con-
4snlnptiNes with comparative impunity,
ignorant or Indifferent OF the conse-
sluences. There are, however, persons
m the community who sense the need
~ greater precautions in the matter in
.tliea ted ~ nd the number who are think
Ing seriously along these lines is stead
lily increasing. jsl a \
\ tone ofSthe local hospitals it Is said
there are 10 cases of tuberculosis No
here has any means of caus
in Z such cases to be Isolated hence the
need Of a place where isolation can BE
Effected. 1t must be Remembered that Il
majority OF persons suffering from con-
sumption are more or less in poverty
II ofic.a possessed of wealth, the fol.-
tune has in most cases been dissipat-
I'd in seeking relief No hospital here
is in q position. financially to pro-
vide a needed separate hospital for
.corlsumptiyes, and nothing short of
complete separation will fill the bill.
STATE 10 BE SOLICITED.
For the reasons above set forth, plans
are being laid8to have the state assume
the manifest duty of caring for con-
sumptives. It is argued by advocates
of the iiloNe1nent that every dollar thus
= Moulus3 10 inc tSIaIE.SE
roffers In many fold directly orSintlf-
cectly. Last year the loss to Utah from
the raNagess of consumption has been
placed at 100000, in dollars and cents,
10 say nothing of the distressing fea-
lures incident to death. a public In
stitution. it is ccntended, would be at
once remedial to the sufferer and a
protection to the public 4
Most cases of consumption. if taken
.early. can be cured. said Dr.. Beatty
today. Fresh air. plenty to eat and 4
careful nursing are the things neces-
Eary to effect a cure. 1t would not cost
much forithc state to provide an instf-s
5tutioE to care for such cases. Many
other states are doing it. and are meet
Ing with marked success. Plenty OF
acreage would be the first requisite,
where, forinstance,ten tents might be pro-
vided ats sleeping places. An fnexpens-
we building would fill the bill for in
element weather. The great object is
isolation. with plenty ofopportunity for
open air exercise by, the patient. = s
FRESH AIR CURE.
4, From other sources an idea of some
of the tuberculosis hospitals was OBJ
ztained. Some of the rooms are almost
entirely without walls each side being