Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-05
'O|RECTORSARE NAMED
First Steps to Organize Anti
tuberculosis Association.
LARGE MEETING is HELD
Prominent Westinghouse Active
in Preliminary Work.
ELECT OFFICERS TONIGHT
Addresses Made by Gen. Sternberg,
Drs. Wyman and Wiley and
Others Urging Cooperation.
ELECT OFFICE
TONIGHT

| Preliminary steps were taken for the
permanent formation of the Association
| for the Prevention of Tuberculosis at
meeting of prominent Washingtonians in
| terested in the work held in the rooms OF
the Chamber of Commerce last night.
Thirty directors were chosen with full
power to form the organization at a meet
| ing to be held this evening. Officers to
serve during the coming year will be
| chosen at this session.
The list of directors chosen includes
Gen. George NJ. Sternberg. William H.
Baldwin. Emile Berliner. Miss Mabel T.
| Boardman. DR.. F. Fremont Smith, DR.. D.
Percy Hickling DR.. George NJ. Kober.
DR.. Jesse Ramsburgh. DR.. William c.
Rives, DR.. Robert Reyburn, DR.. Milton J.
Rosenau, DIR. L. c. Schroeder. Rabbi
Louis Stern. Miss Isabel L. Strong. Rev.
John Van Schaick. jr., George S. Wilson,
Rev. D. f. Wiseman, DR.. James Dudley
| Morgan. Max Cohen, Gen. William II.
Forwood. Miss Emily Tuckerman, Mrs.
| Truman H. Newberry, Mrs. Hennen Jen-
nings, DIR. c. w. Richardson, DR.. G. W.
Cabaniss DR.. William c. Gwynn. DR..
Richard Kingsman. Dr. D. Olin Leech, A.
|
! this evening will be held at the head
quarters of the organization at 923 II
| street northwest.
The meeting last night was presided
over by Gen. George NJ. Sternberg. At
the opening Miss Bray. who has charge
of the clerical work of the proposed or
ganization, and who will probably be the
new secretary, read a report Of the work
| from its inception six years ago by the
| formation of a special committee Of the
Associated Charities, which Is to be Sue
| ceeded by the new organization. The
association has 125 members, and with
the new organization a large increase
| is expected. The dues range from 81 to-
| 800 annually. Thus the richest and
the poorest may avail themselves Of
membership in the work.
Surgeon General Wyman of the United
| States public health and marine hospital
service: A. I. Stuart. superintendent of
| the public schools and DR.. Harvey w
| Wiley of the bureau of chemistry De-
partment of Agriculture, also made short
| addresses
Individual Responsibility.
| DR.. Wyman, the first speaker. called
attention to the fact that the individual
is responsible for the spread of tubercu-
loss and urged greater safeguards to be
| employed to eradicate the disease.
The importance of tuberculosis from a
| hygienc and economic standpoint" he
| said. lis demonstrable in many ways. 1t
notwithstanding the many panics 1t has
produced. has not caused in the United
| States in the past 1l5 years as many
| deaths as occurred last year from tu-
given for the United States it is estimated
| that since the year 1893 there have been
approximately 100000 deaths from yellow
| fever. whereas tuberculosis is estimated
to have caused 100000 deaths last year
| alone.
| The mortality of tuberculosis is fur
| ther emphasized when compared with the
| epidemic OF bubonic plague in India,
which has not, for the whole period since
| it's first outbreak in 1895, caused as many
deaths in that country in proportion to
| the population as was caused by tubercu-
| ios!s in the United States during the same
| period Statistics show that tuberculosis
| in the last four years caused more than
| three times as many deaths in this coun-
| try as occurred In action and from wounds
received in action during the entire period
| of the civil war.
/ The figures which sustain this state
/ ment are as follows: Deaths from tu-
| berculosis in THE United States during the
| last four years 64O,OO0; deaths in action
| and from wounds received in action dur
| ing the four years of the civil war, 2O5 O7O
(Federal. l10.070; Confederate, $4,000.
Preventive Measures in Schools.
| Mr.. Stuart told of preventive measures
| I'm the schools. He advocated that each
| site upon which school is to be erected
should first be inspected as to whether
it is sanitary or not instead of later hav-
| ing physicians pass upon the sanitation
after the building Is erected.
We should have ampier facilities for
the children to wash their hands. Have
| them understand that they should wash
| their hands often as possible" He
also urged that system Of vacuum
| cleaning be installed in the schools and
! that every pupil he made the subject OF
d medical examination for the purpose of
! determining the inceptive cases of tuber-
| culosis and segregating them.
| Dr. Wiley was the closing speaker He
| said that he believes that diet has a great
| deal to do with the contraction of con-
| as we'll as the grown-up folk look and
| see that they always get pure foods. In
| this way he said that the blood will be-
| come strong and able to take care of all
germs of tuberculosis which may come
| into the lungs from time to time.
| II am not a vegetarian, nor great
meat eater. I simply get the best Of all
kinds Of food and eat lot of It. While
a great many people die from starvation,
| more kill themselves from overeating.
OF the two I think 1 prefer to eat my
self to death.
Measures Not Possible.
1T is unfortunate that We cannot resort
| to the same methods in stamping out
| tuberculosis in the human animal as
| those employed in eradicating the foot
and mouth plague among CATTLE In
fighting the cattle plague every animal
| afflicted with the disease, or that has
| come in contact with it, is killed and
! thrown into a trench filed with quick
| lime.
| DR.. Wiley made some humorous obser-
Vatons on Pullman cars. THE porters
shut out every drop of fresh air. said
| DR. Wiley. II don't know what 1t Is
| that we breathe while in those stuffy lit
tie berths. Certainly it Is not air. Some
day I'm going to find out what we brea the
| in those cars
Visitors in the City.