Evening journal., 1908-01-13
MANY LEARN OF
TUBERCULOSIS
More Than Five thousand
Persons Have Attended
Exhibit

Inc proportion OF tne pOpulatlon OF
Wilmington that has visited the
tuberculosis exhibit during the four
days in which it has been in this city,
has exceeded that of Philadelphia Out
of the 10000 people of Wilmington, 5,092
have visited the exhibit. OF the one
million population Of Philadelphia, 50,
900 visited the display there.
On Saturday afternoon DIR. Hannah
Thompson, of this city, was the speak
er. In the evening Wallace Hatch,
executive secretary of the Pennsylvania
Society for the Prevention of Tubercu-
losis, spoke To-day is Ministers Day
and the clergymen of the city have
been invited. The Rev. DR.. H. W.
Kellogg, of Grace Church, will speak
this evening.
Mr.. Hatch's address Saturday even
ing was instructive, especially to work.
ingnen. He said in part:
In discussing the tuberculosis
problem with reference to the public
school. there are certain facts with
which we should Immediately become
familiar:
First of all, tuberculosis is far more
prevalent in our public schools than we
think. In two French cities, one Of
which was Paris, a careful examination
revealed the fact that "A per cent. of
the children were tuberculous. At tile
school age girls are far more suscepti-
BILE to this disease than boys. We
think Of the many dangers which
threaten our children, but scarcely ever
realize the fact that from the eleventh
year on tuberculosis occupies the first
place among the kluses of death.
Tuberculosis in children is very
amenable to treatment. While the
cases may be many. it is nevertheless
true that the deaths may be reduced
to few if treatment is commenced early
enough and properly continued. Early
remedial treatment quickly paves the
way to preventive activity and tends
gradually to reduce the number of in
fections.
To Control the Disease.
tuberculosis among worlxingmen is
subject now receiving a large amount
Of discussion. Not only are thousands
of workingmen and heads of mills in
capacited in each of our large cities
every year, but burden hard to bear
is placed upon other laborers to meet
death benefit claims.
THE most important methods for
controlling tuberculosis among labor
ing men may be summed up in the
following statements:
4. The laboring men must detect
the disease in themselves and in their
fellow-laborers early enough to effect a
cure.
"2. There must be inaugurated and
continued a thoroughgoing campaign
of education.
"3. Unsanitary conditions so well
known to all must be removed as the
result of complete corporation between
workingmen and factory heads.
a. Patients treated in institutions
must be returned to work only when
adequate provision for continued sani-
tary living has been made"
international Meeting.
Interest in the International Con-
gress on tuberculosis. which will meet
in Washington next September under
the auspices Of the National Associa-
ton for the Study and Prevention of
tuberculosis, has been heightened by
the exhibit here of the Pennsylvania
Society for the Prevention of Tubercu-
losis II viii be the first international
gathering of its nature in this country.
The non-medical aspects of the fight
against tuberculosis will be given more
prominent attention than heretofore.
Each foreign company to be repre-
sented and each State has appointed a
central committee. Besides these COM
mittees, governors Of % States have
authorized the various State depart
ments to participate in the congress.
The members Of the Delaware COM
mittee: DIR. ]. ]. Black, New Castle;
DR.. e. w. Cooper. Camden; DR.. w. H.
Hancker, Farnhurst; DIR. Alexander
Lowber, Wilmington; DR. A. Robin,
Wilmington; w. II. Swift, Whining
ton
The National Federation of Women's
Clubs will be invited to participate in
the congress through the State COM
mittees.
Each State committee is preparing
for the congress in its own way. Nearly
all the States are preparing to have
exhibits at the congress.
Forty-six foreign countries are
identified with the congress and will be
represented. Noted physicians, scieut-
lists and men of prominence in all work
from foreign countries will be pres
ent A series Of public lectures will
be given by some of the most eminent
of foreign investigators.