Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-04
State Board Of Control and Its
New Official Map Out a Wig
orous Campaign
TO REACH CLUBS AND LODGES
Superintendent kepford Plans to Spend
Some limo in All Cities and to
- Before Many Organizations -
City Organizations to Be Formed
News Of tho Day.
Special to times Republican.

Special IL ItmeS-RepuDllcan.
| Des Moines. Jan. 4.-The real work
of redeeming Iowa from the plague of
tuberculosis is just begun. A. E. KEEP
ford employed by the state board OF
control, is now busy laying out the
plan of campaign and completing the
details Of the scheme. Iowa is the
| pioneer state in the work and physi-
clans and persons interested in the
matter generally are watching the sue
cess of the plan.
| Until the state was induced to pass
an appropriation for the work>~Mr.
kepford working for the State So
ciety for the Study and Prevention OF
| tuberculosis. was unable to do any
thing but travel about the state lect-
uring. 1t was necessary for the So
ciety to pay it's way as 1t went and
for that reason it was necessary for
Mr.. kepford to raise enough out OF
| each lecture to pay his salary and ex-
penses and the expense Of mailing out
| literature on tuberculosis. This pre-
vented any systematic work.
Now as the salaried agent of the
state, Mr.. kepford and the members
of the board of control have planned
to do such thorough and systematic
work that the whole people OF the
state will be educated to the means OF
eradicating the disease.
{s he nj tn instead nf making
one lecture in city to make several.
In order to reach all the people of a
city, and the campaign will first be
conducted thru the cities of the state.
1t will be necessary to reach all the
clubs, fraterndi societies, Wcmans so
cietics, churches, Y. NJ. and y w. c. A.
and the like. The campaign will be
systematic In the extreme. The lectures
will be free and there will be series
of three. The first will be on the eX-
tent and dangers of the disease. then a
stereopticon lecture showing in con-
crete form the ravages of the disease
and finally an instructive lecture on
the treatment and care Of the patient.
The board of control and Mr.. Kepford
find that one lecture or any number of
series Of lectures delivered in a city
are not sufficient for they do not
reach at the best more than 1000 peo-
pie at each lecture. But by addressing
every fraternal organization, every
church, the women's clubs and the like,
practically every one Is reached, Then
it is proposed to follow these lectures
with one big meeting at which a city
organization will be formed to fight
the battles.
With the formation Of the city or
ganization the work will only be fairly
well started. 1t is proposed thru this
organization to engage visiting nurse,
to secure the name and address Of
every person in the city who is afflict-
ed with tuberculosis and to have this
nurse from time to time visit these
people and in as diplomatic manner
as possible outline to them the way in
which they should treat the disease.
If it is found that their conditions
and environments are unsanitary to
advise them and see to it that the
evils are corrected. Thru this city
organization and the visiting nurse and
the aroused public sentiment that is
secured 1t is proposed to distribute lit
erature treating of the disease. This
literature will be given only to per-
sons known to be afflicted with the
trouble.
With the literature in their hand
and the advice Of a trained nurse and
able physicians available if there is a
desire in the mind of the afflicted per-
sons to recover they will have the best
opportunity. Furthermore it is pro-
fhr,, $hic o1,h1ic
ment in each city to secure city ord
inances against splitting and other un-
sanitary habits and conditions by these
means to carry on a relentless war;
fare.
While conducting campaign in a
large city Mr.. Kepford will utilize
available time between lecture dates to
lecture in the smaller towns surround
ing the city. Many small villages can
be reached effectively in one or two
lectures where several will be neces-
sary in the cities 1t is in this way
that the state proposes to carry on it's
campaign and it is proposed to do the
work so thoroughly and carefully and
with the advice Of competent physi-
clans it is believed that the ravages
of the dread tuberculosis can in time
be almost entirely checked and stamp
ed out. The Investigations of the
board Of control thru Mr.. Kepford
have led to the discovery that tuber-
culosis is to be treated not by the
use of medicine but by the elimination
of unsanitary living and the use Of
proper food Perfect sanitation with
the use of proper food and abundance
of fresh air and there will be no tuber-
culosis.