Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-06
10000 IN NEED 9F AID
LARGE NUMBER OF TuRERcu.
Losls PATIENTS IN IOWA
WOULD BE BENEFITED.
DR.. MoNeER's GOOD WORK
IN STARTING MOVEMENT
New Law Now in Effect Enabling
Counties to Establish County Hospi-
tails for Care of tuberculosis Patti
ents-Voters May Levy Tax-PoIk
County First to Act Under Now Law.
Special to Times-Republican.

county First to ACT Under Now Law.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, July eff sacrifice of
personal interests in its behalf will
have any effect the campaign in Iowa
against the tuberculosis plague ought
to meet with great success. The new
law which has just gone into effect to
permit counties to tax themselves to
put up county hospitals is on the
statute books because of one such per-
sonal sacrifice. While it is known to
but few persons the fact Is that DR..
Monger, of Spencer, Iowa, came to Des
Moines at the opening of the legisla-
ture with carefully prepared bill in
his inside pocket. He induced mem
bers of both houses to introduce the
bill and then stayed in Des Moines
thru the entire session of the legisla-
ture spending his own money and
leaving his medical practice in the
hands Of others and his work secured
the passage of one of the best moves
the state has made against tubercu-
losis. Dr. Monger aid it too without any
hope of reward of any kind since even
the people are ignorant of the graft
tude they owe him. 1t was his first ex-
perence with legislature. Members
of the leg,sla ture of course did valiant
work but If DR. Monger hadn't camped
out in Des Moines for the session the
law. would not likely have been en-
acted
One Of the first things discovered
when Iowa started on the campaign
against tuberculosis was that 1t would
be impossible for the state to take
care of all the people afflicted with
that trouble. There are about 10000
in the state who ought to be having
treatment. One institution that would
take care of Ell lof them would be al
most impossible and If possible would
be undesirable because so many per-
sons gathered in one place with that
trouble would not do we'll The state
has built one hospital that will take
care Of a couple OF hundred 1t is for
demonstration work. II became appar-
ent that If the work is to advance each
county must take up the work on its
own account. Eacn county should
have a hospital anyway 10 Which all
persons are admitted of whatever
trouble but especially for tuberculosis
s. tho legislature passeG the Nun
ger Mn wajc, al,,,o-;ze. counties ia
erect hospitals by taxing the people.
The people uust first by ballot au-
thcr!ze TIE taxing. There are ninety
NINE counties IN tna state which ON the
AVERAGE natsss about 100 t1Le-c1llsr
persons in each county. The bill is
w. e,arafrlll-- drawn II prevents the
hospitals ea,tin. IN the hands of any
CLIQUE or school Of physjcjans. If pro-
viaAs ,hat the e,nerintendent can no.
be q practicing physician Tia. ore
vents one doctor with a large practice
lsing the hosnital as n sort of private
hospt4a1 for his own natjents
Polk county has been one of the
srst In the state TO ,hepin the agitation
of erecting a county hospital for ti1her
cuIar natjants Tho hospjtal win admit
other natien-s h,.t will he nainl,, for
t7,herc1,1ar narsons. The hosnitaI will
no astah,ishad where tho omen air
+raa-r,en+ can he administered The
erection of such a hospital is not an
axnenei1-a nronnsi,jon for +he b,,l,s of Ii
octt.e,as of h,,+ one or .vo rooms With
tho s,aes All omen ,yhera the patient
If,-as night ana dsv in the omen air
-rsa waiter rs ..orafore no. burden
sar,e Va mo tayn,var.
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IN .bo bo,,. ~ effact;,v ere,+er mr.
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ose,oa avnao+s - ge+ more rig,d IN
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