The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-14
FIGHTING THE WHITE PLAGUE To Stop Growth of The
 Disease. THE LOCAL LEAGUE ACTIVE Auxiliary Organizations to De Estab- lished Throughout Country. The Local League is to Be Amil.tes With NstionaI As.sciatien to
 Ascertain Campaign
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An effort Is being made by the Anti Tuberculosis League of Montgomery. to have established in every nook of the County, an auxiliary organization that win operate under the guidance of the local institution to eradicate as far as possible conditions that lead to the growth of the disease. The chairman of the special committee of the League which has been appointed to perfect the organization has written, with this end in view, to every physician or the County soliciting aid and co-operation In the furtherance of the, movement and the plan which has now been set in motion,
 According. to oficiais of the League. by means of such subsliiary organIza- tions. the campaign against tubercu- iosis can be more rapidly pushed. while at the same time more effective work can be done. The Idea. as outlined. iA to have the physicians interested In the establishment of, branch leagues having for their purpose the ultimate eradication of conditions that lead to the health of tubercular germs.
 These branch leagues. when esthb. lished. will act under instructions from . the local League. Pamphlets bearing upon tuberculosis in its various reia- tiopa win be sent to the ofiiciais hav- ing the county work in charge as. soon as the printed matter ia received in this city. s st4
 As a means of advancing the work as fer as possible, the Montgomery League will affiliate with the National Association for the purpose of getting In closer touch with campaigning ef-, forts made throughout the country to wipe out every form of consumption. The National Association for the study and prevention of tuberculosis. was es- abolished in New York in March, 1904. and sends out ''leaderss to guide in the fight that has now become nation ally popular. Membership in the As- soclation benefits leagues to the extent of putting them in close union with each other In concerted action taken to lessen the disease.
 Educational Campaign.
 The campaign, as.it is to be waged in Montgomery is to be an educational one. At regular intervals public meet ings will be held to instruct the peo- pie. in the most modern methods of treating the disease. Pamphlets will be distributed throughout the city. placards placed on windows and on the streets. and circulars sent through the mails to as many Montgome merians and residents of the county that can be placed on a circulation list.
 Speakers will be brought to the city for the purpose of arousing more in- terest in the movement. Should the finances Of the League justify, also. steroptican views of various symptoms of the disease wIli be displayed In pub. lie places as a means of inviting more attention to the aiieviation of the suf- ferlng which is annually brought about in Montgomery because of the giant death reaper
 TtI- . l. 1..S .h..1 q 4f. .g. week card board circular which ts to bo distributed at the various schools of the city Monday. odicials of the. public schools have given most cordial support to the work with the result that addresses will be regularly deliv- cred to the children warning them against "a dearth of fresh air'' and such other agencies as promote tuber- culosis.
 Volunteer Nurses.
 Pursuant to thelr public acknowl. edgmeut few days ago, to the effect that services would be rendered the sick of Montgomery free of charge in the absence of sufficient funds to pay for the attention, graduate nurses of Montgomery have signlned their inten- tions of administering to these cases which are in need of such services
 Anliza Rudulph, a negro graduate
 
 vices in the betterment of the condi- tions in the negro quarters of the city. where congested locality and unsani- tary premises give rise to the disease. According to arrangement in addition to regular services which she will ad- minister private patients she will un- dertake to help educate the negroes along the lines suggested by the League,
 when the League has been firmly es- tablished. a regularly paid nurse in addition to the volunteers will be em- ployed.
 subscriptfOns Growing.
 Subscriptions in answer to the ctr- culars sent out by the League this week are being received In every mall. Already the League has scured prom ise of Sss per month, while donations and memberships have brought the Leagues treasury up to about $500.
 The endeavor of the League is to procure a monthly promise of about $500 In addition to the donations and annual memberships. With a sure foundation built, work will be under taken that. is expected to be of mate rial benefit throughout the State. The act of the last Legislature in provid- ing for the establishment of a State sanatorium. for which an appropriation of $40, 900 was made, for the main building and S10.0O0 for maintenance, when compiled with, will put Alabama in an easy way to better resist the spread of the disease.
 IL is understood that the work of building the sanatorium will be begun in the near future--as soon as the finances of the State justify.
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