The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-12-14
ACTIVE WAR AGAINST
THE WHITE PLAGUE
Many Of the Most Prominent
Women Of State Are
Taking Interest
special to The Leader

Special to The Leader
Saawnee, Okla. Dec. ll.-The
Oklahoma state federation of wom.
ems clubs has mauguraied an exiens.
i've scheme during the Christmas
holidays fuf he sale OF Red Cross
stamps and stamp design lor use IN
this state alone 10 secure funds Tor
an anti-tubefculosis campaign. The
fund raised will be used exclusively
III flghtlng he disease and caring Tor
those affected. AZ the recent state
convention in Oklahoma City the
subject OF tuberculosis received 4
large amount Of attention from WON
ans clubs. aud no hiile effort has
been devoted 70 creating a Wide in
terest over the state in llghting It's
rayages Ia Oklahoma.
Many OF the most prominent WON
en- Of the state are taking an active
interest in this work In several
cities they have direct supervision OF
The sale of the stamps du! ing The
holidays, assisting in this work the
anii-tube. culosis committee OF the
state board OF health. Last year
there was successful sale of the
stamps in the state. but the club
women expect II to be many times
greater during this month In sev-
eral cities, also. the ministerial ALI
anoe has agreed that all pastors will
talk from their pulpits on the Red
Cross stamp sale movement relative
% the plans that have been formed
to combat the disease
Opening Gun Fired.
The opening gun OF the organized
anti-tuberculosis campaign in Okla.
homa was fired in Welston, when
the Lincoln county medical society
and the executive committee OF the
state medical association held sep
arate meetings. The first business OF
the campaigners Is to organize the
state and county medical societies
and to draft bill foe the legislature.
The Lincoln county medical society
rendered program, in which emf
nent authorities discussed methods
OF fighting the white plague, and the
same day the executive committee OF
the state medical association made
preliminary plans for organizing the
entire state. and will formulate a bill
to be introduced in the next legisla.
lure, which bill Is to be submitted to
the next meeting oi the state assoel
alton IN Oklahoma City on January
10, next.
Despite the climate, Oklahoma Il
suffering from the rayages OF the
dread tubercular germ, the report q
tae state health commissioner hr.
j. e. Mahr. showing that foe the
mast eight months an average OF two
PERSONS have died daiiy in the state
of the disease, or about sixty & month
These suffering most are The poo
whites. the negroes aud the full blood
Indians. More people died In Okla
homa during the first six months Of
1909 from the effects OF pneumonia
than from all the leading contagious
diseases combined fabulations OF
the health reports show that during
The De i0d l.G57 cases are recorded
a)4 of which were fatal, The per
centage OF deaths from its rayages
was 54 5 with the month OF March
showing the greatest number. 53a
cases and $40 deaths, but June fur
nished iae highest monthly percent
age of deaths-66 cases, 81 fatal.
While pneumonia furnished the
greatest number Of cases and deaths
consumption or tuberculosis claimed
the highest percentage Of fatal cases
Of any disease reported It's record
was II Z per cent OF deaths out Of
7GG cases from January to June, In.
elusive. One hundred and nine more
persons died from the effects Of con
sumption than died from diphIhefia,
scarlet fever smallpox aud typhoid
fever combined
me conyenuOn al Oklahoma Ciiy
on January 10 will be one OF the
largest 0f its kind ever Vet held IN
tao country and Will be attended by
q number OF prominent physicians
and scientists who are directly CON
neeted with the work Of fighting the
great white plague
The meeting WIN include review
of the international anii5uhercular
tIUHAtH anu TIT itAfBt HAAtAtiHt ~
searches which Save been made
Special stress viii be laid upon
treatment aud eradication Of the dis
ease.
Bad Among indians.
Especially among the Che okees
aud Choctaws does tuberculosis kill
many OF the tull blood Indians. and
the situation with egard TO them has
become so serious that the health
commissioner has applied TO Wash
iDgton for a grant OF $4,000 from The
National government to assist To fight
inging consumption among It's wards.
Both the full blood Indians and
The negroes seem peculiarly suscept-
ibie TO the disease. and iheir general
poverty and sorry conditions OF liv-
ing aeg avate the fatal tendency. Il
Is belle rd that the only way to as.
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