The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-04-02

sumption in the
country, addressed the mass-meeting
held last night in Wallace Hall under
the auspices of the Committee of One
Hundred.
The conditions with regard to tuber-
culosis are worse In Newark than in
any other city in the country" de-
olared DR.. Farrand. Being born and
bred in this city, l feel the conditions
more keenly than I might otherwise.
When | came here tonight ] was torn
between two ~inclinations. One was to
congratulate the Committee of One
Hundred on the work 1t has already
done; the other. was to present an in
dictment for the shocking and deplora-
bic condition Newark finds itself in
with regard to the white plague"
Education Hest WcapoD
After asserting that consumption was
infectious, preventable and durable, DR..
Farrand said that the most effective
weapon against the disease was educa-
ton, first, last and all the time.
But other things are to be done,' he
continued. THE first step is an inves-
tigation into existing conditions. Only
two cities approach Newark in the
tuberculosis death rate. They are
Washington and New Orleans, and the
large death rate in those cities is prin-
cipally due to the large negro popula-
ton.
In Newark in 1900 the death rate
per 100, 900 was 246; in 1907 it was 243.
In Providence in 1900 the death rate
was 236 per 100, 900; in 1907. 157; in
+ Minneapolis, in 1900, the death rate
was l2S per 100, 900; in 1907 it was 101.
In Milwaukee the death rate in 1890
was 1873, in 1907 it was 1l9. In all these
cities means were taken to prevent the
spnead of tuberculosis.
Where the campaign has been
waged the simplest methods are eff
fective in cutting the death rate ia
two. There are in Newark at the
resent time 1900 cases of tuberculosis.
What is necessary now is to find out
Il here the cases are located. In other
cities, experience shows that certain
piocks or buildings are hotbeds for the
disease. A rigid registration of cases
is absolutely necessary. and the pro-
posed legislation at Trenton compelling
Ills is good legislation.
Dispensnry and Sanitarium.
The next step is adequate prepare
ton for the care of advanced cases.
There should be a dispensary where
poor people can be treated. Lastly,
there should be q sanitarium for the
cure of durable cases. An exhibit i;
also a great aid in teaching the people
lie elemental facts that everyone
mould know"
Mayor Haussling defended the worN
lone in Newark toward the prevention
Il tuberculosis, and said that he did
iot think the report should go broad
asst hat the city was a hotbed for
he disease. DR.. Farrand, he thought
lad perhaps overlooked the greai
:rowth of the city since the last census
This was Dr.. Farrand's reply;
1.-THE population of Newark in 1906
vas GAG, 90; in 1907, 95.977. Mime
polls. in 1900. had 202. rs, in 1907, 2S5,
is; Providence had 1851 07 in 1900. anc
2. $50 in 1907
Prominent Citizens There.
DIR. Farrand was the principal speak.
Is. of the evening. Contrary to genera
Expectation, Governor Fort did not at
end. Many women were present
smong the prominent citizens preseni
ere:
Former United States Senator James
smith, jr.. DR.. Leslie d. Ward, former
senator Michael T. Barrett, Mayor ia
cob Haussling, the Rev. Louis Shrev'
Osborne, rector of Trinity Episcopa
Church; the Rev. William G. OtDonnell
r.. pastor of st. Paul's Me lodist Epis
opal Church; the Rev. solomon Foster
abb of the Congregation B'nai Jeshu'
un; the Rev. DR.. David r. Frazer, pas
Of of the First Presbyterian Church
Il. Frank w. Pinneo. DR.. James
aijano. Or. Joseph c. Young, Colone
4 olfgang Goetz, OF Hoboken; Geors'
Reeve president OF the Eoaid o