The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-15
TUBERCULOSIS WAR
REPORT SOUNDS
NOTE OF ALARM
Dread Disease Destroyed 4,z55
Newarkers in Five Years +.
from 1904 to 1908.

At a meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Committee of One Hun
dred held this afternoon in the Office
of DIR. Leslie d. Ward, Ernest ID.
Easton, the executive secretary OF the
committee, made a complete and de-
tailed report, covering the work Oh
the tuberculosis campaign since Mr.
Easton's utilization with the local com
mittee. The most important feature
of the report was the announcement
of the results of the tabulation Of
deaths during the past five years from
tuberculosis in the city of Newark.
A map of Newark has been prepared
from this report, showing by red spots,
where the deaths from tuberculosis
have occurred. The paragraph, giving
the results of more than tive months
work. follows, taken from Mr.. Easton's
report:
The statistical report, which has
been under way since April, shows thai
cut of 4,255 deaths tabulted during the
years 1914 and 1903, inclusive. there were
SC cases in which there were or more
deaths in the same house, III in which
there were three cases in the same
house, 634 in which there were two
cases in the same house, and 3,1s4 In
single houses. Two hundred and sixty,
whose addresses we could not secure,
died in institutions. One lodging house
indicated that there had been IL deaths,
another I'D deaths, while Two indicated )
deaths. The secretary has visited a
great many of the houses in which
there have been three or more deaths.
and in most cases he has found them
to be dirty, poorly ventilated and some
with lark rooms. In many instances
these dodgers board in nearby restau-
rants, in which no precautions are
taken and the infection is spread
broadcast.
AS will be seen from the map, the
distribution of deaths Is fairly regular
over the city, but there are certain
centres in which there are a proper
tionately large number of deaths. The
different wards show approximately
the following number of deaths;
First ward, 200; Second, $50; Third,
290; Fourth, $50; Fifth, 900; Sixth,
225; Seventh. 400; Eighth, 100; Ninth,
100; Tenth, 800; Eleventh, 1870; TwelfAh,
$50; Thirteenth, 100; Fourteenth, $50;
Fifteenth, 2s0; Sixteenth, 26O. The
secretary has also made some eff
fort to classify the deaths by
nationalities and occupations, but
the City Hall records have been so
imperfect in this particular that no re-
liable information can be given. No
attempt has been made to classify
deaths by ages. The secretary was i'm
pressed with the great number of
deaths from tubercular meningitis,
xrhnra fha father or nathan had dIa6
of pulmonary tuberculosis.
with the assistance of the press
conducting an active campaign and
promising even greater prospects for
the coming year, the result of all this
agitation has shown an increased num-
Der of cases reported to the Board of
Health by doctors and the laity and an
increased vigilance on the part of the
public, and an actual decrease of
twenty-four deaths for the year 1909
to date, as compared with 1908 for the
same period"
Mention also Is made In the report of
the spring campaign conducted under
the supervision of Mr.. Easton, which
included he exhibit held during April
and May, which was attended by al
most $4,000 people. Thirteen lectures
before various union organizations were
given under the auspices of the COM
mittee. Thanks are given In the report
to h Board of Health, the Tenement
House Commission the Essex County
Park Commission. the public school de-
partment, the mayor doctors, ministers.
nurses, women's clubs, associations and
individuals for their whole-hearted sup
port of the work Of the Committee of
One Hundred.