The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-03-04
tuberculosis Notes.

In order to show that splitting on
the sidewalks is dangerous TO healts,
an vestIgatlsn has been made by
DR.. John Robertson, Medical Health
Officer of BIRMINGHAM, England,
which shows that seven per cent OF
the "spits" collected in public places
contained consumption germs, On
the other hand the dust collected
from the floors of the cottages OF the
Adirondack Cottage Sanitariam has
been found to be free of tuberculosis
germs, showing that a careful con-
| Sumptlve is not dangerous.
Consul-General George Horton has
made a report from Athens on the
conspicuous work of Greek physicians
! In combating the eountry's two ;hiet
scourges-m alarial fever and tubercu-
lOsis An annual average Uf 1000
persons die each year from the fe mer,
while in epidemic years, due to ex-
cessive rains, the number exceeds
5000, which was the case Ia 1905
The pop latiol of Greece is 2, 433 500
The people have been interested
through lectures, pamphlets, etc, to
fight the malaria-carrylnR morqui o
by DIRE ling stagnant ponds and
TIN owing stroleum on them. A
tuberculosis congress will be held In
Athens next year, to which will be
Invited not only physicians, but all
the mayors aud other prominent
people Of Greece.
Under legislation enacted in 1905
the Danish government pays three
fourths Of the expenses Of all poor
persons who desire to be treated IL
tuberculosis sanatorla. When the
hospitals under construction are com
peted, Denmark will have one bed 10
tuberculosis hospitals or saSatoria fer
every 200 inhabitants, fact which
will mean that the length of treat
ment can be considerably extended
In the United States there Is one bed
for every 1850 inhabitants.
Efforts are being made In Bulgaria
to abolish the numerous 'teries
and convents of the Greek CaUholic
church and to use their buildings and
avenues for the establishment and
maintenance of tuberculosis sanatoria
King Ferdinand has given 100000
francs for the erection Of national
sdnatorium. The death rate from
tuberculosis in Bulgaria is very high,
being 81 for every 10000 living.
The compulsory state system of
sickness insurance Instituted In 1884
in Germany has proved a powerful
factor 10 combating tuberculosis. No
less powerful have beeu the public
sanatoria, the Number OF beds ID
which have increased during the past
fifteen years from 24S to 422. or
the 200 tuberculosis sanatoria and
hospitals In Germany, IS are supported
by the carriers of sickness insurance.
Tue statistics OF the Imperial insur-
ance department show, that as many
as AZ per cent Of the number Of
persons treated 10 these institutions
remained in good working health five
years after. being dismissed from the
sa Iatorium.
London has three open-air schools
for tuberculosis children. Similar
Institutions have been es; ablished in
the United States in Providence,
Boston, New York, PIttsburg, Chi
csgo, Hartford, Conn, Brookline,
Mass, and Rochester, N. Y.
A significant phase of the campaign
against tuberculosis In Sweden is the
establishment, by various industrial
concerns, of sanatoria for tuberculous
wOrkmen from their own factories
The Vulcan Match Company, the
Ljusne VOxne Timber Company, the
oandviksn Hardware Company, the
Erickson Telephone Company aud
the Stora Kopparsberg Company are
amoBg those who maintain such
Institutions, each accommodating from
fifteen to thirty patients. At these
sanatoria the workmen are received
free, and their families may be ad-
mltted for a small charge.
A bill viii be brought before the
new British Parliament, calling for
steps to be taken to prevent the high
mortality from tuberculosis In
ireland. The bill will demand the