Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-12
WATERVILLE.
PLANS ARE MADE
For Forming an Anti
tuberculosis Society.
Committee Of Seven to At.
tend to Its Organization.
1t Will Embrace WaterviIIe and
heighboring Places in Its Work.

The meeting which was held Tuesday
| evening at the council rooms of the
| City building to formulate plans for
| the organization of an anti -Tuberculo-
sis Society, was largely attended by
residents of neighborng towns as
we'll as from this city and all seemed
| over-enthusiastic over the prospects,
| For the purpose of temporary organ
ization D. E. Bowman was elected
chairman Of the meeting and DR.. J.
F. Hill secretary.
DR.. A. A. Downs of Fairfield outlined
the plans and purpose of such a So
ciety. DR.. Downs said:
Eve wish to form an organiza ton to
care for the consumptive poor in Wa
terville, Fairfield, Benton, Oakland
| WinslOw, and Vassalboro and we have
asked you to come here in order to dis
cUss the best methods to effect d
| temporary organization and to take
steps toward forming a permanent
! Anti-Tubercular Society. This society
must be largely a society of laymen.
AS to the need of an organization of
this kind | think it is unnecessary for
| me to dwell long on this subject, for it
must be plain to you all how many
| cases there are. The daily papers are
full of them and more deaths are re-
corded than from any other two dis
eases.
I'm Fairfield from January. 1900, I'M
til January. 1910. there were 655 deaths.
with As from tuberculosis. The aim of
| the organization would be three-fold
! tat ,-n.
third, curative.
cat the last meeting of the Water
vile Clinical Society held in Augusta.
the question of organized tubercular
work was taken up. We secured mo-
| ton from the society approving Of the
work and a committee was appointed
| to take up tie work of organization, to
| interest the citizens of this community
and ascertain if something definite
could be done. This committee held a
meeting and decided to call meet
ing of the citizens and perfect an or
| eanization. The committee has very
definite plan, which it wishes 10 lay
| before you, with the understanding
that it is open to criticism, re-arrange-
ment or adjustment
! DIR. Downs then spoke of the day
camp and the district nurse ana Oh
/ the appointment of committees from
zach town and of the manner in which
SIMS of money could be raised for this
object.
When DIR. Downs had finished 1T was
| voted to proceed to organize an AMI
Tuberculosis Society by appointing /.
committee of seven. There were as
follows: Rev. n. Charland, Fl. j.. EN-
very, Waterville; G. G. Weeks, W. =
Hersey, Fairfield and Benton; KEY
Charles A. Hayden, Oakland: q. w.
Starkey. Vassalboro and w. ii. Stople'
| WinsloW.
This committee will be in session
at . O'Clock. next Monday afternoon
at the Ticonic Bank. They VIII an
no1,pce when they are ready to report
and a general mass meeting VIII Dc
called.
The following statistics were gain
cred by DIR. Downs showing the NUM-
her Of deaths in Oakland, Vassalpor'
and Fairfield from consumption curing
the past 10 years: Oakland, Vassaiporo
and Fairfield from consumption during
the rast 10 years: Oakland. S7S deaths
a. fror, consumption; Vassalboro. ~
deaths, IS from consumption; falrIieiu
t655 deaths, 45 from consumption.