Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-11
STATE MAKES BIG STRIDES
IN WHITE PLAGUE FIGHT
Phenomenal Record Shown in
State Associations Report
for Four Years.
ANNUAL MEETING TO BE
HELD HERE TOMORROW.
DIR. John B. Huber, of Fordham
University Medical School,
Will Deliver Address.

AT the fourth annual meeting of the
New Jersey Association for the Proven
tlon and Relief of Tuberculosis in the
fuollc Library, at $3.50 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon, DR.. John 3. Huber, professor
OF pulmonary diseases, Fordham Uni
yersity Medical School, will be the
speaker. His subject is 1.-THE Win
MINIS Fight Against tuberculosis" In
s~ubstantiation of the speakers subject
the secretary of the State association
VIII present a report showing what
progress has been made in the State
in the past four years, and especially in
the last year. The report embodies the
work OF local committees, of which
thirty-three have been organized in the
state, the work OF the association and
the State tuberculosis Commission the
Legislature n the splendid increase
in hospital facilities for advanced and
lnc1pient cases. 1t say in part:
The Legislature of 1909 authorized a
State tuberculosis Commission and the
commission was appointed by the Gov
ernor in September. An appropriation
was made for the conduct of a great
State meeting, which was held in Tay-
lors Opera House, Trenton, October 81,
with the attendance of nearly 1000.
The object of the meeting was to arouse
the State to its responsibility in the
tuberculosis campaign.
Bill introduced appropriating $4,000
to the State Board of Health for tuber-
culosis work passed House, Senate and
Governor, but the appropriation COM
mittee failed to grant the request. We
hope to get the appropriation through
the supplemental bill next year.
Bill authorizing boards of freehold
crs to establish county hospitals for adj
Vanced and mcipient cases became a
law.
THE cumbersome bill of the previous
year requiring registration of all cases
and the disinfeetion of homes, was sim
plifled and repassed.
"a bill repeating the bill of 1908 re-
stricting sanatoria, was passed and in
vests in the State Board of Health the
final decision on the location OF private
hospitals.
THE Legislature. just closed made
appropriation for three additional
shacks at Glen Gardner, one shack for
tuberculous patients at the Training
Home for Feeble Minded Women at
Nineland; one shack at State Hospital,
Morris Plains; State Hospital. Trenton.
THE greatest gain in the past year,
that which counts for most, is the in
crease in the number of beds for both
incipient and advanced cases. In order
to appreciate this you would have to
look back four years. Then there was
absolutely no provision, except at Glen
Gardner and the small Shepard Memo
rial Hospital in orange. The remark
able showing is cumulative. Hospitals
for incipient cases have been opend in
Hudson county, 100 beds; Plainield, s;
Elizabeth, s, Glen Gardner. has an APP
preparation for three additional shacks,
taking care of 4S, an increase of 1870
beds for incipient cases-a total of $50
in the State.
More important still is he gain in
the care of the advanced cases. Passaic
has opened a municipal hospital for 16;
Paterson has made provision for 40;
Hudson county will provide for 100;
Newark City Hospital for so; Essex
county for Sc. Englewood, Orange and
Newark have day camps, taking care of
about 60 patients, making a total pro-
vision for $40 advanced cases. In addi-
ton TO this the Board of Freeholders of
Union county are to erect a county hos
pital for about 100 advanced and Incl
pient cases. This gives a total of
about SAC for both classes of patients.
with these figures before US let us