The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-12
LABOR UNTO MS
May JOIN FIGHT.
All Forces United in Campaign
Against Tuberculosis in
Virginia.

Taking practical ground In the
fight against Tuberculosis. the Rich
mond tuberculosis Camp Society held
a meeting last night to further ad.
Vocate the establishment OF a camp
near this city so as to provide for
those persons who are unable to pay
regular sanator!ums. Fred ". Scott,
e member of h board of directors,
reported that though the association
had only been established in July,
there q been subscribed $4,000 for
the establishment of the camp. or
sary to put 1T into operation. Mr..
Scott said there We're many others
willing TO give who had not been seen.
and that preparations were being made
70 ask the City Council to make an
appropriation in the 1910 budget.
Other members of the association,
including Chief Health officer Il. c.
Levy and Dir. Allen w. freeman spoke.
showing conditions throughout the
state, and giving the assurances OF
experts that the disease. If taken in
titne, can be prevented and cured. C..
G: Pinckney. Lr. e. G. Williams. Rev.
Thomas Semmes. c. w. Hardwicke.
i. j. Marcuse and Miss N. J. Minor
were elected to the board of direc-
tors. Other members of the board
VIII he appointed by the hospitals and
the Board Of Health.
DR.. Levy. the first speaker, confined
himself to the tuberculosis problem
In this city. While he considered q
ditions bad al the present time, he
said that the death rate IS one-half
that OF twenty-nine years ago, show
ing that recent efforts had been pro-
ductlve of results. In spite OF this,
he showed by statistics that tubercu.
iosis IS still the most fatal disease
with which The country has to deal.
Or. Freeman spoke on the tubereu-
'losis camp. emphasizing the impor-
lance of making the public sure that
the disease could be prevented and
cured.
Labor Unions Nay Aid.
j. j. Dreamer spoke OF the laborine
men and how it behooved that class
to do more thar any other to stamp
out the disease which, according 10
statistics. Is causing one death in
twenty TO fifty. and one in every three
between the ages Of fifteen and forty
five. lie called attention to the fact
already brought out, thaI-provision
but that the poor man had no place to
go. IL believe" he said. shat the
labor organizations OF Richmond would
be a splendid power of assistance, and
would do all they could.n
Other speakers were Rev. Thomas
semmes. John Stewart Bryan, Miss
Guiiey. Fred W. Scott and state Health
Commissioners Williams, the latter tell
ing of what was being done at Ca
tawba Sanatoriun. the State institu.
tioy. where thirty-seven tonsumptiyes
are being taken care Of.
Some of those at the meeting were
Miss Dawson, Miss Eloise Johnston,
MISS EllZabeth Johnston, Miss Eliza.
beth Cooke, Mr.. and Mrs. w. q. STAN
ard. Mr.. and Mrs. B.. b. Valentine. Miss
Cally Ryland. Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Thier-
man. Miss Jones, Miss Emily Jones, Dir.
and Mrs. Kuyk. Henry Harwood, Mrs.
Shelbourne, Joseph Farmer, Mr.. Dance.
Jacob Umlauf, Henry Valentine, Mr..
and Mrs. Fred w. Scott, Miss Frances
Scott, Mrs. Phil Blerne, Mr.. and AIRS.
John stewart Bryan, Rev. Thomas
Semmes. Or. Lipscomb, Miss Crenshaw,
Mrs. Briggs, Miss Mary Norwood,
stewart Hume. Dr., "A. ". Freeman, Or.
E.G: Levy, Or. w: Browniey@Fostsr.
D. w. Read. DR.. J. r. Wheat, /. j. Mar
cuse, Dr. Margaret Bowen, Miss Gull
ley, Miss S, H. Cabaniss. Miss n. isaac
son, Miss F.. Black, Mrs. 81. III. Wise,
AalsS N. j, Minor, Or. L. q Williams.