Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-04
Aliseellaneuus Readins.
TUBERCULOSIS NOTES.
The Fight Against Consumption Ali
Around the World.

that seven per cent of the "SpitS' COL
lected in public places contained con-
sumption germs. On the other hand
the dust collected from the floors of
the cottages of the Adirondack Cottage
sanitarium has been found to be free
of tuberculosis germs, showing that a
careful consumptive is not dangerous.
Consul General George Horton has
made a report from Athens on the con-
spicuous work of Greek physicians in
combating the country's two chief
scourges-malarial fever and tubercu-
losis. An annual average of 1000 per-
sons die each year from the former,
while in epidemic years, due to ex-
cessive rains, the number exceeds
5000, which was the case in 1905. The
population of Greece is 2,433,SO6. The
people have been interested through
lectures. pamphlets, ETC.. to fight the
malaria carrying mosquito by draining
stagnant ponds and throwing petro-
leum on them. A tuberculosis congress
will be held in Athens next year, to
which will be invited not only physi-
clans, but all the mayors and other
prominent people of Greece.
Under legislation enacted in 1905 the
Danish government pays ree-fourths
of the expenses of all poor persons
who desire to be treated in tuberculo-
sis sanatoria. When the hospitals un-
der construction are completed, Den
mark will have one bed in tuberculosis
hospitals or sanatoria for every 1,20O
inhabitants, a fact which will mean
that the length of treatment can be
considerably extended. In the United
States there is one bed for every $500
inhabitants.
Efforts are being made in Bulgaria
to abolish the numerous monasteries
and converts of the Greek Catholic
church and to use their buildings and
revenues for the establishment and
maintenance of tuberculosis sanatoria.
King Ferdinand has given 100000
francs for the erection of national
sanatorium. The death rate from tu-
berculosis in Bulgaria is very hign, be-
ing 81 for every 10000 living.
The compulsory state system of
sickness insurance instituted in 1884
in Germany has proved a powerful fac
tor in combating tuberculosis. No less
powerful have been the public sana-
toria, the number of beds in which
have increased during the past fifteen
years from 243 to S,422. OF the 200
tuberculosis sanatoria and hospitals in
Germany, 35 are supported by the car
riers of sickness insurance. The sta
tistics of the Imperial insurance de-
partment show, that as many as AZ per
cent of the number of persons treated
in these institutions remained in good
working health five years after being
dismissed from the sanatorium.
London has three open-air schools
for tuberculosis children. Similar in
stitutions have been established in the
United States in Providence, Boston,
New York, Pittsburg, Chicago, Hart
ford, 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
Liusne- -Voxne Timber company, the
Sandviken Hardware company, the
Eriksson Telephone company and the
Stora Kopparsberg company are among
those who maintain such institutions
each accommodating from fifteen tc
thirty patients. At these sanatoria the
workmen are received free, and theil
families may be admitted for small
charge.
A bill will be brought before the new
British parliament calling for steps tc
be taken to prevent the high mortalit!
from tuberculosis in Ireland. The bill
will demand the compulsory notifica-
ton and registration Of tuberculosis
cases, the establishment Of special in
stitutions for consumptive patients, the
instruction of the public about this dis
ease, and improved control over the
meat and milk supplies.
The death rate per 10000 from tu-
berculosis in Victoria, Australia, has
fallen from 1853 in 1890 to 9.5S in 1907
and in Melbourne and suburbs from q
in 1890 to 11.6 in 1907. The fall is at
tributed to the aggressive campaign
against this disease, including the reg
istration of tuberculosis cases, the
erection of institutions for treatment
and the general improvement of sani-
tary and working conditions.
The Newfoundland Society for the
Prevention of tuberculosis is carrying
on a vigorous and necessary campaign
this year in the island. The death rate
from the disease in Newfoundland /:
very large. About one in every five OF
the total population dies Of it, and
what is worse, in the last six years the
death rate, which is stationary or de-
creasing elsewhere, has increased about
so per cent This is due largely tc
the native horror of fresh air in the
house.
Iceland has a Society for the Pre-
vention of tuberculosis and is building
$4,000 sanatorium to accommodate
so or 60 patients.
An All-Russian Anti-Tuberculosi:
association has been formed, witt
headquarters at Moscow.
Societies for the promotion Of pub
lie health measures and particularly
for the erection of tuberculosis sana-