Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-04
TO AID CONSUMPTNES
FARMS IN SOUTHWEST FOR
CONVALESCENTS SUGGESTED.
More Rigid Crusade Against Spit
ting Urged at Closing Ses-
sion of Association.


tients be colonized on large farms in the
southwest that there be at least one
outdoor school in every city, and that
greater efforts be made to see that city
ordinances against splitting in public
places be observed were made at the
closing sessions Of the National Asso-
citation for the Study and Prevention OF
tuberculosis, which were held yesterday
afternoon and last night at the New
Willard
The first of these recommendations
was made in a paper read by DR.. A: NJ
Forster Of Louisville, KY; the second Dy
Dr. Henry f. Stoll Of Hartford. Conn.,,
and the third by Robert ]. Newton OF
ST. Louis.
Dr. Stoll stated his belief that there
should be an out-of- door school in every
community for all delicate, so-calied
scrofulous or anemic children and those
with tuberculosis of the bones VINO are
now in ordinary schools. He advised
the use of the skin tuberculin test in the
kindergarten and lower grades to detect
cases Of unrecognized tuberculosis.
Dr. Stoll declared that 20 to 40 per cent
of school children in large cities are in
fected with tuberculosis. This infection
took place usually in the home and not
in the school, but the badly venttlated
schoOlroom. by lowering the childs vital
ity, allowed the germs to become active.
red to lat children recently examined by
him. in which the question of exposure to
tuberculosis in the home was very care
fully Investigated.
Result of Tests.
BY the use of tuberculin it was ascer-
tanned that 20 per cent Of the children
from tuberculous homes were infected, a.
against only 20 per cent of those from
supposedly healthy homes 1t also was
found that 30 per cent of the frail chill
dren from healthy homes had the germs
Of the disease, but that only 13 per cent
of the robust children from similar homes
we're thus affected.
According to statistics presented by
Robert J. Newton. fully 25,OOO.OOO people
have been forbidden to expectorate In
public places, and in 1909 only 3.421 ar
rests for violation of these anticipating
ordinances were made. Mr.. Newton liz
secretary of the municipal commission on
tuberculosis in st. Louis, and he declared
that cities, generally, do not enforce their
anticipating ordinances.
In a paper read before the sociological
section Of the association he presented
a table covering forty-three cities In
which the police is charged with enforc-
first on the list with fifty arrests for
splitting; Washington was second. with
fOrty-twO arrests, and in all the other
forty-one cities and towns only 126 arrests
were made.
Anticipating Law.
figures Mr. Newton gave a second list OF
cities in which the enforcement Of the anti
splitting law was in the hands Of the health
officers, and under this system. he said,
better results were secured because the
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working for the prevention OF the spread
of disease New York was included In
the latter list. and 1t doomed UP at the
top. with a total of 2,513 arrests.
Newton said, '22.912 were convicted, one
in every seven escaping. The total fines
paid were $4,1OO.s7. an average OF $1.Sd
each.
falo, for it may cost you SIS. The cheap
est place to spit is in Indianapolis, where
people pay an average OF 70 cents. New
York comes next, with an average OF VI
cents, in Baltimore, Pittsburg. Kansas
City and Spokane the fine Is ST."
Farms for Conva1escents.
DR.. A. NJ. Forster discussed the SUBJ
ject Of the best form OF employment for
tuberculosis cases. which when dischars-
ed from hospitals and sanatoria relapse
into their former condition because OF
bad environment. He advocated the col.
onization Of consumptives in the SOUTH
west.
He thought that institutions In which
tuberculosis cases were treated should
be equipped with large farms. upon
| which the convalescent consumptives
might learn the rudiments of agr1cui-
ture. He stated that in his opinion
farming was the most suitable work
that q cured consumptive could attempt.
Following the meeting Of the sociology
cal section last night the association,
with the labors Of its 1910 session COM