St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-02-26
~ Oa''n'at,1, farmer
saturday, February 26. 1910.
LECTION FROM CONSUMPTION

ION FROM CONSUMPTION
t.4 nue % enlightenment and scientific sani-
and ~. u'sease is being gradually subdued
= CIV eploemlcs no longer paralvze business
i. sause panic in affected districts. Phvsi.
es everywhere recognize the necessity of
tba naay measures for safeguarding
d;.oas sopie from possible contagion wherever
fro,,a eAists that may be communicated
ba.ltl .ie person to another. Boards of
q ~, ~ all communities exercise the right
saAe Inc proper steps for thus protecting
wa me- people, and if authority for it to act
ME, mre lacking. an investment of authority
. Mouio Quickly follow recommendation to
a1 eaect The public are convinced of the
.esessity Tor this, and experience has sane
TONED its wisdom. ~ ''''s '<'''0
Matronita' last week called attention to
Il.e danger of infection from consumptives
ns we understand her remarks. she in no
"ay mnmated that durable conservatives
sllouio De deprived of the benefit Of our
u1oil,c atmosphere, but that the spread of
ae disease should be prevented by precau-
.lonary measures and the public not SUBJ
.es.eu 70 unnecessary peril We believe her
aull'onltlon to be not only timely and deserv-
lug OF consideration, but we believe also
mat an impartial review of the subject will
not justify objections
consumption is the most extensive and
Iatal OF human diseases. It is contracted
only by taking the germs into the lungs
through the nose or mouth, and special dan
VT exists when the system is too weak to
overcome this germ. Now Covington is
health resort. Not consumptives alone are
Denefclaries Of our healthful climate, but
lnValids from various causes and pleasure
seekers as well crowd our town in summer
time. 1t is therefore apparent that class
OF people peculiarly liable to contract the
disease should be safeguarded as far as pos
slble, and instead Of being driven away will
be attracted more strongly by measures for
their safety.
these remarks are in defense of ''Matro-
nlta's' appeal for the adoption of laws COM
peling all who shelter consumptives to take
precautionary measures for the disposition
Sof sputa, the care of linen, table service,
etc, and her objection to the sending here
OF patients in the last stages, who have no
possible chance of recovery, and who become
3 charge upon the town or parish.
We do not enter upon the subject of moral
responsibility, because the objections have
been based on financial injury sustained by
turning away consumptives. The effect of
such provision would be to attract, rather
than to repel all classes of invalids. Even
consumptives, who are most in need of pure
and wholesome surroundings, would well
come the care that gave to them the same
sanitary protection that they would have
in sanitarium. No danger arises from
consumption under modern methods, but it
Is estimated that ordinarily every infected
person transmits the disease to two or three
others Every assistance should be given to
combating disease, and we commend Ma
tronita's, effort to impress the necessity
far reform in this connection. The follow
inc extract from the Quarterly Bulletin of
the Louisiana State Board of Health is per-
tinent:
s.Rlessed by climatic conditions unsur-
nassed bv those of any other country on the
rplohe we have displayed much Indifference
ssnd negligence in the past touching the gen
e u. and special problems presented by dis
easa a We have as yet not been brought to
~ Is nroner realization of the fact that nearly
II ;pfecf11ous and contagious diseases owe
~ sIa; ~ ay;stence to causes which are within
. ~ newer to CONTROL that great proper 7
IN. II, - If our deaths occurring in infancy,
.E;Idhnod. and during those years Which :
nary the primehood of life are untlmely and
i II, to causes positively preventaole.
c4AI-L WE TRY FOR 1T a