Milford chronicle., 1911-11-10
TO FIGHT
AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS

The members of the Delaware
State Tuberculosis Commission from
Kent county met at the dispensary
at Harrington on Tuesday of last
week, as follows DR.. Edward S.
Dwight, Smyrna; DR.. Beniah L.
Lewis, Harrington; Mrs. George w.
Marshall, Milford; dispensary ply
sicians, DR.. S. G. Riley, Harrington;
DR.. Samuel NJ. D. Marshall, Milford;
Kent county commissions nurse,
Miss Annie P. Beswick, Milford, to-
gether with the auxiliary members
from Kent county towns as follows I:
Miss Eunice B. Anthony, Smyrna;
Mrs. Walter Morris, Dover; Mrs.
James L. Crossmore, Wyoming; Mrs.
Thomas V. Cahall, Frederick; Mrs.
John w. Sheldrake, Harrington;
Mrs. William H. Murphy, Farming
ton.
The meeting was called to order
and DR.. Edward S. Dwight was cleo
ted chairman and Dr. Samuel NJ.
D. Marshall Secretary. Mrs. Geo.
! W. Marshall stated the object of the
meeting, calling the body "The Kent
County tuberculosis Commission, "
and that it had been suggested to
make the commission work more
effective and thorough, that sub-com-
missions should be appointed for
the different towns throughout the
county, to the end that all patients
suffering with tuberculosis, or those
exposed to the disease, should be
referred to the care and instruction
Of the county nurse, Miss Beswick,
and the dispensary physicians, ,espec-
tally the INDECENT cases, it being the
duty of the committee to look up
patients and to report the names Of
such patients to the nurse, and in
fact anything that might advance
the fight against the great white
plague. On the question of the
possibility of tuberculosis among
school children, Mrs. Walter Morris
reported that in Dover the Parent
Teacher Association was considering
the propriety of urging the proper
authorities to have a physical exam
ination made of all school children
BY physicians and the physicians
thereafter to make a written report
to the school board of their findings.
On motion of DR. b. L. Lewis,
seconded by Mrs. George w. Mar
shall, a resolution was unanimously
adopted recommending that all chill
dren attending graded schools be
examined by competent physicians
appointed for that purpose, to deter
mine those that are suffering from
any disease of the throat, eye, nose,
ear and chest, at tine opening of the
scholastic year and the beginning Of
the winter term, and that the resO-
luton should be forwarded to the
Kent County School Commission,
requesting it to promulgate as an
order the same to the different dis
tricts.
Mrs. James L. CrossmOre brought
up the question of reporting cases OF
tuberculosis as a communicable dis
ease to the State Board of Health
and also the question of fumigation
of houses following the removal OF
patients or of their death. 1t was
stated that it was the duty of all
boards of health in towns to fumi-
gate and that their jurisdiction ex-
tended one mile beyond the town
limits. Beyond the one-mile limit
the State Board Of Health would
fumigate.
On motion Of Mrs. Marshall, sec
onded by Mrs. John W. Sheldrake,
and carried unanimously, it was re-
solved that tile Kent county nurse
be authorized and directed to pur-
chase necessary supplies for fumi-
eating and compel the occupants Of
houses, following removal Of patients
OF death of tuberculosis patients, to
submit to the fumigation and disin-
lection.
A general discussion followed of
how means should be provided Of
caring for INDECENT patients suffer
ing from tuberculosis.
DR.. Il. S. Dwight mentioned the
fact that at a late meeting Of the
State tuberculosis Commission a
committee was appointed to confer
with the State Board Of Health, con-
cerning tuberculosis among children.
Mrs. George W. Marshall stated
that moneys of the National Red
Cross branches Of the State Of Della
ware could be used in meritOrious
cases of the locality in which the in
digent patient lived.
DR.. Lewis offered the following
which was unanimously adopted:
Resolved. That after the county
school commission has considered
the resolution to be forwarded to it,
this commission meet at Dover at
the call Of the secretary, and further
be it
Resolved, That the Kent county
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