The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-12
 SCOURCES RAGE Deaths From Disease Number 140,OOO Yearly and Eco
 homie Expense is Great CARPETS ARE DANGEROUS Addresses Given by Dr. Thomas J. Kilmartin and Jacob
 Gancher on Disease
CARPETS ARE DANGEROUS
Waterbury Republican, )

The Yehoash society, an auxiliary of the Jewish Consumptive Relief society held public meeting in Speedwell hall last evening, presided over by Dr. M T.. German and addressed by Dr. Jacob Gancher in German and Dr.. Thomas J. Kilmartin in English. How ard l.. Udell delivered an interesting stereopticon address on the subject of tuberculosis. At the close of the meet ing Miss Ettie Reibstein and F'reder- ick Reich announced that they had sold $5 worth of Red Cross Seals. The hall was we'll filled, 300 people being present
 The address delivered by Dr. Kilmar- tin was, so far as the generally ac- cepted medical treatment of tubercu- losis is concerned, of the same tenor as that delivered in German by Dr. Gancher, with the exception that Dr. Gancher cautioned the people against the danger of contagion from the col lection of ragS,. and the necessity for the removal of all carpets from the front room" and substituting rugs instead, as he said the ordinary car- pet was like a sponge, always con taining a large amount of dirt, inn possible of removal.
 Dr. Thomas J. Kilmartin said in part: 'I am deeply grateful for the privilege of being here with you this evening and having an opportunity to say a word upon the subject of tu- berculosis. It is not a subject that will permit of flights of oratory or the telling of funny stories. 1t is an in teresting and serious subject, and in order to impress upon you the serious ness of the subject will say that there were 10000 deaths from tuber cG.osis in the United States in single year. This exceeds the entire loss of human life during the civil war, and entails a loss upon the friends and relatives of the afflicted and an eco nomical loss to the country that is estimated to exceed $1,000, 900 year It is truly said that the monetary loss to the afflicted is in round numbers S66O, ,000, 900 each year. It is safe to say that the number of deaths in a single year exceed the number deaths from typhoid. scarlet fever, smallpox meningitis and appendicitis, all taken together
 .'It is a fact that if the number of deaths continue in the future as in the past 5,0OO,000 now living in this United States will die from this dis ease. If one-fourth of these people could be saved it would mean a mon etary saving of $1,0O0 OOO, GOO per year.
 Now what can be done to prevent this horrible loss of life? All over the world men are doing everything in their power to educate the people. Three years ago, in Washington. tu- bercuIosis congress was held. and as result of these international congress- es, there has grown up in every com munity an anti tuberculosis league consisting of men and women banded together to educate the public. Four. years ago there was formed in this city a tuberculosis league; it began a dispensary system by nurses visiting the home and instructfng the patients and seeing that they were supplied with proper food and offering aid which would result in sending them to sanitariums for treatment. As result of this league in Waterbury, 176 cases were sent away during four years to the sanitariums. Forty peo- the expense of the anti-tuberculosis league. Last year they raised $7.00O and the amount will increase from year to year. At the present time Mr. Udell has charge of the disposal of the Christmas seals, and every cent, excepting a little that goes to Washington, will be turned over to the aid of these people. Not only locally but statewise and nationally, efforts are being made. About one.fourth of all the cattle sold in this state are diseased and until this condition is improved we can look for very little decrease in the death rate to children
  tary laws in regard to the erection of buildings; better workshops, and greater respect for sunshine and air, as wherever the germ comes in con- tact with sunshine it is death to the germ and life to the patient. The proportion of cases among the Jewish people is less than that of any other nationality. By many people this is believed to- be due to the care the Jews exercise in the selection of their meat, but I believe the real cause is that the Jewish people, as a race, are accustomed to outdoor life. Tuber- cu1osis, however, is on the increase among the Jews, and therefore it be- hooves them to take the same precau- tions as other people have learned is necessary.
 The following is a list Of the officers of the society: Solomon Alexander, treasurer; Harry Shore, financial sec- retary; Morris Kaplan, recording sec- Louis Blick, collector; execu- tive committee, Miss Annie Feinberg, Miss Ettie Reibstein, Mrs c. J. Wit, William Kramer and Benja- min Jaffe; committee on arrangements Solomon Alexander, Louis Blick, Miss Ettie Reibstein and Miss Annie Fein- berg.
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