Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-24
WHITE PLAGUE
WARFARE Goes
ON INCREASINGLY
Reports Read at Annual Meet
ing of New Jersey
Association.
CHICAGO COMMISSIONER
SPEAKS ON SANITATION
DR.. Gordon K. Dickinson, of
Jersey CITY. Is Reelected
President.

A large number of persons interest
ed in the work of the New Jersey AS
ISOLATION for the Prevention and Re-
lief of tuberculosis are in this city to
attend the fifth annual meeting of the
association in the Public Library this
afternoon. The Health officers Asso-
cation OF New Jersey sent delegates
from thlrty-fou1 associations, who
We're guests at the meeting.
Inc principal speaker is DIR. William
A. Evans, health commissioner of
Chicago, who is scheduled to talk on
The Value of Sanitation in the on
troll of tuberculosis" DR.. Gordon K.
Dickinson, president of the associative,
presided at the meeting.
The report prepared by William c..
Smallwood. executive secretary, at 1874
Market street, his city, is as follows
The work of this association is in
such a large sense cumulative that it
is difficult to state just what has been
accomplished in a single year. The
basis of the development of the work
having been education. it is not easy
TO trace Its beginning. This. the fifth
anniversary of the association, shows
remarkable work accomplished, and we
can point to a few definite things that
have seen their fulflment in the past
year.
"A year ago we introduced a bill
appropriating $4,000 for tuberculosis
work for the State Board of Health.
This became a law, but the appropria-
ton committee failed to appropriate.
Thic var oftar n eooo,a1 lo..s-- l.
fore the committee, the money was
granted. The provisions of the bill are
that the State Board of Health shall
take on the State tuberculosis exhibit,
shall employ tuberculosis inspectors,
whose duties shall be to visit institu-
tions, and cooperate closely with local
boards of health, and also to publish
and distribute literature.
Drinking Cup Abolished.
"A bill abolishing the public drink
ing cup became a law at the last ses-
sion, n will become effective July A..
This bill is very sweeping In its appli-
cation, but does not apply to factories,
offices, department stores or churches.
"A year ago we introduced a bill au-
thorlzing county boards of f%reeholders
TO erect county tuberculosis hospitals.
This year We have e~ndeavored to get
this bill enforced by hearings before
boards of freeholders of Passaic, At
lantic, MiddleseX. Morris. Camden,
Gloucester and Bergen counties. We
now have hospitals in operation in
Hudson for 1870; Essex soon to be
opened for 100; Union appropriating
money for 30 patients; Bergen looking
for a site for 80, and Morris, Camden
and Atlantic counties favorably con-
sidering the matter. Paterson has in
the past year opened a municipal hos
pital, taking care of 40 advanced cases.
Five years ago there was only the
Shepard Memorial Hospital in Orange
and the State Sanatorium under way
-136 beds-where now we have pro-
vision for III patients, State, county.
municipal, private n State penal
and insane hospitals.
Decrease in Deaths.
I'm the last five years here has
been q steady decrease in the number
of deaths from tuberculosis In 1906
there were Sc less deaths; in 1907, IT'S
less; 1908, 246; 1909, $40. The statistics
for 19O9-1910 are not yet available, but
in proportion to the decrea e of the
previous years there would nave been
in the las. five years LTD less deaths
from tuberculosis had the population
remained the same.
1.-The campaign for better schools and
better ventilated buildings, and the
need of provision for abnormal and
anaemic children has resulted in the
opening of open-air schools in Mont
clair, the Orange and Newark, and
the demand that where new schools
are being erected there shall be plenty
of windows instead of artificial VEN
tilation.
"A school pamphlet for teachers,
written by DR.. Gordon X. Dickinson.
president of the association, has been
accepted by the State Board of Edu-
cation. This, with the aphorisms for