Smyrna times., 1911-11-08
SMYRNA ACTIVE IN FIGHT
AGAINST WHITE PLAGUE
PROFITABLE MEETING OF KENT
TUBERCULOSIS COMMISSION
Systematic Plan to Have School Child.
rem E%amined.--0r. E. S. Dwight
Presided at Harrington Meeting

Or' Il. D dwight, of this town.
was IN attendance Tuesday at an in.
teresting meeting of the Kent
County Commission of the~Dela-
ware State tuberculosis Society at
Harrington. DR.. Dwight was elect
ed chairman of the meeting and
rendered what ever assistance he
could in aiding the stamping out of
the great white plague. Miss
Eunice B. Anthony, of this town.
was also present and both returned
more enthusiastic in the work than
ever. The meeting was called TO
order and DR.. Edward S. Dwisbt
was elected chairman and DR.. Sam
uel M. D. Marshall, secretary. Mrs.
George W. Marshall stated the OBJ
ject of the meeting, calling the
body "the Kent County tuberculosis
Commission, and that it had been
suggested 20 make the commission
work more effective and thorough
that subcommittee should be an
pointed 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 dis
pensary physicians. especially the
INDECENT cases, it being the dutv 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 ex-
animation made of all school children
by physicians and the physicians
thereafter to make a written report
to the school board of their findings.
Resolution to Examine Children
On motion of DR.. B. L. Lewis.
as seconded by Mrs. George w.
Marshall, resolution was unanim-
Ously adopted recommending that all
children attending graded schools be
examined by competent physicians.
appointed for that purpose to deter.
mine those that are suffering from
any diseases of the throat, eve. |
nose, ear, and chest, at the opening
of the scholastic year and the be- |
ginning of the winter term. and |
that the resolution should be for
warded to the Kent County School
Commission, requesting it to pro-
mulgate as an order, the same to the
different districts. Mrs. James /.
Crossmore brought up the question
of reporting cases of tuberculosis as
a communicable disease to the State
Board of Health and also the cues
tion of fumigation of houses follow.
ing the removal of patients or of
their death.
Necessity of Thoroughly Fumigating
On motion of Mrs. Marshall.
seconded by Mrs. John W. SHIELD.
rake, and carried unanimously, it
was resolved that the Kent County
nurse be authorized and directed to
purchase necessary supplies for
and compel the occu-
pants of houses, following removal
of patients or death of tuberculosis
patients, to submit to the fumigation !
and disinfection. general dis
cussion followed of how means
should be provided of caring for in
1igent patents suffering from tu-
oerculosis. DR.. E. S. Dwight men,
TONED the fact that at late meet.
ing of the State tuberculosis Com
mission committee was appointed
70 confer with the State Board of %
Health, concerning tuberculosis {,
among children Mrs. George w. O
stated that moneys of the T
Red Cross branches of the p
State of Delaware could be used in e,
neritorious cases of the locality in
which the INDECENT patient lived. Il
rhose present we're: DR.. Edward o
). Dwight, Smyrna; DR.. Beniah L. CT
lewis, Harrington; Mrs. George W. HI
darshall, Milford; dispensary m
'hysieians, DR.. S. G. Riley, Har- ST
ington; DR.. Samuel M. d. Mar CT
hall, Milford; Kent county COM al
MISSIONS nurse, Miss Annie P. 81
seswick, Milford; together with ps
ne auxiliary members from Kent te
ounty towns as follows: Miss W
.unice B. Anthony, Smyrna; Mrs. to
Walter Morris, Dover; Mrs. James de
. !. Crossmore, Wyoming; Mrs. pr
nomas Y. CahalI, Frederick; Mrs. wi
ohn W. sSheldrake, Harrington pu
lrs. William H. Murphy, Farming al
on. "a