The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-10-14
Society Declares City Should
Insist on Healthful Drink
ing Places Being Establish
ed by r. G.. w. w. Co.
SHOULD BE A PART
OF NEW FRANCHISE
Turn Down Offer of Shacks
For Treatment of Tubercu-
losis-Winter's Work is
Discussed.

The provision of sanitary drinking
cups by the water works was the most
important step advised last evening by
the members of the Wayne County
Anti-Tuberculos;s society at their reg
ular meeting in the Masonic temple.
Several measures of present interest
were considered, and plans for the
work during the coming fall and win
ter were determined upon. Owing to
the lack of financial support for the
society in this county, the meeting de-
cided not, for the present, to take ad-
vantage of the offer made by the state
society, and therefore will not con-
slider the erection of shacks at Reid
Memorial hospital for the treatment of
tuberculosis. Some members brought
out the splendid opportunities that ex-
ist now for lodges and churches to
members and notifying the society
when anyone contracts the i'll.
Although tuberculosis is not the cas-
lest disease to be transmitted through
the public drinking cup, it was agreed
at last nights gathering that many
unnecessary cases of sickness could
be traced directly to the use of pub
lie cups. Taking a broader view of
the situation in this city, it was noted
that the installation of proper drink
ing facilities would be great con-
venience to the people of the city who
now have to drink from the spouts Of
horses troughs or go thirsty. The
proposed cups would be great i'm
provement for Richmond, especially in
the business district, it was declared.
1t was pointed out that the present
is a very easy time to secure the cups.
for the council could merely insist
that when granting a new franchise
to the water works company that
fountains for people as we'll as for
horses be established.
To Refuse Offer.
Some surprise was evidenced when
the opinion of the meeting indicated
that the local society does not care
for the shacks offered by the state.
| The reason for this decision was that
at present there are not enough peo-
pie interested in the work and not
enough funds provided to maintain
the shacks even should they be erect
their decision is that the state legis-
lature has just put into operation a
new institution for the treatment of
patients. The society recommends
that persons in the incipient stages
of the disease investigate the state in
stitution at Rockville, as it is doing
excellent work, and five Wayne county
people are permitted to receive treat
ment free.
AS for their plans for future cam
paigns, the society is working out a
system which will be made known
soon, and which should have consider
able effect on the situation in Wayne
county One of the features of this
will be series of bill posters. These
will be put out all over the city and
county, to inform the public of the
expressed by the society that 5000 can
be raised here from the sale of red
cross seals at Christmas time AS
this sale is the sole financial support
of the society, the work can not con-
tinue unless a large quantity of seals
are distributed.
People Asked to Help.
Now that the novelty of the work
has worn oil, the heads of the county
work assert, people seem to be losing
/ interest in the fight against tubercu-
losis. The Wayne county public, ac-
cording to one prominent member of
the society, isa we'll informed already
concerning the work, and too much
agitation will only weaken the cause.
For this reason no public meetings
with speakers will be given tbs win
ter, but people will be asked to help
with the practical work. All the so
ciety hopes for now is to teach the
patients the importance of consulting
a physician as soon as the drst indi-
cations of the disease break out The
average doctor of this county is un-
usually efficient, and by consulting
him persons would avoid all danger
of letting the situation get beyond
| control People would probably take
more interest in the work il they re-
| spread the disease in this city.
The society wishes that some way
could be devised for taking care of
persons in the last stages of the dis
ease. This is the dangerous time, for
the germs are easily spread. and ow-
| ing tn the he1nle4a condition If the