Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-14
FIGHTING TURERCIuosIs.


f~ubeTcuf0sfs Day Is TO De oD-
served throughout the country on
April 80. Last year it was known
as tuberculosis Sunday and 10000
sermons were preached on the pre-
~yention Of consumption. While the
day for the event again falls on
Sunday this year, the National As
ISOLATION for the Study and Proven
ton of tuberculosis urges that spe-
cial meetings be held in each city,
not necessarily on that Sunday, at
which time the work being done for
the wiping out of the white
plague shall be described, and re-
ports received as to the progress be-
ing made in the respective localities
where the meetings are held. It is
hoped to enlist the aid of the thirty
three million church members in the
United States in this great cause.
With such meetings recommended,
it is also hoped that the ministers
will preach special as they
did last year in an effort to spread
the cause. The national association
is planning to gather statistics to
show how serious a problem tuber-
culosis is to every community.
In connection with this great work
it is interesting to note that James
A. Patten, the multi-millionaire
grain and cotton operator of Chi
cago, has just announced that ne
will give two million dollars of his.
fortune to aid the systematic fight
that is being made to rid the world
of tuberculosis. AS a beginning he
has turned owed $4,000 to TIE
Northwestern University for medical
research into the question of proven.
ton and cure OF tuberculosis.
When such amounts as these are
given to the cause it Is evident that
the end is near.
Medical men have found the way
to prevent the disease as we'll as the
cure. All that Is needed is the
proper instruction for the people and
care for those who are already
STRICKEN. There are thousands Of
men ready to carry on the work
when the funds are provided.
Not only are private subscriptions
being raised. but states, counties and
municipalities are making appro-
priations for sanitariums for the
treatment of the disease. New Jer-
sey has the work well under way,
and several counties have already
taken Upon themselves to treat their
own patients. 1t is to be hoped that
Middlesex county will soon join the
others in this great work.
In Perth Amboy, during the
Christmas holidays, the WomahS'
Club, through the sale of Red Cross
seals raised several hundred dollars
for fighting the disease. At the
same time a tuberculosis association
was organized in this city and most
of the one raised here was turned
over to this new organization. Just
what has been done by this society
toward fighting tuberculosis in this
vincinity has not been made public.
It is possible, however, that the Or
ganization is quietly working along
lines that are bound to give results.
We might suggest that, on April
80. the date fixed by the national as
ISOLATION as tuberculosis Day, the
local society report on the work done
and what is under way, 50 that the
people may be encouraged in their
contributions in the future. There
Is no cause more worthy than this
and there is nothing in which the
people take more interest, as the dis
ease has attacked a great many
homes, showing no Partially for
rich or poor.
FOR COMMENCEMENT TIME.