Arizona republican., 1912-11-29
INFANT MORTALITY
 AND THE WHITE PLAGUE
Lecture of pr. Foss Before the Anti
 Tuberculosis Association


 ,f the Anti Tuberculosis association It the Empress theater on Wednes lay night. the second of that day, Dr. John w Foss said in part:
 The Fundamental causes of infant mortality are mainly the result of hree conditions: poverty ignorance and neglect.
 The question of infant mortality is mainly al question of proper feed ing In the last analysis infant mor- ality is to be solved not by philan- trophy or by state institutions or py the medical profession. but by in telligent motherhood.
 Tt is strictly correct to say that 2, high infant mortality implies d nigh prevalence of those conditions which determine national inferiOrity n 1889 the first milk stations for he distributing of pure clean milk o the poor were established. One 1 vas in New York City under Dr | loplik and the other was in St | iertrude's District, Hamburg, Ger 1 many
 In 1892 Dr. Budn started move l ncnt of world wide importance. He | observed that physicians took care l the mother but let the infant take l are of itself. the result was that be- 1 Ween an infant one day old and a 1 nan of 90 the chance of either liV- ng one week was n favor of the l nan of 90. In many parts of the ountry out of three infants two would be sure to die. He established lis Consultations for Nurlings" .-hi h4N h.. mothers. who were instructed how rear their offspring to strong, lealthy men and women. G91,574 in- ants died in this country in 1908. The health of the people should le the first care of the state. The highest aim of scientific medicine the prevention of disease. The ,verage cost of each person who lies from consumption-loss Of wage r income. care, food medical attend ] nce. funeral expenses is about s2400; he average shorting of life is thirty ears twenty of which is the work ng period
 | "Tuberculosis according to the com l )utation of Prof Irving Fisher costs ] he people of the United States $57O.- l 0O,00O a year
 l The cost of tuberculosis to the state of Illinois is $S7,o00,oo0 an 1 nually
 over a period of years 524 per
 ent of the deaths among school | eachers between 25 and A years of l ge were due to tuberculosis. l "TubercuIosis costs the American | fife insurance companies nearly $50
 0O,o00 each year. | There are 93,0O0, ,OOU,0O0 people in l he United States; of these 930O,0 900 | ill die of tuberculosis; 55S00.0O0
 ill become tuberculosis. but will 1 'ecoyer. SS.0O000 at some time will -eceive the germ into their bodies Five per cent of all cases of | lberculosis come from tuberculosis l cows
 l Practically all danger from cows | nay be eliminated by careful per odical inspection of dairies by com ! Jetent and conservative veterinarians 1 followed by the removal of clinically l tuberculosis animals and the enforc- ng of cleanliness.
 pr Ravenai regards one out of
 our cases of intestinal tuberculosis # bovine origin.
 "A patient may with d severe case 1 f consumption cough up as many as | i've million of the bacilli in d day
 md a particle of sputum no larger .han a pin head may contain thous-
 nds of them.
 l "Richat estimates the death roll Df all the wars of the nineteenth century at 14,OO0,O0O and that of consumption in the same period and countries at 3O,0OO,00O. 1 Its victims mostly die during the
 ctive working age. the period of greatest usefulness to the state 1 The bacillue tuberculosis may en- ter the system:
 Through the arr passages and lungs by direct contact or by direct infection from the sputum of con 5umptive.
 By means of drinking glasses, eat ing utensils, and other articles placed 70 or into the mouth. which have been handled or put into the mouths )f others.
 Through the digestive tract. from diseased meat. or milk from tubercu- germ bearing dust
 Rarely through the skin
 The consumptive is harmless in himself. unless he has careless hab- it's.
 The chief mode of infection is thro the dried sputum of the con sumptiVe
 The postmortems at the county hospital, Chicago show tuberculosis in 9S to 99 per cent. but it is q tuberculosis that has had nothing l to do with the fatal termination
 ITO take the life of a fellow man Wilfully or maliciously is murder the greatest of all crimes to dc so thro ignorance. is manslaughter.'
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