Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-02-15

BILE to go into detail. shall there
fore speak only in a general way Of
the information gathered.
Twp. active cases % deaths in
10 years.
Twp. 2ss active cases, 5 deaths IN
I 10 years. a MS
Twp. 8 active cases, { deaths ii
10 years. e S
We found among fifty farms only
five which were worked by tenants. In
three of these there had been deaths
from tuberculosis and in one house
there was a suspicious case. Three Of
the tenants were in poor circumstan-
ces and did not have sufficient food or
bedding These houses are a good
example of poor food as a contribute
ing cause. There were in the three
townships four people who had had
|sanatorium treatment. One Of these
had recovered, one who had been in
T a sanatorium but short time was
much improved and was able to work
as station agent This patient was
a woman and the cleanliness and ven
tilation of her station spoke we'll for
the educational value Of sanatorium
treatment. s5:.Is u .4 4 q 81
I Another of the patients who had en-
tered SanatOrium as an advanced
case and was sent home soon after as
hopeless had, before he died, several
months after his return home, so in
lstructed the family in personal and
family hygiene that there was little to
criticise. q
4 The fourth sanatorium patient had
returned from the sanatOrium in eX-
leellent condition, but had soon after
his return made the mistake Of .'tray.
cling in the West for, his health" and
was in a dying condition when / saw
him. He was however careful of the
disposal Of his sputum and the family
seemed well informed as toathe neces-
sary prophylaxis. One of the most I'M.
portant benefits Of the sanatorium is
its educational value. The patients
returning home are missionaries
preaching the doctrine Of proper liv-
ing. There was no one in the three
townships who had received public re-
lief. 5s a 54 Il. q IL
There were no facilities for open air
treatment and vet it could easily be
arranged by means of a window tent,
and an inexpensive shack or sleeping
porch. Room isolation would be pos
sible in half of the houses.
There was insufficient bedding in
eight houses.
The storm windows were invariably
nailed, screwed or buttoned on. On
no house did we find hinged storm
window or one that could be opened.
As an example of their idea of fresh
air: in a house where a person had
died, they showed us halfsinch hole
bored in the window frame; through
this the patient is supposed to get an
abundant supply Of fresh air.
The average number OF people sleep
ing in one room was four. In one
house there were eight, in another
nine and it was not at all uncommon
10 find five or six This was not due
to the fact that there was not enough
room, for in many Of the houses the
whole family would sleep in one room,
use one for the kitchen and leave two,
three and in some cases four rooms
vacant.
The only houses where personal
and family prophylaxis was properly
carried out were those in which the
patients from the sanatoria lived.
There was no official disinfection af
ter deaths from tuberculosis. Several
of the houses had been disinfected by
the people themselves and in one case
|by the physician. Distinction, unless
properly done, is worse than none al
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all because it gives the inmates Of the
house a false sense of security
| On fifty farms there were one hun
dred and eleven children under the
age of fifteen years. Forty-six o.
these children are living in houses
where there have been deaths Of
where there are active cases of tuber
culosis. It does not seem possible
that they could have escaped infec
1tion.
Such contributing causes as over
work and poor food which play sucl
an Important part among the inhabi
Itants of the crowded tenement dis
tricts and among the poorer farrners
are not of inapo rtance here. The e M
er works hard, but not SO nard as Tux
/ laborer in the city and he works ii
pure fresh air where he is in no dan
ger of contracting disease. His fooe