Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-06-04
HOW To FIGHT
TUBERCULOSIS
Share of Layman Discussed
By Speaker Before Ma.
tiOnal Conference

He h.sa. aisl Press
Washington ii. C.. June 3.-Tht
share OF The Laymau in the Anti
Tuberculosis Campaign" was describ
I'd Dy Col. D. J.. Ludlow. Of Winston
Salem. y q. in a paper read befor.
the Advisory Council Of the Nationa
Association tor tho Study and Pre-.
raufiDn OF tuberculosis
10 community Of life ,u0ercglo
sis is a social burden of vastly com
preheusiye proportions. the speaker
said Or involves practically every
other phase OF ci>c life In which ar,
usually classed our social problems
Even immortality and vice cannot Do
excepted The causes OF tubercuIo.
Is and ifs prevention embrace M,
problems OF child labor regulations
school facilities. housing conditions
low wages long hours, cost OF living
factory production, private and pub.
lir sanitation As each Of these per
tain 20 personal and public health
and 70 the impairment of physical
strength and FIgor so do they meas
ure fbe effective Infection and pre-,
alencc Of tuberculosis In community
Iif.
The degree Of prevalence Of tu-
her'ulOsis in a community or city
does nor measure the standard OF
medical practice. But Dr. lisa correct
and infallible index Of tho private
and public HYGIENE habits and con.
ditlons of the community II Is the
dis"a-. barometer Of wrong living
and defective sanitary environment
Only 20 a small degree may We hope
for i's solution by the physician or
hy 'he most aggressive public health
Officers without tine active co-opera-
ton and support of other muniripal
officials and hv the general public
as we'll
When among th, laymeu of a
community there shall have been de-
'eloped true conception OF civil,
duty 100 the auti-tuberculosis cam
paign then will they become actively
interested 30 the quality and char.
acter OF the public water supply. and
IN ih" disposal Of sewage. garbage
and other waste products. in clean
back yards, in the care Of streets
and other public places, and in the
problem OF dust and dirt prevention
ln the provision Of parks and public
Fairgrounds for outdoor recreation.
the proper observance and enforce
ment OF isolation and quarantine OF
infectious and contagious diseases
and OF disinfectiou and proper dis
posal OF germ-laden cXcraions In "a
properly organized and faithfully cN-
eruted plan OF registering vital sta
lisllcs. IN the proper inspection OF
the meat and milk supply and other
food products iu the proper teach
ing OF personal aud community nv
sienc in the public schools and sun
day schools and its advocacy by the
pulpit the press, and in state and
city offices With am active interest
10 such factors of community life
on the part OF 'he public. then wII
There Doe 90 reasonable. hope for the
universal application of the sanitary
gospel that, in the warfare wased.
10y The microscopic foes of human life
against the health and happiness OF
mankind. mremifting vigilance and
intelligently directed combat is the
price OF safety"
Question uf Control.
The question, Should the proven
ton 81 tuberculosis boz exclusively
under official control" was discuss
ed tonight by Or Charles o Probst
formerly state Health Officer of Ohio
Columbus o, in a paper read before
the Advisory council OF the National
Ass citation for the study and pre-
vention Of tuberculosis.
tie said, in part. The eradication
OF tuberculosis means systematized
methods long continued and intelli-
gently directed Effective work
therefore, In the prevention OF this
disease requires the active support OF
national, state and municipal govern
ments. II would seem wise that
there should be official control OF
tuberculosis in the sense OF directing
systematizing and co-ordinating the
work done in It's prevention. lis Grad
ication should be- considered a gov
ernmental problem Generous appro-
should be- made 10 this end
by the nation. and by every state and
large municipality
Naturally the control of spc5
funds would be by officials of these
respective divisions OF government
and. logically. this would mean the
health officials Observation com.
pels me, however. 70 say that this
would mean at present. in many cases
placing money and authority in in
hands II Is lust here
that perhaps the creates, good will
zone from having intelligent laymen
Unlisted in the battle against tuher.
'ulosis. Their association with
health officials in this work will
show them the weak spots in our
present official health system. and
nay lead. upon their demand 10 the
placing OF all health protective meas.