The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-01-19
HEALTH BOARD MAKING SURVEY
OF ALL CASES IN BIGGEST
CITIES.
To Be An Educational Campaign
Self-Help Aimed at In lnforma-
ton Given to All Afflicted.

Topeka, Kan.-By July the Kansas
state board of health will have COM
plete medical, industriai and sociology
cal record of at least 95 per cent OF
the cases of tuberculosis in cities OF
the first class.
DR.. John j. Sippy, appointed by the
state board of health, is making sur
yey of all the cases of tuberculosis In
the ten first class cities OF Kansas.
In discussing the work, DR.. S. }.
Crumbine, secretary of the board, said:
1.-THE educational campaign which
we are carrying on by the state tuber-
culosis exhibit has reached most OF the
reported cases in the state. They nave
either seen the exhibit or we have
seen that our literature has gotten TO
them. We seek to teach the patients
what they can do to help themselves
and also what should be done to pre-
vent the spread of the disease, ana
to minimize in every manner possibly
the chances of injecting other per-
sons.
1--WE are anxious that every person
suffering from tuberculosis be given
all the information We have. The sur
yey we are making will carry this In
formation to the bedsides of some per-
sons who otherwise would not be
reached at all.
THE survey we are making is an IN
dividual study of each case. we get
all of the medical information, the So
ciological conditions ana the working
conditions of the patient. For instance
we study the home conditions, getting
data on these things: Number OF mem
hers in the household; general SAM
tation of living rooms, bed rooms,
kitchen utensile, yard, milk supply
general character of food, food sup
niles dispensed or sold by family OF
from house: care of clothing ana
laundry; close association OF houseEolu
permitted; care manifested to prevent
further infection; proper disposal OF
sputum and discharges made; patient
receiving care or nursing; extent OF
education of heads of family; children
In school; income of patient; NUMBER
of wage earners in family; how en-
Moved: total expenditure of family an
nually for rent, clothing, food and med
teal attendance; education, insurance
recreation; does the patient own
home.
1--WE get house descriptions, as to
the kind of dwelling, size OF house,
number of rooms and size, number ana
size of windows, ventilation, plumbing
and sewage, water supply, heating APP
paratus.
"Then we get information on the
working conditions, whether IN store,
factory, office or outdoors; the size or
the buildings, whether modern or san
itary. its heating and lighting. Speci-
fic details of occupation are secured
as to posture, number oil other ell
ployes, hours worked and so on.
1--WE also make complete roster OF
the family of the patient, getting thelr
names, ages, relationship to the pa
tient, and health conditions.
when we have all OF this data
gathered together we will have his
tory of practically every case in the
first class cities of Kansas. We wish
to help those that are sick, and to stop
every avenue of contaglon. That must
be done by education. We feel that
with this data to work with we will
he able to make another big forward
step toward the prevention of the
spread of tuberculosis"