Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-06-01


Ito the ultimate basic problem. that
The control Of infection must be ac-
complished By vigilant personal work
OF individuals working with and
through individuals 10 prevent germ
growth and multiplication.
Large collective schemes of con
troll" said Miss Wald, even those so
fundamental as to bring about chang
es in Industrial, social, Or political con
ditions, win yet always depend for
their efficiency on this personal guild
ing care.
No other agent of control is so
effective as the nurse, providing that
she holds closely to the traditions of
good nursing. and to personal, man
ual, bedside service wherever II ia
needed, in addition to her newer func.
ton OF teaching sanitation, hygiene
and elementary bactericlogy to her
! patients. With the great extension of
tuberculosis work, the danger that the
+ work of nurses may be diverted into
purely oral teaching. or visits of obser-
walton with clerical reports, becomes
a very real one. Her influence, based
/ upon the attachment Of the patient
brought about by personal work, is
/ lost If she recedes into the imperson-
al relations OF an instructive visitor
only"
DR.. Millard Knowlton, tuberculosis
inspector for the New Jersey State
Board of Health, said that probably
the most attractive feature of the New
Jersey tuberculosis exhibit is the mo.
tion picture equipment. The motion
picture is, without doubt, the most i'm.
portant educational device that has
been brought forth since the invention
OF the printing press. We are using
five films which seem to have the
most value for hygienic and sanitary
purposes. These are THE Man Who
Learned?" THE Fly Pest" Boil Your
Water" "The Red Cross Seal" and
THE Awakening OF John Bond"
Mr.. Knowlton described another
phase of the work that has been very
effective.
we have been in the habit OF hay-
ing man go into the city with a
camera before the exhibit goes and
take a number of pictures OF local
conditions. We have in this way
found number of dark rooms with
out outside openings in towns of from
six to ten thousand population We
have taken pictures of dirty back
yards interiors where many people
sleep, dirty Fairgrounds. etc. for use
in the local campaign. This protray-
al of local conditions with the camera
has been made effective in obtaining
immediate results. In one place. for
example, before the exhibit had been
going two days there was strike of
Italian glassworkers in one of the fac
tories because we showed filthy gar.
bage heap in front dooryard, which
the owner of the factory should have
cleaned up. We settled by agreeing
to take picture down from our ex-
hibit upon condition that the yard
shown in the picture be cleaned up.
This was done Immediately In an
other instance, the board of health or
dered inspections of lodging houses
and tenement houses to be made after
we had shown up one of the worst
cheap lodging houses have ever seen.
/ Speaking on the East River Homes
Foundation, DR.. Henry l.. Shively, of
New York, said in part Through
D ~ nf
vanderbilt, Sr" series of modern
hygienic tenements have been con-
structed in New York, especially for
the purpose of providing the best fea-
lures of sanatorium and hospital treat
ment for tuberculosis in the patients
own home. These tenements have
been named the East River Homes.
There are four large fire-proof build
lngs, which will house 1888 families
Every room has an abundance of light
and air and all of the stairways are
built on the outside. Each apartment
also has arrangements for outdoor
sleeping. Every precaution has been
taken to make the walls and floors as
sanitary as possible. The roofs are
fitted up for outdoor life.
The East River Homes are not de-
signed to be mere charity, nor to
produce income in the ordinary com.
mercial sense. They are humane
and philanthropic investment, which.
with lower rentals than are asked for
inferior accommodations elsewhere. It
is expected may yield a sufficient re.
turn to encourage the construction of
other similar buildings in communi.
ties where they are needed. The in
come from this particular group of
buildings will however be devoted en-
tirely to philanthropic objects. one
half at least to be directly expended
by the trustees in tho campaign
against tuberculosis.
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