The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-01
HOMER FOLKS IS
 CHOSEN PRESIDENT Heads National Tubercu-
 losis Society
A PRECEDENT IS SET
First Man Who Is Not Physician to Hold the Office-Many Themes ]. Discussed Before Branches
 of the Society

Washington. May 31.--lne fls4flh dfluud | conference of the National Association | for the Study and Prevention of Tuber culosis was concluded tonight when th' following officers were elected; 1 President, Homer Folks of New York first vice president. pr. R. H. Babcocl of Chicago; second vice president, Ed ward R. Baldwin of saranae Lake. N Y; secretary, Dr. Henry B. Jacobs oi Boston.
 | Tn choosing MT. Folks as president the association departed from it's previou: custom of always placing physician at its head. The new president is secre. tary of the New York charities and chair man of the New York state probation commission.
 Need Government Support Tho question, Should the Prevention of Tuberculosis Be Exclusively Under Off clal Control?s was discussed tonight by Dr. Charles o. Probst. formerly state health officer of Ohio. Columbus, O.. in paper read before the advisory coun- cil of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis.
 He said in part:
 1.-The eradication of tuberculosis means systematized methods, long continued and intellgently directed. Effective work, therefore, in the prevention of this dis ease requires the active support of na- tional, state and municipal governments. It would seem wise that there should be official control of tuberculosis in the sense of directing. systematizing and co-ordi- mating the work done fin it's prevention. It's eradication should be considered a governmental problem. Generous appro- priations should be made to this end by the nation and by every state and large municipality"
 Need Improved Dwellings
 What is being done for tuberculosis families through the East River Homes foundation was described today by Dr.. Henry L. shiverly of New York. in a paper read before the sociological sec ton of the National Association for the Study and prevention of Tuberculosis.
 pr. Shiverly said in part:
 'rhe need of improved city dwellings especially adapted to the requirements of tuberculosis families and delicate persons liable to tuberculosis. has been a logical outgrowth of the demonstration in recent years of the good results obtained in sanatoria and the day camp for adults and In preventoria and open air schools for children.
 The results obtained in them show that consumption is curable in it's earliest stages in all climates If an abundance of fresh air and sunlight, baths, suitable nourishment rest and watchful medical supervision can be obtained. For the relatively small number of poor patients, however, for whom sanatorium treatment is possible the costly lesson learned is of no permanent benefit if upon their discharge from the sanatorium they are returned to the unfaS orable living con- ditions which generated their disease. It would seem to be not lmpracticable to bring many of the best features of san atorium care to the patient in his own home, where at low rentals he may en- joy them as long as is necessary or he may desre.'
 Hospital Needs
 A paper on Adequate Hospital Control of Tuberculosis was lead today by pr. Bertram H. Waters. the physician in charge of the tuberculosis clinics in Man haitian of the New York City health de- partment before the sociological section of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tunerculosis.
 He said in part:
 Adequate hospital control or advanced or open stages of pulmonary tubercu- losis cannot be attained without
 1. Sufficient hospital accommodation.
 ?. The enactment, if necessary, of spe- cial legislation conferring upon state and municipal health officers the power of compulsory removal and detention.
 3. The exercise of this power whenever (a) There is refusal to comply with the sanitary regulations; th) insanitary home conditions exist; Co The patient is of vicious character and habits; tdD Others. especially children, are exposed to infec- tion; (e) The patient or the family are public charges or otherwise dependent upon charitable aid; provided that these conditions have been verified by inspec- tion, and that if tubercle bacilli are ab- sent from the sputum. the diagnosis has been confirmed by two competent exam iners.
 The permanent detention of this type of patients in hospitals.
 5. An energetic attempt by all inter- | ..-.4 .1.f