The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-11-30
Anti-Tuberculosis Society
Hopes to Raise Funds for
Hospital Through This
Venture.
CONDITIONS HERE
WERE DISCUSSED
Committees Appointed to
Further Work.-Red Cross
Stamp Sale Will Be Held
as Usual. 4

The meeting of the Wayne County
Association for the Study and Proven
tion of tuberculosis, which was held
in the audience room of the CONNER
cial club last evening, was attended by
a number of the leading physicians
and laymen OF the city, and definite
plans of propaganda for the work of
the organization discussed.
The public, said the secretary
treasurer, DR.. S. E. Bond, was more
or less familiar with the objects of the
association and the latter expected to
60 actively after the establishment
of a hospital for the care Of advanced
cases of tuberculosis in this county.
DIR. T. Henry Davis, city health Off
Ger. was made temporary chairman,
and the report~o of the nominating COM
mittee which met after the October
meeting, was read, discussed and ac-
cepted. The office of the president is
left open until the next meeting at
which time the nominating committee
will have name for presentation.
DIR. Bond was reelected to the office
of secretarytreasurer,I and vice-presi-
dents appointed in each ward in the
city, and one for each township, with
ths~following standing committees:
Finance-Rev. Conrad Huber, John
H.NJohnson, DIR. N. s. Cox, DR.. J. e.
King, DR.. Busche, Mrs. Frank Land,
Mrs. Robert Randall, Rev. Thomas j.
Graham, Harry Gennett and Mrs.
Miriam McDiyitt.
Tress and Publicity-Miss Esther
Griffin White, Edward F. Warfel. c. 0.
Williams, T. A. Mott, B. F. Wissler,
OF Cambridge City, and Claude Keever,
Fountain City. *--a.-
Consulting Medical-Dr. A. l.. Bran
kanp, DR.. d. w. Stevenson, DR.. w. w.
Zimmerman, DR.. r. Henry Davis. DR..
j. C. Blossom, DR., S. E. Bond and DR..
W. G. Huffman.
Stamps Are Hero.
1t was announced that $4,000 Red
Cross Stamps would be received today
for sale through the medium of the as
sociation. DR.. Bond will receive them
in his official position as secretary.
through the usual medium.
The necessity of giving immediate
attention to the segregation of hope
less tuberculosis cases was taken up
and the seriousness of this phase of
civic life pointed out.
Dr. w. G.. Huffman stated that there
were many houses rented for living
purposes in this city which were unfit
for human habitation but were occu-
pied by class Of persons who could
not, on the one hand, afford to pay
more rent and therefore scrambled
round to pay up on rent day. or, on
the other hand by respectable people
who would be glad to live in better
quarters but were unable to obtain
them.
Among the latter he included mem
bers of his race who labored under a
severe handicap in this particular.
DIR. Huffman's suggestions were per-
tinent and significant and his arraign-
ment of property owners who, since
the returns on their real estate in
vestmentS were adequate, cared little
whether the property was in sani-
tary condition or who lived in it, was
applauded.
eve must raise the standard of liv-
ing said Dr.. Huffman, "and eradi-
cation of certain diseases will follow"
Affects the Children.
George Bishop, township truant Of
ficer, related the difficulties encounter
ed in the performance of his official
duties, which includes visits to those
homes where children have been re-
turned from the public schools too
dirty for attendance. stating that their
condition was attendant largely upon
the Unsanitary state of their homes.
That concerted effort had been made
in a certain neighborhood north of the
railroad to get property owners, who
rsnted houses in that vicinity, to rem
edy conditions. but that this had fail
ed because the owners received ade-
quate returns in the way of rent and
wouldn't spend any money in making
their property sanitary.
DIR. Davis stated that the public had
been aroused, however, through the
work of the association in the past few
years, and that he was daily in receipt
of information as to whether or not
buildings into which persons intended
moving were sanitary.
They will call me up and say that
they have rented such and such a
house and want to know if the health
officers know anything about its con-
dition. who lived in it and If they were
afflicted with an infectious disease
said DR.. Davis. Before the associa-
Ition began its agitation few years
ago such requests were never made.
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