Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-02-15

resents death from 1905 to 1911 IA
cross means q living case Of tubercu-
losis. You will note that in several
instances there are a number Of black
dots clustered around q red one.
These are deaths that have occurred
in the same house Take for instance
the house in section p, the first death
occurred in 1905 the next in 1906 and.
the next in 1910 and there is now an
active case in the house. AS near as
we could find out the first original
source of infection was in the house
located in the NV corner of the Sc
quarter Of section ten, where two
deaths occurred prior to 1901 followed
by one in 1901. In the same year there
was a death in the house Just west Of
them. In the farm house south and
in the same quarter section we find
deaths ins19O3, 1910 and GIL. 81 In
section 81 we find deaths in 1905, 'O6,
10 and living case. The people in
sections 80, 33 and 6, adjoining, are re-
lated to those in 81 and were very fre-
Quent visitors. The deaths in these
houses occurred in 1906 and 1910. The
active case in section 4 was in all pro-
liability infected from the houses ii il
section where he was a frequent Wis
! itor. The people living in section one
were related We find here the f1rst.
death in 1904 and the second in 1906.
| You will note that the date Of the
deaths seem to indicate where the IN
lection came from. The houses as q
rule were fairly clean and light. There
was a marked tendency to over-crowd
the bedrooms when in most cases
there was plenty room in the house.
No precautions were taken to 4iso-
late the consumptive from the rest Of
the family. There was an almost en-,
| tire lack of ventilation. The people
did not understand that tuberculosis
was a contagious disease and that it
was a durable one.
We might say then, that almost all
of the deaths were due to ignorance
Had the people in township number
l-ene for instance, understood the dis
ease and the way in which it could be
prevented, there would in all probabil-
ity have been very few deaths from
tuberculosis there. W
AS we cannot force people to 60 to
lsanatoriums, or regulate their home
| life, the first thing to do is to educate
them. senatoriums should be built
in each county so that the sources Of
infection in each county can be re-
moved from the home.
! believe that the sanatorium should
be only for those cases which are in
the first and second stage Of the dis
ease, has a long hard fight ahead Of
him and needs all Of his courage
and patience to carry him through.
The effect Of the hopeless cases on
these patients is very bad and for that
reason they should be separated.
q RI .
Home treatment has proven itself al
most useless or worse than useless.
because much valuable time is lost in
treating the disease at the time when
It is most durable. Few realize the
strict discipline that is necessary to
make the consumptive a safe person
to live with. Remember too that at
home the consumptive is living or
should live an altogether separate life
from the rest of the family. 1t is q
difficult thing to do and especially SO
when in the incipient stage and the
patient does not really feel sick. A
farmer lives say, fifteen miles from
the nearest physician He has what
he supposes is grippe and in a few
days the acute symptoms have sub
sided but he does not feel Just right.
lie supposes that this is the after eff
4 feet of the grippe and grows gradually
weaker until he finds that he cannot
i do his work and is obliged after sever
al weeks or even three or four months
A to see a physician who tells him that
4 he has tuberculosis and in moderate.
" advanced case, and again mucl,
priceless time is lost Here again we
need education. The farmer must lie
taught tho first symptoms of the dis.
lease and should see a physician al
once. But. suppose that it is possible
Ito remove the consumptive from his
home and put him in a sanatorium and
Isee that there is a thorough disinfec,
4 ton TO Of the house; what about these a
i children who are under the age Of is
1 and are in all probability infected
] They will soon reach the age when
1.-THE disease will make itself manifest
and we shall have to u begin all over
Much is already being done to protect
4 the children. School inspe ction, open