The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-10-09
Wayne County tuberculosis
Society Will Be Revived
and Will Strive to Assist
Victims.
STATE ORGANIZER
is IN RICHMOND
School Physician Finds Chill
dren with First Symptoms
of tuberculosis. - Relief
Offered.

Help US stamp out the terrible NAL
ady of tuberculosis in Wayne county,"
is the plea with which the
Wayne County tuberculosis So
ciety will soon come before
the people. Complete plans for
the campaign to raise funds for the
purpose will be made at a meeting to
be held at the Commercial club rooms
next Friday evening. The public is in
vited to attend.
DR.. Henry Moore, corresponding sec
retary and state organizer of the So
ciety was in Richmond today, to stim-
ulate interest among the citizens and
revive interest in the local society.
Wayne county has a very large num-
ber of persons afflicted with the dis
ease, school children in Richmond
have been discovered with preliminary
symptoms, victims in an advanced
stage of the malady have been denied
entrance into Reid Memorial hospital,
are some of the statements Mr.. Moore
, made today. He said that there are
seventy-three counties in the state
who have organizations that are doing
good work.
Wayne county is not included in
this number" said he More people
die in Wayne county from tuberculo-
sis in proportion to the number of in
habitants than in any other county in
Indiana, with one exception. 1 believe
this is due largely to the large colored
population, as negroes are very sus-
ceptible to the disease and when once
they are afflicted with it, they are
practically incurable. At the state tu-
berculosis hospital last year there
were seven patients from Wayne
county and all of them have been cur
ed and sent home. will visit them all
before I leave the city and see how
they are getting along.
Needs Money.
"The local society is now in bad
financial circumstances. 1t has about
$780, which is just enough to be tan
talizing, but not enough to do any
thing for the patients in the county.
If it could have raised $3.50 instead of
$3.50 a nurse could have been hired to
advise and help the patients. There
are number of victims in the city
who have no money and will die from
neglect unless we take some action.
1--WE wanted to place camp at the
Reid Memorial hospital grounds, but
the board of directors of the hospital
were not very enthusiastic about it
because of our lack of funds
"a young man recently called on the
society for aid. He was thrown out of
his boarding house because the other
not put out. He could not be accepted
at the state institution because he had
the disease in an advanced stage. He
died in Dublin with distant relative.
Another case which came under my
observation was that of a nurse whose
ear became infected and tuberculosis
set in. She was not accepted at the 10
cal institution. She died short time
later with relative. These is no place
in this county for these infected peo-
pie and they are considered a menace
to the community"
Children Afflicted.
Il know from reports received from
the physicians who examined the
school children that there are manay
children in Richmond who need imme-
diate relief. although the examining
physician did not state that there were
positive cases, he did say there were
some very suspicious ones. These are
the ones We must take to the institu-
tion. l will confer with the Associated
Charities, the public school authori-
ties, the church workers and the doc
tors of the county to accomplish our
end
Mott Approves Step.
Supt T. A. Mott is highly in favor
of the work that can be done along
this line 81 will do all can to assist
in the work." stated Mr.. Mott. 'Fhe
disease is easier to prevent than to
cure and though the children in the
grade schools are examined by a ply
sician every three months. no exami-
nation is made of the high school stu
dents. AS soon as We are able We will
have this done as believe it is as nee
essary there as any other place
DR.. s. Edgar Bond, secretary and
treasurer of the Wayne County Anti
tuberculosis society. said today that
all money made on the sale of stamps,
excepting the twenty-five per cent
which goes for the support OF the nat.
lional association and the state organ
Iizers, remains here. There are no sal
aried officers, as all the work done is
voluntarily.
At the meeting Friday night plans
will be formulated and the work of
the society will be outlined for the
year Some arrangements will be
made TO raise funds for the construc-
ton of a permanent building or .
icamp in Wayne county.