The Detroit times., 1912-09-23
White PLAGUE KILLS
$4,000 CHILDREN ANNUALLY
DR.. Knopf Figures Financial
Loss is s75.OOO,OOo Every
Twelve Months

w NAotiAtN0AOtNs ocPe 80 ~AS~NN
y7s,00o.00O Is the annual financial
loss from children who die each year
from tuberculosis, according to
statement made today before the In
ternatIonal Congress of Hygiene and
Demogrsphy. by DR. s. A. Knop,. Of
New York.
FIFTY thoneand children die an
nunily from tuberculosis" said Dr..
Knopf. eTheir average age Is seven
and one-haif years, and, figuring the
cost TO their parents and the COM
m<lnity at only $3.50 per anuum, the
financial loss represented Is $751;
100000. They have died, too, before
they were able to give any return TO
their parents OF the community. All
this useless sacrifice of money and
life. s. because We do not take care
OF the child at the right time. Three
per cent Of all children OF school age
! are, Iercular. There are 20.000.000
chiII/.k attending school, and there
fore must be at least 100000 children
IN I>ttd OF open-air instruction"
Dr& John F. Anderson and Joseph
GolI6efg, OF the public health service,
an14IInced two discoveries regarding
mntsies. by experiments wi<h mon
keys.
NMeasles is communicated" they
said. mot by the scaling of of dried
PARTICLES OF skin, but by sneezing OF
the .patient during the early stages
Of the disease Nose and mouth se-
cfPtions convey the germs. A fine
ep1ay n thrown out In cohghing or
sneezlng and any child who has not
had measles who breathes this spray
will become infected The virus or
germ Nof measles has never been
found. and Is 80 small II can pass
through the pores of porcelain fil.
ter
Df. George Reid. of Stafford Eng
land. told the congress that the new
NATIONAL insurance act in Great
Britain would be the most potent for
extension Of public health.
rAll insured persons" said DR..
Reid, eand their dependents. shall be
provided with medical treatment. The
laN also provides for preventive
trtatnnpt OF tuberculosis.
n lrA rS. Wild, of New York. EN-
ph4kIztd the importance or begin
nice he hygienic instruction of
school ciIldfen In the elementary
grades and carrying II forward to
graduation. - gt1a.t
Banzais, vivas, hochs and good old
American hurrahs, in babel OF
tongues. greeted President, Taft from
5000 delegates OF the hygiene con-
gress. representing 33 nations and
every state In the union.
Creation OF new. separate. execu.
tive department or federal bureau to
have charge OF hygienfc inyestiga-
tons, was urged by the president In
his address. -
we need to develop under govern
mental auspices or Department In
which the funds OF the government |
shall be expended for research OF
every kind useful In the practice and |
enforcement. OF hygiene and preyen-
tive medicine. said the president
Our responsibilities In Cuba o |
Port Rico, the Philippines and Pana-
ma, have enlarged our knowledge OF |
the possibilities Of susccessful sani-
tation.
There IL no dificulty in running
q government cheaply IL you limit |
the functions to the. matter OF preser-
vation on peace and the administra-
tion Of Justice.
cohsider IL a proud record OF |
the American army that II has given |
30 many. Important discoveries to the
world asto the stopping OF the trans
mission OF disease. II Is certain that |
but for these discoveries. the con-
struction OF the Panama canal which
viii be completed within year,
would have been impossible"
-Four receptions comprised the busy
program here today for President
Taft for flying one-day visit back
home"
Opening OF the international Hy-
glen congress at IL o'clock. was the
nrst function. At l o'clock he had |
an engagemnt with committee from
the fourthclass postmasters' conven.
ton at Richmond. They wish to be
classified In the civil service, with |
life tenure during good behavior.
A reception to the delegates of the |
Catholic Charities convention at 2:2O
and a lawn party to the hygiene con-