The Detroit times., 1913-05-01
INDICATES
AWFUL TOLL OF
WHITE PLAGUE
Ravages of Disease Illustrated
in Forceful Way in Tuber-
culosis Exhibit
NATURES CREATION"
is BRANDED AS FAKE
Tom Mays Cartoons in Cam
paign Against COnsump-
ton Are Featured

A clock which marks one death
every l-2 minutes, % death an houts
54S deaths day-the total Of the
white plague In the United States
Is the feature of the window display
OF the Society for the Study and Pre-
vention OF tuberculosis. which opened
In one of the Fort-st. store premises
OF the new Dime Savings bank build
Ing. Wednesday morning, and which
will continue for a week.
Within the building are many in
teresting exhibits. showing the meth
DDS OF fighting tuberculosis and the
progress that has been made since
the birth OF the society
One exhibit shows. by means OF
mirrors and electric light. the model
OF a filthy. disease-breeding room
which changes in an instant to a
clean. white. orderly bedroom. A
sign reads: Watch this room fash
from darkness. dirt. GREATNESS and
disease to sunlight, cleanliness. cheer.
fulness and health"
Another model shows a house
equipped with second-story porch
for outdoor sleeping, which. il Is said.
can be erected at a cost OF SIS. Dolls
are shown in beds or In reclining
chairs. in sleeping bags and in the
heavy clothing required for outdoor
life in winter. There are examples Of
what people with few resources can
do to fight the white plague. There
Ia q picture Of man enjoying life IN
hac ly- I'd tv,,n tfpr ~,
consisting OF chair protested by an
umbrella from the sun. There are
other pictures of children undergoing
outdoor treatment, and apparently
happy
Statistics show that the nurses OF
the society, provided by the tag day
funds, made 4,O71 visits In the past
year. and distributed 5,19S quarts Of
milk and lib dozen eggs.
The public drinking cup, the feather
buster, the stiff broom and the house
fly come in for condemnation in a big
sign and picture. as spreaders OF
tuberculosis germs The action OF
these germs on the lungs Is shown In
another exhibit.
The campaign against fake consump-
ton cures forms an important part Of
the exhibit A large bottle Ia shown,
labeled Or. Fakes Consumption
Cure" Every 20 seconds the cure"
label disappears and an illuminated
deaths head IL seen inside the bottle.
Natures Creation" one OF the chief
cures recently exposed, Is branded
as a fake in large posters; and the
society 10 distributing booklets re-
garding this remedy" and a number
Of others
A feature OF the exhibit is a series
Of cartoons by Tom May. which have
appeared in The Times, to aid in the
campaign against tuberculosis.
Pictures Of the children in the Mel
lie Leland school, No. 1888 Vermont
ave. which is partly maintained by
the tuberculosis society, the Board Of
Health and the school board, are
shown. There are also many pictures
Of the Detroit tuberculosis hospital
on Twelfth-st. and the buildings III
Eloise
Several dealers in apparatus having
to do with health and ventilation are
showing their wares.
A table compiled by the Detroit
Board OF Health shows the progress
that has been made by its physicians
In fighting tuberculosis. It demon
strates thatsin the nine months from
July, 1912. to March, 1913. nearly
three times as much work was done
against the disease than in the year
from July. 1909 to July. 1910. The
figures are:
190s-10 1Ji2-3
Patients under treatment. 2I5 ~
New patients examined =. 33S IS
Total number OF patients. 553 1,4l
Attendance at clinics 2,s23 7.1S6
visits to houses. .......... o22 S,Sl
A public meeting will be held Wed.
nesday evening at o'clock in the De.
troit Museum Of Art. DR.. Victor c.
Vaughn, Jr. will talk on the work
donc In Not rOif and IN nj hor cities and