Omaha daily bee., 1914-10-26
IOWA TUBERCULOSIS CASES !
Enlargement Of State Sanitarium for
White Plague Patients Needed,
REPORT MADE BY SCARBOROUGH
Insurance Agents ot uawkeye cow
@onweRIth Meet 20 Form orEsut-
Satton for Concerted Action
on PuhIic Matters,
nFr,m a stnff CorrcsnondenL


made to tho Board OF Control by Supcrin-
tendent Scarborough In charge Of the
institution at Oakdalc Tho tendency Is
while We always have a waiting list
OF patients Of all erades seeking al.
says the report. "wc have been
At all times able to care for all The fevo '-
q bic applicants on this list within a short
time after their papers werc received
The advanced cases. however. have been
either refused outright. or q they were
q apparently bordcr-liue cases have been
accepted on trial and when found un-
favorable returned home. With the com.
plction OF the hospital building now under
construction and tho infirmary 60 be built
next year Il Is expected that these re
fused cases. as well 90 those proving I'M
favorable after trial. will be taken care
OF. and the Institution win not only be
able to care for advanced cases as they
sre received but the institutional capacity
Will be more nearly utilized than ever
before"
Summary OF liberalization.
The summary OF the yearly mvesugs-
ton and the report therefrom which was
sent out shortly after the beginning W
thus year shows the number Of patients
admitted from the establishment OF the
institution in February 1908 until July
1, 1913. 100
The condition on admission was. In
cipient, 9t; moderately advanced, 80:
far advanced. 4l5s diagnosis doubtful 4;
nontuberculous, 10; number of patients
present July !, 1918, 100: total number dts
charged 20 that time, 1870.
Tuberculosis Highly Fatal.
Further a. TO what Ia being accom-
plished there the report OF the superIn.
tendent says.
This return shows that. OF the mum.
Der OF persons treated during that time
who were here more than ono month, and
therefore may be properly charRed W
as having taken treatment at tho institu-
ton, and whom we we're able 30 trace.
about one-half we're then maintaining
themselves through their own work This
leaves a very high death rate, which Is
explained by the fact that only IS per
cent OF these oRBea were OF the early or
inoiplent. and therefore favorable class,
Our percentage OF rocoveriea OF thia class
was over 20 per cent. Considering the
fact that the record above Ia OF ultimate
results after a period varying from six
months TO five years or life after dis
charge, We consider this showing 10 be
quite favorable. Especially r. this 50
when these results are compared with
those OF other institutions for the same
claBs of patients, and equal time of con.
valescence The largo number OF patients
who have died plainly illustrates that
this disease. considered not as a trans
lent. acute attack, but rather az u NAL.
ady covering several years In Its course
Is in reality highly fatal
Usually L. Chronic Disease.
Tuberculosis is not like most diseases
in bsing OF short and more or less def
! mite duration, The usual and popula
idea OF Il Is drawn from It's aspect dur
ing the active stages. But while t. Il
active at times, It is generally speaking
chronic, and its course usually extends
over years instead OF over days or wsels
Therefore the real results Of treatment
should be judged by the conditions OF pa
tients after the lapse of years. when IN,
course Of their disease will have beer
determined and whom they will eithel
have died or have recovered TO the eNten
Of being again at remuneretiye occupa
ton.
mo epidemics OF infectious disease
/ have developed among The employees o.
patients during the past period with thl
/ exception of the discovery OF two case
OF dlphtheflR. These wero non-viruicnt
! and spread TO other employees and pa
! TENTS was easily prevented.
An examination OF our employees lisu
shows that 81 per cent OF them on tn
average are ex-patients. This use o
| graduates OF our treatment not onl.
helps out with the solution OF the vexinl
! help problem, but likewise greatly ~
/ slsts a number OF ex-patlents ana en-
! ables us 90 test out many of them hefor
+ sendiug them hack home, often 60 hraV'
! work"
/ TO Form Combine OF Insurance Men
/ The insurance agents or the state az
TO meet in this city next Tuesday for th'
purpose OF forming an organization o
some kind for concerted action on al
f.ubiic matters and especially In relation
TO rates II is to be primarily an asso
citation of the insurance agents, but al
branches will he represented anu Tia
head men IN the insurance businoes viii
participate. some years ago . numbe
OF Organizations wero effected, but the
adopted methods that caused the attorne
general to force them 10 disbsnd. on
thing that In now very much desired b.
the Insurance men IL 20 have some legis
lation that will relieve them Of Iestrio
lions placed on the business In thi
state.
Prepare TO Advertise city.
A fund OF $500 has been raised by ad
lvertising agents here TO be expended 1
display advertisements IN magazines an
Journals in the east with regard TO IN
city of Dbs Aioines. The fund IL con
trlbuted by large business houses an
corporations. A similar campaisn Of id
vertisng was conducted a number O
years ago and n II declared that niue
OF the growth OF the city has been du