The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-09
pr. A. E. Kepford, state tuberculosis
Lecturer. Makes First Talk
at Hotel Iowa
Rooms.
ON AN INSPECTION TRIP
Expert With Local People, Makes a
Visit to Various Parts of
the City During the
Day.

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sis expert delivered his first lecture
this afternoon at o'clock at the tu-
berculosis exhibit at the Hotel Iowa
rooms. DIR. kepford will speak at 4
o'clock every afternoon until the ex-
hibit closes on Thursday. He will take
his topics for his talks from the
audience he has.
The dangers of expectoration will be
the topic if Dr.. Kepford has an audi
ence in which there are men who look
as If they were in the habit OF yiolat-
ing this sanitary as we'll as city ordi-
nance Other topics suggested by
this will naturally arise, and y. KEEP.
ford will touch upon them all.
The exhibit at the Hotel Iowa
rooms is practically in place. 1t con-
sists of pictures and charts showing
the inroads of the disease. and how
the death curve has been depressed
by the campaign of education now es-
tabNshed. A bed room, unsanltary III
all it's features will be shown, and in
contrast to this, a sanitary room will
be constructed
Or. Kepfcrdfs lectures will be illus
trated with a stereopticon, and he
has many interesting as well as educa-
tional slides with which to illustrate
his talks.
Makes Tour Of District.
DR.. Kepford, accompanied by DR..
Frank M. Fuller, chairman of the
health and hygiene committee of the
Industrial Association, Miss Habe-
NIGHT, visiting nurse and D. A. Glass
coff, secretary OF the United Charities
association, made tour of inspection
of the danger zone in Keokuk this at.
ternoon.
The trip included districts where
sanitation is needed, where people are
living in badly ventilated and poorly
lighted houses, and in the districts
where the colored population is the
thickest
DR.. Kepfords lecture campaign in
Keokuk began last night when he
made a short address of Is minutes
at the First Congregational church.
4 He touched upon the thought in his
talk there that the causes for tubercu
losis were sociological, and showed
that various reforms and changes
were necessary in our social system,
before we could hope to cope success
fully with the disease. DR.. Kepford
pointed out the causes most prominent
lin breeding the disease.
Public Address Tuesday.
4 DIR. Kepford's public address will be
given tomorrow evening in the Y. M
C. A. building. The program will com
mence at 1880 o'clock and there will
be two other speakers besides the
state expert. DR.. Frank M. Fuller will
! speak for the health committee Of the
Industrial Association, and Mrs. C. M
Rich, president of the Visiting Nurse
association will name SPEAKER fol
this organization.
4 Invitations have been sent out &c
the citizens of Keokuk for this meet
ling.
4 Cards announcing the tuberculosis
exhibit and the lectures by DR.. KEEP
ford were distributed in the schools
OF the city today. The school boart
at its last meeting gave permission
for the distribution of these bulletins
among the children.
4 The exhibit will not be open after
six O'Clock in the evening as the room
is not lighted. 1t is expected that {
large crowd will avail itself Of the
opportunity to see the exhibit and
hear DR. Kepford in the afternoons.