Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-25
which are described in the following
extract from Dr.. Lamont's article. 1t

which are described in the following
extract from Dr.. Lannon'S article. II
reads as follows a. ri..
In an effort to ascertain how SER
ious a problem tuberculosis is TO the
average church congregation OF the
United States, the National Associa.
don for the Study and Prevention OF
Tuberculosis publishes today u report
which shows that in nearly 5000
churches In 81 different states one
funeral in, every, ten is due to TINS
single disease. -, ,,., ,J4 . r2,".
ra ii High Death.rate.
Through a questionalre sent out all
over the country, 1852 cler2ymen re.
presenting l,G03,30O communicates or
parishioners gave replies telling at
how many funerals they officiated Tor
the year ending August 81, 1914; how
many Of these we're due to, tubercu-
losis; how many living cases Of IT,
b~ercu.osis they now have in their
parishes, and how mHay comnEdn!'
ANTS or parishioners. There were
3G.79S deaths from all causes report
cd, showing Il death rate Of 229.4 per
5000 population, which is co%nsidera.
bly, higher than the corresponding rate
for the entire country, 1881 in l9l2.
This high death rate is probably, Quo
10 the fact that pastors Of churches
%officiate at many funerals OF others
than members or, COMMITMENTS,
while their membership. reports are
taken from actual records. Z
Ten Percent Tu%bercuIosis. ,s,r,
AS indicating the extent Of the tu.
berculosis problem in the average
church the figures show that 1908
per cent of all the funerals reported
Wern caused by tuberculosis, and that,
in addition to the 1904, deaths from
this Disease, the ministers had .4,254
living cases. .low under their pastoral
supervision. In one year. therefore.
the 1852 churches were caring for
S,O48 cases OF tuberculosis, or IN av.
,erage of nearly three for each ,congre-
CATION. The average size Of the con-
gregations was -56, which would, indi-
cate that there is a case Of tllbercu'
losis developing each year for every
traytN church members.
Because tuberculosis demands so
mnch, time and money. from the chur-
ches. The National Association for
tho Study and Prevention Of Tuber-
culosis is calling upon all Of them
throughout the United States TO join
in an educational campaign against
this disease on Tuberculosis Day.
which viii be observed during the
week OF November 10Th.
Conditions in North Dakota.
Acting in, conjunction with the Ma
tiOnal Association IN: North Dakota
Anti-tubcrcu!.osis Association have
just completed a church, census for
the state. A QUESTIONABLE was sent
to over 100 ministers with a request
that they furnish morbidity and NOR
tally data with special reference to
tuberculosis; one hundred and eleven
responded. Every county in the stat"
is represented. The, results are as
follows: $3.50. e.. f..<>s D..
l.. How many persons are under
your pastoral cha"se: 4l,S93, st9
2. At how many funerals did YOU
or your assistants officiat2 during the
year ending August 81, 1914? G24
8. How many Of these deaths for
the year ending August 81, 1914, were
from tuberculosis? 81.
T.. How many living cases of tub
erculosis we're Under your pastoral
supervision on September l, 1914? So.
An analysis of this report makes
a very interesting and instructive ex.
hibit from which we are able to draw
soma very definite conclusions. 1t
will be noticed that. it cover data for
1883 people, just about one-fifteenth
Of the population Of the state. With
this as a basis and assuming that it
is fairly representative it would give
Us q death rate per annum for the
state from all causes of $3.50 or 1873
per 1000 population which tallies well
with the average death rate given BY
the United States Census report for
1912. On the same basis the death
rate from tuberculosis for the state
would be 1905 per annnm or 1892 per
100000 population as against 1903 for
the registration are in 1910. This
also shows that n death in every
SO or in other words 10.7 per cen of
all deaths occurring in the state is
from tuberculosis. This agrees al.
most exactly with the U. S. Census re.
port for 1910 for the Registration
area. There is q further 10 per cent
il the advanced stages to he cared for
and that will fall victims to the di.
sease during the next year or so,
These facts should appeal not only to
church men but to every individual or
agency that as to with the moral, So
cial and economic up.lft Of II PEG.
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