The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-11-13
Annual Report Of Anti-Tubercu-
iosis League Shows Big
Decrease In Afflicted
INDECENT SUFFERERS
ARE GREAT PROBLEM
effectiveness Of Future Work De-
ponds Upon Sale Of Red
Cross Seals

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The tubercular population Of Hawaii
has been reduced from 1890 (estimated)
in 1919 to 1910 (estimated) on june
81, 1914, according to, the annual re.
port Of the Tuberculosis league vt
the board Of health, which is now In
the printers hands.
This decrease Of more than 400 IN
two years Is supported by all the Other
figures Of the bureau, although, being
estimates, they only approximate the
situation. The report explains that iu
1911, when the campaign began, only
thirty-three per cent Of the tubercnlar
cases were reported and that Cor the
year just passed this had grown 20
ifty-ive per cent, with a promise OF
almost eighty per cent for the coming
year. The actual population suffering
from tuberculosis Is estimated on
basis afforded by the number Of deaths
Why Crusade Is Dinlcult
ia particular burden falls on the
anti-tuberenlosis campaieners m Ha.
waiJ said Doctor Sinclair. snnerin.
tendent Of the bureau, yesterday ssas
a greater part Of the eases. roughly
speaking about seventy per cent are
INDECENT, while ten or more per cent
become INDECENT immediately mon con.
tracing the disease. INDECENT. n this
{ case refers TO cases unable to paw for
the treatment necessary to attempt
their cure.
SIT is true that tuberculosis attacks
rich and poor alike, barring the adj.
yantagcs Of better surroundings en-.
joyed by tho former, but so large a
part of the population Of Hawaii Is
composed Of the laboring class that the
percentage Of those able 10 pay for
treatment is Insignificant +"
This reason Is given by the bureau
ss being one for a largely Increased
educational campaign, an ounce Of pre-.
yentiol saving more than the pyoverbial
pound Of cure. All, or nearly, all OF
this educational work, continues the
superintendent, is done on money re.
ceived from the sale Of Red Cross seals,
which viii be placed on sale next Mon,
day. "
Poor Patient Tskea Precautions
ARGENT monthly report Of the bureau
Csseribed' the discovery Of q patient
among the poorer classes who had
neither the funds to call doctor nor
the knowledge of the means necessary
10 pet the freely offered aid Of the or.
Ranization, vet who understood the
nature Of his malady so we'll that no
took every preeaution necessary TO pro.
teet his family. This Knowledge he
derived from the frequent articles Of
advice tn eonsumptives that appear
continually in the press of all Ian,
guages In the Territory.
An estimate has been made of the
number Of reported eases TO be expected
for the current year, being set at slight
ly above 700, seventy per cent Of tho
sctual number. while the deaths are
expected to drop 10 800 or 400 Cd pos.
sibly less. This expected showing,
based on the line Of improvement OF
the past three years Is the result OF
the work Of two or three years ago,
say the officials Of the bureau. Tins
they are planning work in 1918 that
viii show in the statistics several
years hence, when there Is every rea
son 10 hope. the lumber Of deaths win
have dropped TO 200 per annum.
All Depends Upon Seals
All this work is dependent upon the
success Of the Red Cross seals next
week by the organization headed by
Mrs. Walter +. Dillingham;. A failure
70 enlarge the work TO this degree viii
mean that results viii be stationary for
several years with a possibility OF a
setback following that. 81,
Put A qain in yOur Dncket for
Monday. -