Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-06-15
MOVEMENT OF CONSERVATIVES TO WEST
SHOWS NEED OF SANAToRIA IN EAST

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Thas 1000 eoasumptivss Annually
g. wrsf 90 dis Is ths statement made
- tsr rnifrd States pahiie health
service. az ere result % Investigations
/ reesEtlY eoupirtrd Tar tabcrcuiosis
. F9pzistlGa % srsfrru Texas aGt Nsv
tteEie1 Del ~sUGatsd t1 exceed 5000.
end from 90 f8 20 Per cent % ere fam
es have some member who ts % vas
infected. 100 e1rslr1rfisr population
Us1 Esf- rsraf-f fror ether stafsF
ls l5Fr than 1000 or Albuquerque
sb9F- 5000 af OF Faso. alt $500 a.
ssr Hafael1 IRE effects % che trans
. rarfzs.ea ag fr8usscGs % c1nsunp-
ewes f1 and from ere rss1rf cities
G1Er GRO Hrrlfa af ffff1a travellers.
ere dangers arising 90 che eammuui-
f'rs FE~E selves from ttF iafgE - iu-
Fs..ts. aeI ftr social ard economic
rrses are ttr sst.~et ~ fEis broad
srl Interesting Study
CeEsrsrF f1 EFaFrai or.Hl1a. che
mtsssf.5a OF tae fabFrr1inus ts lG-
-r-ss.HE Practically every resort
r-rF Of ere e1eutrv fs today receiving
.er- rersg~p tiVrs fhar ever. si-
EF8EFE ja r8ss Instances fkts Increase
Ess roc arFs pace uith that OF th~
pope sH1e. Tables uf death rates 90
fas rriaeipaf resort cities clearly
trGsrsfraf~ tbis fact. o. other woTds.
more people seek climatic cuFr for
tuberculosis a. prsssat thsn a. aHy
a-rrt1gs ttmH
ne percentage o. dean from tubsr-
rHtasis oecurFius within q short per
.5G % arrival ts l@sssuinE This o.
aaH.aH.HH-saema aaH#umaaa a.
rGuesrioaaf propaganda % keep far
advanced cases az home has been o.
hFasft Nevertheless. 80 high a. Is.
per cent o. all deaths occur within
20 days after arrival THIS shous
nat many we're % q dvinE condition I
Wksa they were Transferred Forty
siE PEI cent % all deaths occur with .
inE SIX moaths % arrival. Indicating 7
that aaay eoasump;ivss so 20 the ]
wsst TOO late 20 b. benefited Ia
stances are cited % deaths ovcTtakinE /
sufferers on trains and ia stations
TIE ssnitatioa % railway coaches I
sGG the precautions observed while IA 4
transit receive particular attention. /
The average eonsumptiv. exercises /
no precautionary measures The care
gives cas- 40 terminals has an irapoE- I
taut barring upon The situation. and .
the necessity for che greatest thor
0aEhness "a the sanitation % cars AZ
resort terminals f. emphasized. Means 4
for regulating the evil % travelling
coasumptivcs are considered. Hospi-
tai cars. segregation. quarantine and
other schemes are shown 20 be I'm
practicable The public must. there
fore. look 20 reasonable sanitary meas
Errs for pr0ssetion-
Dnst. confinement. altitude and part
tnE from frfsnds are declared 20 Be
gftea detrimental 90 patients. sspeci-
ally those Ga the later stages OF the
disease. Cases % this nature should
Invariably - guided BY professional
advice. Accompaniment By friends
wherever possible g. urged.
Marked antaEoufsrn has developed IN
many western cities toward tubsreu-
.osis sufferers. Great disscuity q az
tines encountered In securing hotel
accommodations and boarding piaces
fvsa hospital care T. occasionally de-
sssd 90 those amply supplied With
'urds Part % this feeling a. due 90
oonfuet on the par OF
themselves. and also 20 ,
ear % the disease. Mach % IL r. IN
and unjust Even IN towns
srEsiy composed OF che fnvAiif class
his fssiirx 70 sometimes manifested.
n sorno cities. az least. "a 10 due 90 n
effort Co ria the community |
q ths presence % tnvalids. so strong
Q rsis res-csncrs that shs health SER (,
-tc~ yarns all shos~ Who present an :
'opserases % invaiicisn 20 be- gov {
lr-se sceoreiasty. 4