Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-02-18

Montpelier. Feb. la-Governor Gates.
Just before the close of the Saturday
morning session, transmitted to the
House of Representatives a report made
to Governor Fletcher by a commission
appointed to investigate the need of a
State institution for the care of persons
i'm advanced stages of tuberculosis. The
report recommends increased %appropr1a-
tons and suggests methods for Its ap-
plication TO the problem Of tuberculosis.
II is as follows:
REPORT OF TUBERCULOSlS COM
MISSION.
Bellows Falls. Vt. Dec. II, 1914.
TO His Excellency.
Allen NJ. Fletcher. Governor
Montpelier. Vt:
Dear Sir:-The Legislature of 1912, in
No. i6o, ena cited the following resolution:
Resolved by the Senate and the House
of Representatives: That a commission
appointed by the Governor, to consist of
three persons, one of whom shall be a
musician. is hereby constituted for the
purpose Of investigating the needs or
the State for a State institution for the
reception and treatment of persons sur
fering in the advanced sta ges of tuber-
CulOS1S. SAID commission Sudii. III Nv
investigation. ascertain the localities best
suited for such an institution. the prooa-
BILE cost Of erection and maintenance OF
such an institution adapted to the needs
Of the State and as to what donations of
land or other property from citizens OF
the State might be available for the pur-
pose of the erection and maintenance or
such an institution. Said commission
shall receive no pay for theit services
but shall be allowed their actual travel
ing expenses which shall be paid upon
presentation of the proper vouchers, by
an order drawn by the auditor of ac-
counts"
In compliance with the provisions OF the
above law the following persons We're
appointed as a tuberculosis commission
John II. Blodgett. NJ. D., Bellows Falls
Hon. Fred c. Martin, Bennington, lyman
Allen, NJ. D.. Burlington.
The commission has made such persona
Investigations, both within and withou'
the State. as time would permit, paying
especial attention to the care of the al
vanced tubercular patient. 1t has aske'
for a brief statement Of conditions az
they have appeared in various fields o
expert investigation within the State. anC
your honored attention is called to tn
reports submitted by the following men
RELATION OF BOVINE TO HUMAN
TUBERCULOSIS.
BY DR.. Rich.
Further proof of the inter-communlca
bility of bovine and human tuberculosis
seems quite unnecessary. Cattle nav
been successfully inoculated wit
stharc1n baoilIi obtained from human
,ources by more than a score of investi
,ators and the bovine type of tubercl
bacillus has been recovered from numer
lus persons who have died from tuber
culosis.
OFcia reports Of the results of redera
and municipal meat inspection and o
testing cattle with tuberculin furnis
abundant proof of the enormous prevail
ence Of bovine tuberculosis and the pres
ence If tubercle bacilli in milk. cream
butter and cheese has been r~peatedl
demonstrated by the positive results q
numerous lnoculation and feeding eX
periments.
Children are both more susceptiol" an
more exposed TO tubercular infectio
from the bovine source, than are adults
while the latter probably contract tn
lHNdS' li'tl ilFh'' 'N'N W. ''- $500
humsn beings
FRANK \ RlUIL, p. V : W.
Burlington, V
WHAT VERMONT HAS DONE FOL
THE CONTROL o. TUBERCULOSIS
nr nr Dalton.
The savings Of lives and the preVcr
tion Of disease Iro the Ultimate result
hoIei for in the campaign against I'll
great white plague, Tho accomplish
mcnt # this purpose can be- ootaine
only by degrees. with eventual succe:
a. the goal always in view. The met
DDS available in lighting this disease ar
First. education of the people; secon
prevention OF the spread of infectio
and, third, treatment of patients. II
state of Vermont has actively been 81
gagged along all three lines but in ord
to maintain the position already We
the work must be amplifed In all d
rections. A review of the work alreat
done may indicate the course 10 De pu
-ued in the future.
No. 142 of the acts of 1904 created
tuberculosis commission burdened wi
the duty Of conducting a campaign
education through the State in rega
to this disease. No. l67 of the acts
1896 continued this commission. No.
Of the acts of 1908 placed this education
work in the hands Of the State boa
Of health and continued the annual a
preparation OF $2.Oo0, which had pl
viously been granted.
In pursuance of this work, relian
was at first placed upon public iectui
Illustrated by lantern slides. The Sta
board Of health in aking up the ca
paign supplemented these Lectures by
exhibit of models. specimens a
charts which was shown In nearly eve
part OF the State. Later, in order
keep up interest in the subject, a co
plete MOVING picture apparatus was
cured with a motor-generator mount
on a truck, SO that tho pictures COZ
he shown in towns where electricity v
not available. Vermont was the n
state to make use Of a motor -gsneratl
OUTFIT for this kline Of work. Motion 3
tures have become a common means
piomulgating educational ideas. but
state still remains the leader In its al
ity to reach remote towns.
The interest aroused by these mes
has been gradually increasing. Dur
the past three years since the NOV