New Britain herald., 1915-11-01
Hay-Fever Campaign, 1915.

(The following bulletin has been issued by the American. Hay-Fever- Prevention association, showing the results of the first successful fight against hay-fever, undertaken with the assistance of the Women's Civic League.)
 After having started a campaign If public education in the United States showing that hay-fever is due to the pollen of weeds and that fall hay fever, the most common form, is due in almost all cases to the two varie- ties of rag-weed, the Common Rag Weed (Ambrosia Artemisiifolia) found in the Middle and Northern states and the Giant Rag-Weed (Am- brosia Trifda) more common in the moist lands of the coast, the Ameri- can -FeveT-Prevention associa- tion has concentrated it's first efforts in New Orleans with the first inning to it's credit.
 The public was first educated re- garding the rag-weeds, so that they could be easily recognized. Illustra- tions of the weed were published in the Bulletin of the State Medical Board of Health and the public press and the live weeds, in full develop ] ment, were exhibited in the show | windows of the principal street. The city of New Orleans, through the Commissioner of Public Works, ] placed at the disposal of the associa- 1 ton twenty convicts who cleared the l streets and sidewalks of the outer sections of the city Of the weeds, in accordance with a map prepared by 1 the typographical committee of the 1 association showing the areas in- fected with rag-weed.
 The State Board of Health pub l lished the illustrations of the rag weeds and abstract of the instructions for hay-fever sufferers, and the City | Board of Health assisted in enforcine the cutting of weeds on vacant lots The commissioners of the various parks had the rag-weeds destroyed in the public parks, under the direc. | tion of the association.
 Valuable assistance was given by the Women's Civic league, which ap. pointed a special committee on vacan lots. This committee made arrange ments with labor bureaus so tha' they not only reported lots infected with weeds but offered to send work. men to cut them at low rates.
 The storm of September complet ed the fall work of the American Hay-Fever-Prevention association 1T New Orleans by almost entirely de. stroying the leaves and flowers o1 the Giant Rag-weed, in exposed places As result of this, and the efforts o1 the American Hay-Fever-Preventio association, hay-fever in New Orlean: practically disappeared several week:
 earlier than the usual time. As ther' are about 5000 hay-fever sufferer: in that city, the health and economic value of this can easily be estimated
 Dr. w.. Scheppegrell, President o1 the American Hay-Fever-Preventi 1 association, states that what has beer effected in New Orleans can be done in all other towns and cities, and eff forts in this direction will be started in the spring.
 Hay-fever Is distinctive prevent ible disease, and Dr. Scheppegrell be. 1ieves that in a few years cases wil
 become rare. The length of time vii depend upon the degree to which To-
 ca1ities are infected with the hay 1 fever-producing weeds and the en
 ergy of the people in destroying them In some of the smaller towns, es