The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-28

AntItubsrsuI Campaign PLANNED.
The state board OF health met It
Ann Arbor to consider the outline Of =
plan presented BY DR.. william Do
Kletne, newly appointed antitubercur
losis campaign director. for organising
. statewide hight against tuberculosis.
The board authorised Doctor Do
Kleiue to employ . head visiting nurse
to take charge Of the surveys TO be
conducted in each county and work
viii be begun almost Immediately.
Doctor DeKleine was asked also to
make up . budget Of the probable
needs Of the campaign for the first
years work and to submit this bud
get, together with the number of
assistants needed.
This budget he will present at the
next regular meeting OF the board. in
Grand Rapids, September /, when Doc
tor DeKleine's appointments win be
made.
The board approved his idea Of
sending two or three nurses, under the
supervision of the head visiting nurse,
into each county to make survey Of
the county. determine the number Of
tubercular people in that county and
find the conditions under which they
live. The plan 10 also to interest all
the physicians in each county and to
hold free tuberculosis clinics in every
county.
I'VE are anxious to proceed prompt
ly." said DR.. ". c. Vaughan, president
of the board, "but we are going at 1t
carefully and wisely. It's new thing
in this state and we are going to begin
slowly and build up tho organization
on safe basis and we are not going
to spend recklessly the money that
the last legislature voted for this pur-
pose. We want to start an organize
ton which will live and grow till all
the tuberculosis In the state is ex-
terminated. We don't want to start
an organization which will be petrified
and simply provide offices for few
persons.
I'VE realize that two years will not
be enough time to make any marked
impression ON tuberculosis In this
state. But we will do our best In that
time. We want to cooperate with
every agency possible in the work and
especially with the Michigan Anti
tuberculosis society and with all the
local antituberculosis societies. We
hope to have soon, q mass meeting
either in Detroit or in Lansing to
which everybody in the state inter-
ested in this antituberculosis cam
paign can lend active support.
Doctor DeKleine has already inves.
tigated the methods used In Massa-
chusetts. New York. Pennsylvania and
Ohio. We hope to be able to avoid
their mistakes and to improve upon
their successes. We heartily approve
of the action of the committee of the
State Medical society and of the proc
lamation Of Governor Ferris, setting
aside next Friday as tuberculosis day
In this state.
I'VE do not expect many people will
avail themselves of this offer for free
examinations for tuberculosis, but we
hope as many will do so as possible.
We propose to give the people of every
county an opportunity for free exam
nation and In doing this we will at
tempt to secure the cooperation of
the boards OF supervisors and public
spirited citizens throughout the state.
The Michigan death rate from
tuberculosis is lower now than that of
any other state in the registered area
except Utah. Michigan will be the
first state in the Union free from the
disease.
Except for the head nurse. the
nurses to be appointed will be APP
pointed for q month at time only,
thus putting all the nurses employed
on probation"