The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-07
.DR. EAVES REPORTS ON JANUARY WORK SanatOrium Averaged 30 Pa tients Per Day-Dispen-
 sary Also Active

Dr.. George Eaves, secretary of the Tuberculosis association of Jeffer- son county. has submitted the following report on the work of the association for January;
 The association will be glad to learn of openings for employment of patients who are discharged as apparently "cured" or arrested" but who, for sometime to come, will need light, open air employment
 Reviewing the work of January, the association is glad to announce the com pletion of the heating plant This work has been entirely under the directing care of the president, MT. Solon Jacobs, Radiators are now placed where needed. Further Improvements has been the addition of small greenhouse for protection and early raising of plants This, with the heating plant, is placed in association with the nurses house.
 The sanatorium treated 34 cases
 with daily average of 30, during the month. This is a very high average for January, and has kept every bed oc- cupied Two cases were discharged as
 
 improved. One who desired to end his days in Birmingham and was hope1essly sick, passed away during January. There
 were 922 hospital days at cost of all most exactly 5000. In order to meet the deficit accrued, $500 designed for per-
 manent improvement has had to be diverted to meet the urgent bills. The greatest lesson of the month is the immediate need of increased member
 ship of the sustaining class.
 "The dispensary work again proves It's great value, showing a total of "A examinations at the clinics; 3s1 visits were paid by the nurses 1440 sputum
 cups and se5o paper napkins were dis tributed, 150 quarts of milk were also given away. Eleven cases of tubercu- | losis were reported to the board of
 health and seven houses were reported | to them and fumigated at the associa- tions request. Six patients were sent to the camp from the dispensary and one negro was sent to the almshouse. There were nine deaths in the out patient de- partment' One of the fumigations was done by the association, because the house lies outside of the city radius. The family will shortly move and the case illustrates the necessity of a prac- 1 ticable law requiring the thorough | cleaning of premises once occupied by | an active tuberculosis case.
 By an oversight last month, there did not appear the acknowledgment of | a handsome gift of two reclining chairs, at a cost of $31, by Mrs. Weiselrs class l.f pai Mafh A class of girls of the Church of the Ad- vent, under the leadership of Miss Anita Eustis, is contributing to the sup port of one patient The Ladies' Aid | society of the Dolomite Baptist church and the Home Missionary society of the Dolomite Methodist church are co-oper- ating towards the support of Little
 Joe' Donations were also received this
 month from Mrs. Henry Ruff and Mrs. Bronson towards relief work. The JenlS-s 1 fns Lumber company furnished flooring for a tent. which was moved from Gate l City to Graymount by Kid Lull, a negro drayman, who donated >$1 towards the
 cost of moving it. The tent is now oc- cupied va young lady patient.
 "The association is unable to report ! fully the result of the seals sale. inas-
 much as a large number of persons hold | ing small quantities of the seals have Tot yet sent in the cash. This delay
 greatly increases the cost of the Red Cross seals sale.
 "The secretary has a, number of icopies of "Outdoor Life" the magazine published in the interest of anti tuber- iculosis work by the national association,
 and he would be glad to furnish sam 1 pie copy to any one interested who will lphone the dspensary. The February
 number is especially devoted to the in- terest of the states bordering on the
 Mississippi valley. There Is fine frontispiece showing the delegation to
 the November conference in St. Louis. i! "The association will be glad to re-
 ceive aid for the support of poor man who is here friendless and in very advanced stage of the disease. Efforts
 to communicate with his friends in a
 distant city have hitherto been futile
 He is a stranger within our gates. 1 GEORGE EAVES, Secretary"