The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-16
TUBERCULOSIS CLAIMS l43, 900 VICTIMS IN US. DURING YEAR:
 ECONOMIC LOSS SPA, ,5OO, 900

Seattle, Wash. June 16.-Tub ercu- Iosis in all it's forms carried off dur ing the year 1913 over 14s, ,oe0 vic- ti1ns in the United States. which sig nif1es the presence of approximately T, 4So. .O0Os consumptives with an eco. homie loss of at least $214.5o0.00O per annum, according to the figures given by the president of the National Association for the Study and Pre- venton of Tuberculosis, Dr. George M- Kober of Washington. D. C., in his annual address at the meeting here
 Great and grave as the problem may appear,s he said, there is cer- tain1y hope when we consider the death rate from this disease has been 1at1on in 1880 to 146-6 in 1913,z which means that if the former rate had been continued the number of deaths from this cause would have been S22s s02T instead of 143,00o in 1918, equivalent to saving of 17S,e ,e27 dur ing one year. While much has been achieved more remains to be done in the prevention Of the direct and pre- disposing causes
 Among the recommendations for edfate act1on on the part of the National Association, Dr. Kober made the following:
 Fl In view of the fact that from s to per cent of the samples of the average market milk contain bovine tubercze baciIH, let us urge, z by education and otherwise, that all milk. unless derived from tuberculin tested animals, be pasteurdzed or scalded.
 ..e Since the mortality from fz1bercu1osis among Inmates of un- Aanitary homes is often double and treb1e that of the general population, it is our duty to see that the building regulations are so modified as to pro- hibit the renting of houses unfit for human habitadon-
 'tS Because of the fact that nearly one-ha1f of the 143, 1000 deaths from tuberculosis in 1913, occurred among the industrial workers who consti- tute about one-third of the popula- ton. we should strongly urge the en- actment and enforcement of laws for the removal of dust and fumes, the foes of industrial nfe.''
 Among the special measure to be taken for the prevention of tubercu- 1osis by states and municipalities, pr. Kober emphasized the following:
 ss1 Compulsory modification of cases to the health authorities as soon as the disease is recognized. The health authorities should also resort to disinfect1on of the home and per sonaI effects, especially upon the deathe of the patient or vacation of the premises.
 "2 The enactment of enforcement of laws against approximation, cough ing into the faces of persons and the common use of individual drinking cups are called for. Provisions should be made for individual drink st ing cups or fountains, and for suit able spfttoonS5and their disinfection in all public buiIdings The public should not cultivate an exaggerated fear, but has a right to insist upon l clean and decent precaution-
 tSS sanitary con f5ifjoz1S of ho- l te1s, lodging houses, theatres churches, schools, ambulances and passenger service, should be under the control of the health departrnen 5 and house cleaning should be accom- p1isked as far as practicable by the < vacuum system.
 "4. Marriage with a tubercu1ous l person should not be discouraged, but 4 prohibited by law. A tubercuIous mother should not nurse or kiss her infant, and in the sefecr1on of a nurse ( a certificate of health should be de- nnanded.
 "5 Isolation of tuberculous pa tients should be insisted upon in hos pitals asylurns and public institu- 1 tfons Tn private life the patient should occupy at least a separate bed, use separate eating and drinking utensils, and neither receive nor give kisses. Careless and unteachable cases should be cared for in hospi-