The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1915-08-28
TO STOP THE SPREAD OF
PEL.EGRA.

If the people OF Shelby county |
want to overcome the plague of
pellagra they must screen their clo-
sets and prevent the nlalady by SAN
itary methods. declared DR.. ]. {,
Chandler, president of the board Of
health of Shreveport La. who was
visitor at the health department
Wednesday.
DR.. Chandler is frra believer
iii the theory that pellagra is COM
municahle disease and is commune
catei from one person to another
In the sarne M. nner IS typhoid and
other ma adies.
The dietary is all well anou "a
in the treatment of pellagra any
other disease, for that matter" f"
said DR.. Chandler. but | think
the dietary theory as means OF
prevention is a fal!acy.
Whenever we get the nation OH
a ell-balanced d diet we will hive
a nation of cral ks and inc ON jet
cuts, lie declared. A diet hobby
will IN IKE cra,.k Of anybody.
In the pellaRra meeting at New
Orleans recently l took the posi-
tson that pxIlagra was commune
cabld disease and secuted the idea
of the balanced diet as a mssns of
prevention. I argued that the in
vestigation Of the Thompsom-Mc-
Fadde,l commission at Spartandurg
5. {. was proef that the disease
was communicable. Or Siler of
New York, famous diagdostician,
was chairman ofthe cominis,i sion.
and every case Of pellagra in Spar
5tanburg county came under the,
close observation of the csrnmission
The commissions found tnat in
six mill villages in the county
where the disease was extensive.sit
began with one ca { and spread in
clc es, and 1t observed that 80 ptr
cent OF the cases lin each mill viii
lsge were either in the house where
the first case was discovered or an
adjoining house.
They found further that in the
sewer section OF Spartanburg and
in two mill villages where they had
sewers there was not single ins-1
tance Of where the disease had
spsad from cue victim to another, wliile
in the ,rnsewered sections Of Spartan
sbug and in six mill villages where thev
have spen ser vice toilets there were
discovered many foci. Out st 24i cases
III I he city Of Spartanburg, $50 OF thtn,
were iii the unse ward sections OF thr
city. OF the remaining cases all but
four were traced to direct contact with
with other pella9ra cases"
At the New Orleans meeting DR..
Chandler took issue with Gsldberger,
OF the United States public health ser.
vice. on the best methods OF preventing
pellagfa. DR.. Colelberger is All nncom
promising advocate OF the ,liety theory,
while Dr. Chandler believer Il, the san.
itary theory,
'If you wxnt to syercomc pslfcgra
iii Shelby county you must screen your
hsmes, ciosts and toilets declared d, j.,
Chandler" At the same time you are
screening against pallaRrn you will hs
screening against malaria, typhoid,
diahsea. dysentery, therculosis aud
other esmmhhicatable diseases Certain
ly YOU cnnnst spread pellnRra by this
prsdantion. even were the theory wrong.
Tell your country physicians To p.,.
suasle their clients to Acreen the ir hous
es, closets and toilet and you will see a
falling off in the number Of cases
brought to yenr CITY tor treatment"
DIR. Chandler says that nrsenticul pre-.
parations have best results in the trent
ment OF the loathsomc disease MEM
pills Scimitar.