The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-15
OF NATIONAL
TUBERCULOSIS ASSN. URGES
TEST OR PASTEUR|zATION

troll over hotels. theatres. churches.
schools and other public PAGES.
Marriage with tuhorcular per-
sou, he said. should be prohibited
by law \ tubercular mother should
not nurse or kiss her child In the
selection OF wet nurse. a ccrtifi'l
cate OF health should be demanded.
In private life a patient
should occupy separate bed. use
separate drinking and eating uten.
sils. and neither receive nor give
kisses. Careless or unteachable
cases should be cared for In hos
pitfalls"
pr. William Charles White. med
teal director OF the tuberculosis
league OF pittshurg. declared the
question OF states rights" should
not be allowed to enter into the,
fight against tuberculosis
As long as railroads carry infec.
tious people. food. cattle and dirty
mail bags from state TO state. the
tuberculosis question ls distinctly a.
federal question. aud the business
OF Uncle sam.
Thirty.Five States Represented
Thirty.fiyc state associations are
represented at the convention. Miss
Edythe /. NJ. Tate. executive sccre-
tary OF the California association.
complained that neighborlng states
we're getting rid OF their non-resl.
dent indigents. who were flocking
/ To California. Many OF these non.
resident indigcnts we're tubercu-
/ loua.
/ She said she wished the other
states would take care OF their own
people. and thus tighten tho burden
OF California.
| Speaking on house Infection ~ n
/ potent source OF tuberculosis. Dr.
Isaac ", Brewer. district sanitary
I supervisor. New York state depart.
, ment OF health. described a certain
house which In 10 years was occu.
pied by four families, totaling %
persons.
Seattle Doctors Read Papers
Eleven of the 81 persons deyel.
oped tuberculosis. said DR. Brew.
or. and when last knew. there
were three suspects
lie said the evidence was lrreais,.
ible that the house IL frequently
source OF Infection
j Tcstifying along the same line.
DR. John u. Manning and Dr. How.
ard James Knott OF Seattle read a
paper before the clinical section.
describing their observations. GOV.
ering tao years of volunteer work
In the chldren's clinic OF the iuber.
culosis division OF the Seattle
health department
In that time 22s children were
carefully studied in relation to their
home exposure 10 tuberculosis. each
having been tested after exEmina.
ton with the cutaneous tuberculin
reaction OF Won Pirquet
They found that Seattle children
livilg IN n tuberculous environment
reacted twice as readily as did sim.
liar children In an Eastern city
where similar tests were made.
Say Seattle 10 Healthy
They also found that the number
OF children between 10 and 10 years
OF age who showed the presence Of
tuberculosis by rescting positively
10 the test Was far less In Seattle
than In Hamburg or Vienna. the flg.
ures being Seattle. 5S.i per cent.
Hamburg. % per cent. and Vienna
80 per cent
u The doctors attributed this differ.
ence to the superior housing SAM.
ta;ion and climate OF Seattle.
Don't compel n tuberculous pa
I tent To eat. warned Or Ethan \.
Gray OF Chicago. Many make this
mistake The results OF overfced.
ing are loss OF appetite. bowel dis
turbance. fever and very little gain
In weight Give the patient what
he Graves, even corned beef and
cabbage"