The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-07-24
FEW TUBERCUL0R
CASES REPORTED
THO MANY SUFFERERS
Estimated That There is at Least 27O
Victims in Hubbard, Beltrami
and Koochiching Counties.
PERSONS URGED TO GO TO
LAKE JULIA SANATORIUM
Ten Cases Reported in 1915 and 81
Death Certificates are
Filed.
By DR.. I. J. Murphy.
(Secretary, Minnesota Public Health
Association,

1
(Secretary, Minnesota Public Health
Association.)
St. Paul, Minn., July 24.-Where
is the best place for Hubbard, Bel
trami and Koochiching county people
who are suffering from tuberculosis
to take the cure? Right in your own
district institution called the Lake
Julia sanatorium, located at Puposky,
near Bemidji.
"Valuable time and unnecessary ex-
pense can be saved if patients go to
their home institutions as soon as
there is an available bed," is the ad-
vice of DR.. G.. w. Beach, superintend-
ent of the state sanatorium.
Treat All Alike.
While there is an empty bed, the
Lake Julia sanatorium will receive
Hubbard, Koochiching and Beltrami
county patients and treat all alike
whether they are able to pay or not.
If Hubbard, KOOchiching and Bel
trami county people do not take ad-
vantage of the opportunity offered
them, patients may be sent to the To-
cal institution from outside counties
All the other institutions in the state
have a long waiting list. If there
are no patients from the district in
which the institution is located on the
waiting list, patients from outside
counties may be received in their
turn.
Long Waiting List.
The Hubbard Koochiching and
Beltrami county institution should
not only be filled by Hubbard, Koo-
chiching and Beltrami county people,
but if all the cases were'known~ there
would be long waiting list. People
who have been exposed to tubercul-
osis, or have reason to suspect that
they have the disease, should see
their family physician at once. If
they are unable to employ physic-
ian, free examination will be given
at the sanatorium.
The local institution, which is
supported in part by state and in part
by county funds, was opened several
weeks ago and still has a few vacant
beds. If all the tuberculosis pa
tients of this district avail themselves
of the opportunity under their noses,
the institution would be over
crowded.
27O Patients.
According to Miss Granger Of the
Minnesota Public Health association,
who is making sanitary survey OF
the district, there are at least 27O
individuals suffering with tubercul-
osis in this district at present. A
very small proportion of the cases
have been reported to the state board
of health, in fact, many of the active
cases have not even consulted phys
ician. During the past two years
there have been on the average more
than "a deaths from tuberculosis an
nually in this district. It is con-
servatively estimated that there are
five times as many living cases in a
community as there are deaths from
the disease. This means that if all
the cases in Hubbard, Koochiching
and Beltrami counties were found
there would be 270 individuals under
treatment in the institution or with
private physicians.
Wait Too Long.
Apparently many people suffering
with tuberculosis who do not consult
physician until they are nea1
deaths door. Not one-eighth of the
deaths have been reported as cases
previous to- death. The state board
of health files reval the following fol
Hubbard, Koochiching and Bltram
countless:
In 1914 3 cases were reported anc
49 death certificates filed. In 191s
10 cases were reported and 61 deatf
certificates filed.