The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-07
Motion Pictures to Be
Shown In Principal Thea
ters of Vermont
STATE ASSOCIATION
PLANS CAMPAIGN
Rural Schools to Be Included in Health
Contest - Physicians to Be Asked to
Cooperate and Legislature Will Be
Asked to Assist.


Cooperate and Legislature Will Be
Asked to Assist.
On Thursday afternoon, in Burling
ton, the executive committee of the
newly formed Vermont Association for
the Prevention of tuberculosis con
iirmcI plans presented by the secreta
~, II. w. Slocum, for beginning an ac-
tive campaign against the spread of
the white plague in Vermont.
The first step will be taken early
next week, when all the principal mo-
! tion picture theaters in the state will
! display the first of a series of month
! ly health bulletins printed on slides.
| The bulletins will give in a few, clear
words expert advice in the prevention
! of disease and the maintenance OF
! health. They are intended to help the
elimination Of tuberculosis and all
other prcvcntable diseases as well.
The rural schools also will be includ
ed in n health contest arranged by thu
association, the object of which is, in
the spirit of play, to teach by word
.au.l example lessons in hygiene to an
,4uaicHce that viii never forget them.
In addition to the educational work,
the association will ask for the coop
GRAFTON of every physician in the state
i'm arriving at n solution of the prob
lem of guarding the public from open
contagious eases Of tuberculosis. The
plan finally agreed upon will be pre-
scented to the legislature this Wintcl
and the fact that tuberculosis is
contagious disease will be emphasized.
The state will be asked to do its duty
toward preventing the spread of tn
hcrculosiS bv the infectious eases that
are not able to adequately protect
other people. 1t was stated i'll the re
port that in addition to stopping the
future spread of the tubcrcle bacilli
by open cases of tuberculosis it would
he necessary to provide proper care Of
children who had been living in the
vicinity of an open ease. Unless u
particular effort is made to have these
children live in the open air, receive
the proper food and medical supervi-
sion now, most of them viii develop
into open cases of the disease, cutting
short their own lives and endanger-
ing others. The report recommended
that rs soon as enough money was re
cciyed to pay the expense physician
expert in diagnosing incipient tubcr-
culosis should be employed. All chill
dren living i'll homes where they have
been exposed to tuberculosis, and chill
dren whose weight and general health
are below normal, should be afforded
an opportunity of an expert eXamina-
ton. In this way all cases where
signs of tuberculosis are found will be
saved from the disease in later life by
proper treatment begun early enough
to be effective.
Plans were presented for the most
extensive sale Of Red Cross Christmas
seals that the state has ever had. The
association depends for its funds upon
the receipts of the Red Cross seals and
a large number of 81 membership fees.
= The seals are sold for one cent each.
+. Local seal agents will be appointed
for every town and the larger postot
r fees will have Red Cross seal booths
= where people will have an opportunity
to place the seals on their Christmas
packages and letters. Certain DAYS will
be set aside when the school children
will be asked to sell the seals In ad-
, dition to this, a dollar 5 worth of seals
will be mailed to a large number of
> citizens. Each letter will contain a
stamped reply envelope and the re-
ceiver will be politely requested to
help the work by returning one dollar
for the seals or, if he does not care
This plan has been used ali over the
9 country and has resulted in over $500.
d coo for anti-tuberculosis work.