The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-06
DR. EAVES REPORTS
 ON TUBERCULOSIS !: WORK DONE IN JUNE
Emphasizes Importance of Open Air School Recently Opened At Green
 Springs

The report of Dr. George Eaves, sec.
 retary of the Jefferson County Anti
 Tuberculosis association. for the month of June was issued yesterday and em-
 pnasizes the importance of the open
 air school for children. which was
 started at Green Springs recently. In his report Dr. Eaves declares that improvement already is noticeable in the children attending this school and
 he calls upon the people of Birming-
 ham to lend their aid to it's work. The report follows:
 "The outstanding fact of interest in
 the work of the association in Juno was the commencement of the Green Springs open air school Supreme thanks are due to the children of Bir-
 mingham and the board of education for supplying the means whereby this
 work could be started with any hope of continuance. The sale of seals in | the city schools last and the preceding ] Christmas supplied a guarantee fund amounting to nearly 5000. Great in- roads have been made already in this fund for initial expenses and the con- l tinuance of the work will only be pos sible by the womanhood of Birming- /, ham cooperating.
 | Already the improvement in several | of the children received is marked and
 the school is getting down to a routine
 of practical efficiency. The cost of ] maintenance will not be less than s150
 monthly. It is earnestly hoped that l the expense of transportation, which is | a very serious item and which has in l almost every instance 10 be borne by | the association. will be assumed by the 1 Birmingham Railway, Light and Power l company. A total of 20 children have | been enrolled to date. i Friends of delicate children who pos sibly should be drafted int. lis in stitution will greatly aid them a.id the association by bringing the two to- gether at 311h South Twentieth street or by sending word to the secretary i at that address.
 An invaluable helper in this work l has been Mrs Barnes Morgan. Through 1 her efforts and the courtesy of the Mudd-C Cooley Amusement company nearly s65 has reached the office in 1 aid of this work.
 Turning to the sanatorium. it is in- | teresting to note that nine new pa tients were received in June, five be- 1 ing on the free list and three paying 1 part of their expenses. Out of a total 1 of 33. 19 were on the free list, six on 1 the partial payment basis and one is 1 teaching the little sanatorium school.
 One of the patients longest in resi- dence a man without a relation in the | worlG.-zlied June 24. He was member l of the Machinists' union. Labor organ | izaticns might well note that this help 1 less man has been in the care of the 1 association since May. 1913. How much prevention of infection has been ac- 1 complished by these many months of i care, let the imagination consider. An 1 other death took place of a gentleman l 55 years of age who came to the sana- | torium when evidently near his end. | Sixteen of those now in residence ex- l actly 50 per cent. are showing improve ! ment.
 "The dispensary work is most inter- esting, a total of 70 examinations hav- ] ing been made. of whom 20 proved neg
 ative, II suspicious, ' incipient and 15 advanced. There were 357 visits 1 paid by the nurses. more than 1000 1 sputum cups distributed with $500 oth- l CT instruments of protection. Seventeen 1 specimens were sent to the city lab
 oratory, 15 cases reported to the board | of health, 13 houses reported for fumi- | gation. There were IS deaths in the
 several homes visited Seven new cases were found by the nurses. The new | cases so found are generally in the most advanced condition when recog- milton of the disease is easy even by ] the uninstructed.
 l Donations have been. received in | material and cash for the open air | school amounting to s151.43. Mrs. A. w. l Miller has donated clothing, bedding
 and sickroom appliances For this help the association is profoundly grateful.
 "A most strenuous sacrifice by all it's friends will be necessary to prac- | tically treble the donations of last year during the coming months
 GEORGE EAVES.
 | Secretary"