The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-12-05

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
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4 Beware tuberculosis after in X
4 fluenza. No need to worry II <
4 you take precautions in time. \
< Don't diagnose your own con- -
4 dition. Have your doctor exam <
4 Inc your lungs several times at 4
4 monthly intervals Build up your 4
4 strength with right living, good K
4 food and plenty Of fresh air. x
4 Don't waste money on patent 4
X medicines advertised to cure tu- x
X berculosis. x
4 Become fresh-air crank and X
4 enjoy life. 4
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Washington, d. C..-(Special.) -Ac-
cording to report made to the United
States Public Health Service, the cpl
demic Of influenza In Spain has al
ready caused an increase in the preva-
lence and deaths from pulmonary tu-
berculosis. A similar association be-
tween influenza and tuberculosis was
recently made by Sir Arthur News
holme, the. chief medical officer Of the
English public health service, In his
analysis Of the tuberculosis death rate
In England. s54
In order that the people Of the Unit
Cd States may profit by the experience
OF other countries Surgeon General
Rupert Blue Of the United States Pub
lie Health Service has just issued a
warning emphasizing the need Of spe-
cial precautions at the present time.
"Experience seems to Indicate" says
the Surgeon General, shat persons
whose resistance has been weakened
BY an attack Of influenza are peculiar
: II susceptible to tuberculosis. With
millions. o. its people recently affected
with influenza this country now OF
fers conditions favoring the spread Of
tuberculosis"
One Million consumptives In the !.
United States.
'*Then you consider this q serious
menace?" was asked. I'm my opinion
It is, though ! hasten to add It Is dis
tinctly one against which the people
can guard. So far as one can estimate
there are at present about one million
cases Of tuberculosis In the United
States. There is unfortunately no
complete census available to show ex-
actly the number of tuberculosis per-
sons IN each state despite the fact that
most Of the states have made the dis
ease reportable. In New York city,
where reporting has been In force for
many years, over $4,000 cases Of tu-
berculosis are registered with the De-
partment Of Health. Those familiar
with the situation believe that the ad.
dition Of unrecognized and unreported
cases would make the number nearer
$4,000. The very careful health sur
vey conducted during the past two
years In Framingham, Mass, revealed
200 cases Of tuberculosis in a popula1
ton OF approximately $1,000. Il these
proportions hold true for the United
States as q whole they would indicate
that about one Ii every hundred per-
sons IL tuberculoua Each Of these
constitutes 4 source OF danger to be-
guarded against !.
What @ Do.
In hts statement to the public Sur.
geon General Blue points out how
! those who have had Influenza should
protect themselves against tuberculoi
Dis. "A1l who have recovered from I'M
lluenza," says the Surgeon General.
SHOULD have their lungs carefully ex,
amined BY competent physician. In
fact, 1t Ii desirable to have several exs
aminations made month apart. Such
examinations cannot be made through
the clothing nor can they be carried
ont n two or three minutes. II the
lungs are found to be free from tubers
culosisS every effort should be made to
keep them ~ This can be done BY
right living GOOD food and plenty Of
fresh air"
Danger Signs.
The Surgeon General warned espe,
eially against certain danger signs,
such a. "dacliner and "colds which
hang on.
These, 40 explained, were often the
beginning of tu15ercnlosfs If you do
not get ven promptly II your cold
seems % hang On o. your health and
strength d1c94nes remember that these
areoiten T. sisns ok tuberculo'