The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-23
That Is Recommendation Be-
fore State Health Officers.
Kansas Leads World, Now in
Treatment of Afflicted.
OLD THEORIES ARE EXPLODED
Don't "ROugh 1t" To Cure Tu-
berculOsis, Says a Doctor.
One Thousand Kansans Reject
ed in Army Account T. B.
HEALTH OFFICERS PROGRAM.
Tonight's BANQUET.

Presidents Address-Dr. B. X. Kill
bourne, Minneapolis. Kan.
Prof c. c. Young, Lawrence. Kan.
Equipment and Maintenance of Munich
bacteriologist city health department, To-
Heating and Ventilation of School
American Society of Heating and Ventilat-
ing Engineers, Kansas City, No.
eases ?"-Dr. Chas. NJ Siever. physician to
State Agricultural college. Manhattan.
Business meeting. payment of dues.
Election of officers.
Friday, May "a.
REPRESENTATIVE HALL.
BOO a. m.-"The Conservation of Child
Life DIR: Lydia A; Deyilbiss, direc-
tor, division of child hygiene.
10 100 a. m.-"Pneumonia," Capt. wahl.
IL 90 a. Military Hygiene and sani-
surgeon of the Twentieth Kansas.
Lunch.
100 p. m.-"The Place of the Public
Heal. Health NJ Nurse in Publ, Public Health E 7
oo y. 0nh m..Round s 'ar Table se disenssionhrhe
Campaign against the Red Plague"
4 100 D. m-"The Public Schools" Dr.
John j. sippy.
800 D. m.NBusiness of the Association of
Health Officers.
Application of smallpox quarantine
laws to men and women afflicted with
social disease was urged today by
Captain Millard Knowlton, who is CO.
operating on behalf of the military
with state and local health officials in
campaign against such cases, in an
address before the school and confer
enee in Topeka of Kansas county and
city health officers.
Captain Knowlton why a man or
woman with a social disease should
be quaraptined: Social disease is more
dangerous than smallpox. Smallpox
may be avoided by vaccination. So
cial disease is a thing that can be
avoided only by the detention of per-
sons afflicted with it.
IT am glad to hear that Kansas has
placed men in detention because they
have such ailments This is the first
world that such measures have been
taken"
As War Measure.
In his address, the army officer out
lined the importance of com batting the
diseases as a war measure. He pro-
duced figures to show that such cases
disable nearly as many men as bull
lets, and declared that once in 1915
the number of men disabled because
of social disease in a certain European
army were equal TO nearly oU OlVl-
sions of that army.
Consideration of ways and means of
combating the social evil in Kansas is
forming an important part of the pro-
gram of the health officers here In
addition to Captain Knowlton's ad-
dress today, a round table will be
held tomorrow afternoon where
Knowlton will meet with the health
officers and formulate plans for an in
tensive campaign in this state against
the red plague
The school and conference of the
health officers tegan this morning in
Topeka at representative hall. 1t will
continue until tomorrow evening with
health measures necessary to the best
interests of the war forming the out
standing features on the program.
Public health nurses are meeting here
also in conjunction with the health Of
ficers.
Reject 1000 Here of t. b.
The problem of tuberculosis treat
ment a war measure was brought
before the assembly today by DIR. C. S.
Kenney, head of the state sanitarium
at Norton. 1t was brought out that
the state board of health has reports
on hand to show that since the war
began nearly 1000 men of military age
in this state have been rejected from
! the army because of .the dreaded
white plague. A large number of these
men did not know until examined that
there was anything the matter with
| them. DR.. S. J. Crumbine secretary
! of the state board of health, told the
/ assembly that the health board is
sending nurse to each of the men re-
| jected to investigate the case. The
nurse will find out what kind of treat
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