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cOrd!ng to II report made To the United
States Public Health Service, the cpl
demic of inilucL..l "a Spain has al
ready cHusod AZ lr"""r., IN the pr.y?-
lence ~ Il dcnths f"om 9u'mnrH"' t..
berculosis. \ similar association hr-
tween influenza l!.G 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
I'm England.
In order that the people of the Unit
ed States may profit by the experience
of other countries Surgeon General
Rupert Blue of the United States Pub
lie Health Service has just issued
warning emphasizing the need of spe-
cial precautions at the present time.
INUtTiVHtt W SHY
the Surgeon General, that persons
whose resistance has been weakened
by an attack of Influenza are peculiar
| ~ susceptible to tuberculosis. With
millions of its people recently affected
with influenza this country now Of
fers conditions fayoring the spread OF
tuberculosis"
One Million corsumptives in the
United States.
"Then you consider this II serious
mrnace?" was asked In my opinion
| II is, though | hasten to add it is dis
| tnctly 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 tuberculous 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 adj
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 birmingham. Mass, revealed
200 cases of tuberculosis In popula-
ton of approximately $4,000. II these
| hold 20 In TOD
States as whole they would indicate
that about one in every hundred per-
sons Is tuberculous. Each Of these
constitutes a source of danger to be
guarded against"
What to Do.
In his statement to- The public Sur
geon General Blue points out how
I those who have@'had Influenza should
protect themselves against tuberculO-
sis "All who have recovered from in
fiucnza," says the Surgeon General,
SHOULD have their lungs carefully ex-
amined by n competent physician. In
faCt, 1t Is desirable to have several cx-
amnatiOns made Il month apart. Such
examinations cannot be made through
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, out in two or three minutes. If the
lungs are found IN be free from tuhcr-
culoSiS every effort should he made To
keep them SO, This can he done 10y
right living, good food ana plenty OF
| fresh air"
Danger Signs.
The Surgeon General warned cspe-
Gladly against certain danger signs,
such as decline" and "COldS which
hang on"
These. he explained, were often the
beginning of tuberculosis, "If you do
not get well promptly, If your cold
seems to hang on or your health and
strength decline, remember that these
are often the early signs Of trhercUlo-
sis. Place yourself az once uuder the
care of a competent physician. Tuber-
culosis is durable in the early stages.
Patent Medicines Dangerous in Tuber-
culosis.
| "Above all do not trust in the mis-
leading statements of INSCRIPTIONS
| patent medicine takers. There Is no
specific medicine for the cure of tuher-
| culoSis. The money spent on such
medicines Is thrown away; IL should
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