Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-03


2 rum Throughout lie Count, of L.
4 sale without detecting mnumerabl
conditions in the homes OF the peopl.
r. which would escape the notice az n.
health authorities. The dispenssric.
al this samatorium cannot operat,
without bringing TO light many ease,
To- OF other communicu bic diseases than
( tuberculosis The routine use OF the
! NasSernan test as recommended fo'
. al. Tuberculosis dispensaries, win hel,
70 sc1e the yenereal disease problem
which has loomed SO big druing thu
: present war that We can no louee
, ignore II or fail to discuss il through
q sense OF false modesty.
A specially though it may be. anC
one OF the greatest magnitude tuber
culosis cannot be successfully com
based without due consideration o
general health conditions. believe
that tuberculosis is now recognized a.
a childhood infection 10 q large tx
tent. l. this be true, tuberculosis
work canno. be- successful without
due consideration OF child welfare
I work. tuberculosis is believed 20 he
awakened into active disease through
certain other communicable diseaes
Among these Is measles. II this be
true il must be significant to tuber
/ culosis workers in La Sale Coan
that measles is responsible for more
deaths than are due 10 typhoid fever
smallpox, scarlet fever aud whooping
cough--that measles XIII more people
In La Sale County than typhoid fever
small pox. scarlet fever. malaria and
infantle paralysis combined
, tuberculosis is prone to develop
after childbirth which indicates thai
prenatal care and post.na.al care
must be a part # a complete anti
tuberculosis program
tuberculosis is said 20 be due to
large extent TO house infection. SO We
may conclude thar tuberculosis can.
not be successfully battled in La
Sale County without important hous.
in reforms,
tuberculosis is more productive Of
poverty than any other diease and IN.
berculosis is found unusually preya.
lent among those who are destitute
ard undernouiiShed Hence. the tl. |
hrculosis problem is inseparably
linked with efficient charity orsani |
zation
This ii appears that if thc La Sailed
County tuberculosis Sanatorium per
forms its function in directly combat |
Ing tuberculosis it mus: be respon sibh
for valuable by-produc,s which will
Contribute to the general health OF the
county and for the social welfare and
happiness Of all Of the people The
fact that f0rty-one Illinois counties
have already voted 70 ESTABLISH such
institutions after this: the fact thai
the public sentiment is such that
every one Of thirty.One counties voreC
taNorabiy on this proposition at Oh,
last election. justihes the belief thatt
within few years practically all 0
the counties OF the state win be
equipped with this machinery for tn,
prevention and eradication OF disease
The state department OF public healtl
appreciates the tremendous vaIuc !
which the visiting nurses and dis
pensaries OF these county institution
Will have in aiding in the solution Of
The general health problems OF Hi
nois, and the department recognizes,
further the influence which the estab
1shment OF these institutions viii
nave upon public sentiment in Great
ng a demand for more efficient gen |
'ral health service. I
1t is hoped that this influence ma
'esult in the demand for full time [
medical health officers in every count, i
n tie state; 1t is hoped that it NAV
III IN the passage OF a Satisfaetor, [
lousing code, the need tor which has Y
lready been pointed out to the gen t
raj assembly by Governor LoWden q
IS hoped that II may contribute to = /
eminent which will not tolerate az n
hnual unnecessary loss OF Sl5bO00 c
~ " StaI NUN tOllInuNltHUle DIS 81
ases, 1t Is hoped that the generous p
olicy that is being adopted in deal L
IL with tuberculosis may bring to an h
nd that day when the tocal expendi 4
ire Of public health protection in V
iinois is but 26 per cent per capita C
nd the loss through communicate Il
sease is about s26 per capita" il
Or. Petit Called Upon. II
DIR. Leland called upon DR.. J. w.
ettit at the close OF Dr.. Brakes ad-
'eSs for few remarks. DR.. Petit
Is long been looked upon as an au
ority by the entire nation as tu- di
'rcular expert and opened the first &C
zen air colony in the middle west in IN
e face OF great opposition His III
ethod OF treatment has gained the IN
cognition of the men who con vi
mned it most in the beginning and no
s come to be used all over the coun- HI
= Be
He complimented the board of SUI vi
rvisors and the directors Of the or. Ia
nizatlon on their efforts Curing III.
rculosis, he said, was the smallest
action OF the INSTITUTION and would