The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1919-01-10

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Washington. u. c. Especially 40
rnrting 10 a report made 10 the United
States Public Health Service. the cpl.
,lcmlc Of influenza In Spain hns al.
ready caused an Increase IN the prcvn.
lcncc and deaths frum pulmonary "a.
hcrculosia a similar association he
tween Influenza aud tuberculosis was
recently nude 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.
IN order That the people 81 the Unit
ri Smlcs may profit by the experience
~ other countries surgeon General
Rupert Hlue 81 the United States Pub
lic Hrnlth Service has Just issued n
warming emphasizing the need Of spc-
clni precautions nt the present time
Experience seems to Indicate" says
the Sturgeon General. "thnt persons
whose rrslsinnc. las been weakened
by On attack ~ Influenza arc peculiar
~ susceptible ~ tuberculosis, With
millions NJ It's people recently affected
with influenza this country now Of
fcrs conditions fayorlng the spread Of
tuhrrculus =
One Million consumptiVes In the
United states.
Then you consider this q serious
Il II. though hnsicn to ndd Il n dis.
iinctly nnr against which the people
cnn gunrd 30 fnr M one can estimate
there nrc ~ present about one million
cnsrs ~ tuberculosis In the United
States There N unfortunately no
complete census available tn show cX.
actly the number ~ tuberculou, per.
SIMS In each STATE despite the fact that
most 81 the states have made the dis.
ease rrportahlr In New York city,
where rrporiin hus been IN force fnr
many years. over 1900 cnsrs ~ a..
herculosls are registered with the DE.
pnrtmrni 81 Health Those familiar
with the situation believe that the al.
| dltlnn 81 o., recognized and uurvpurtrd
eases would make the number nearer
$1,000 The very careful health sur
yey conducted during the past two
years In birmingham. Mass. revealed
200 eases OF tuberculosis In popula.
ton 81 approximately 1900 n these
/ proportions hold true Tor the United
States ns a whole they would Indicate
| that about one In every huudr,-i per.
SIMS N tuhercuInus Each ~ these
constitutes source OF danger 10 be
guarded against"
What 10 DO.
In his siniomtNt 90 the public sur.
I ge0u General llue points out how
I those who have had influenza should
/ protect themselves uuIuH tuherculo-
sis "Ail who have recovered from IN.
[ hurngn. u,s the Surgeon General,
"shnud have their lungs carefully eX-
am.ned by % competent physician IN
fact. 10 rs desirable Go have several cx-
am.uations made @ month apart such
examinations cannot be- made through
| the clnIlIug nor can they De UT.oJ
out Ia two or three minutes Or the
/ lunes afr found io be- free from llher.
D ANNNi'HH WV NNNN'N| HNNNNNN A'' N''iINAN 10
I keep thgm SEA. This can bc done by
right living good food ana plenty OF
frrh air"
Danger Signs.
The Surgeon General warned cspe,
clully against certain danger siens.
such ms decline aud "colds which
/ hang on"
These, he explained. were often the
beginning 81 tuberculosis. IL you do
not get well promptly, u your cold
seems 10 hang on or your health ana
strength decline, remember that these
are often the early signs OF tuherculo.
sis. Place yourself az once under the
care OF competent physician. Tuber-
culosis Is curnble Ia the early stages
Patent Medicines Dangerous In Tuber.
eulosfs.
"Aboye an do not trust IN the mis-.
leading siatemsnis ~ INSCRIPTIONS
patent medicine fpkers There is no
specific medicine for the cure OF tuber.
culosis, The money spent on such
medicines IL thrown away Il should
ne speRf instead for good food and dc.
cent living"