The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-06
STATE BOARD EXPANDS
ITS BENEFICENT WORK
BODY II BEING liHOrgnuiLcd with n
View tO Greater I svfulnrsts
Than iNtT Before
TO CARE FOR TUBERCULARS
Sanntnrih Established Makes Work
iOr These iniortunatcs MuCh
More Effective.


within "A very short Uwr. Iu fact
as rapidly rs possible the agupo uf
the activities ~ the Oklahoma state
board of health win bo expanded
GOV. i II \ Robertson In his cam
pRiEn speeches. his inaugural nd-
dress ana elsewhere. has declared
his sympathy with every practical
movement which viii tend to con-
serve the health OF tho people of
this state. Appropriations pruyid-
ing tho necessary funds fur the cX-
tension of this work were made by
tn" recent legislature. Several new
bureaus have been added Ia the de
pnrtmenL II IN being rcurgunizcd
under the direction OF the cummis-
siuneT
There Is no question but that a
splendid work Ia this direction will
be possible during the present state
administration
Caring for lubCrCulnrs.
a splendid piece or legislation was
tho passing ut AN appropriation for
the establishment of three snuhtoria
Tor the care of tuhrruular patients
Tho sickness and death toll from tu.
bcrculosis has been far too large in
whcn,thc climate and general health
conditions IN this state nrc taken into
consideration These lost and
wrecked human lives are tragedies
and all tho moro pitinhle because 80
many OF them could have been
avertod by proper Chrc given Wt tho
right time. For tuberculosis In to
II very large extent prcvonlahle dis
a.. a A,
Curablc one. These sanatoria will he
under the general direction OF the
state board of health. They Will be
fully equipped and when constructed
will put an end to the practice OF
sending an unfortunate patient
from one community to another, n
practice which has resulted In much
unneceBary death and suffering
Olhcr Provisions,
A special appropriation was made
In order to provide means for tho
department to tight, or better sull.
avert epidomios Preventing an cpl
demic is less spectacular than fight.
ing one, hut tho best and most ef-
fective work In this direction N pre-
yentivc A bureau OF yeneral dis
eases. In which the state and federal
been established under the direction
Of DR. j, G. Mahr, and In making n
statewide campaign 10 attack this
formidable health problem. Con-
tinuous and statewide inspections OF
food products. sanitary and hygienic
conditions and other matters per-
tanning to public health will be made
by the department insection force.
which has been increased TO meet
the expanding needs of the state.
Significance of Health Conservation.
There iH no greater field OF hui
man endeavor, none In which effort
Is more worth white than public
health work. There IL no field In
which greater progress has been
made IN recent decad dcs. yct 10 those
familiar with the trend Of modern
scientific research, 10 seems likely
that the progress sof tho next few
years Will he greater than IN the
past. There Is no work which has
a greater or more direct bearing on
human happiness To those who can
read them Alright the little black
flgufes in the vital statistics tables
showing n decrease in death and
sickness rates are replete with
meaning. They show that lives
which would have been sacrificed
have been saved. that greater eff
cheney and cndeavor have been
made possible.
The new state health admlnlstra-
ton realizes tho responsibilities and
possibilities OF this work n has one
and only one aim that Ii 10 CON
serve the health and welfare OF the
neople nf Oklahoma