Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-25
HEALTH SURVEY
SHOWS MANY SUFFERERS
Were Found Affected by
lR: Tuberculosis.
FIFTEEN SENT TO sANATORlA
Demonstrates Housing
Conditions Demand Attention "a
Contributing Factor To Spread of
Diseasc-Hcal,h Campaign June I.

Ont OF 2l5 persons examined by the
Richmond Anti;UherCulosis Association
during SIN months health survey Of
the Fulton section OF the city which
1aTse 20 4 close yesterday. seventy n
them were found 10 be suffering from
tuberculosis.
night. Miss Blanche webb. executive
secretary OF the association. stated
that nftecn Of tho persons affected hy
the disease had been sent - Tho proper
sanatoria and THAI arrarGcrlcn had
been made 10 provide supervision Of
some sort N all the cases.
Fulton survey. Miss Wetb said six lee
lures Of an instructive nature were
given in churches. three lectures in
factories and two before wcman's clubs
isinmon;s combining free motion pic
lures and lectures We're given in ono
scnool and one church and = total o.;
fourteen free clinics conducted
IIclp Can Always lie Found.
This is an educational organization
and does not supply financial relief
Miss WchG said, but people who need
help are always Put III touch with tho
invariably ho found for thosc who re-
auirc Il. For instance. a man en-
ployed hotel was found TO have
developed an inCipicnt case OF tubcr-
culosis. When the owner OF the hotel
learned the facts he immediately agreed
10 be responsible for Sioo. This Will
take care Of the patient at the Pied
mont Sanatcrium for six months ana
VIII send his wife and children 10 the
country for the summer The case is
typical OF tho SPLENDID spirit manifest
cd by indivi duals ana relief orEanizH-
tons when the AutituhcrCuiosiS As
ISOLATION brings 70 their attention Gases
deserving OF assistance"
co!orcd church in Fulton has
agreed TO give SO to send a member
to Piedmont for two and oue-huif
months, the secretary stated and EUl-
ton women raised sufficient funds to
send mother and daughter 10 the
sanatoriuiu. y recent report showed
The daughter had gained ten pounds
in tho two months she has been there.
At meeting of the board of directors
OF the association Thursday OF this
week a decision will be reached as TO
the section of the city to be surveyed
next. The new survey Will begin
Referring to tho fact that. improper
housing conditions contribute 20 tn.
spread of tuhcrculosis and lover the
resistance To the disease OF those oc-
cupyinE close, poorly-vcntilatod quar-
ters. Miss Webb said:
''lnvestigation Of housing conditions
disclosed thirty-ciGht families living in
two rooms and fifty-scvcn families liv-
ing in three rooms In nincty-hvc
families people were found sleeping
three in one bed, and in eleven families
four in one bed. one family OF ten oc-
cupies two rooms. They have two beds
and sleep five in a bed We found one
tuberculosis patient siecrinE with, two
other persons and three patients sleep
ing with ono other person. one family
has had four deaths in the last five
years"
Laying emphasis on tho knowledge
that Tuberculosis is a prcvcntahlc and
cnrablc disease the Antituhcrculosis
Association cndcaNors whenever pos
sible to Improve housing conditions ana
eur,ail the spread OF disease through
ignorance OF tho laws OF health and
prevention. Miss Webb said.