The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-01
SEALS GO ON
SALE TODAY
Drive Be Actively Pushed For
Ten Days on Behalf of
Plague Fight.

Today, December 1st. and for ten
days thereafter viii be the time of the
drive for the sale Of Red Cross seals
| which is to provide the funds for
fighting tuberculosis in Florida.
In the Pensacola district Hon. w
j. Forbes is the zone chairman and
he has given considerable attention to
the coming drive and expects his dis
trict to exceed its quota. Mr.. Forbes
has succeeded in securing the Coop
GRAFTON of leading men and women
throughout the district who realize
the Importance and who stand ready
to give material aid in it's success.
| The Florida Anti-Tuberculosis as
sociation has extensive plans for 1920
and to carry on this imperative work
1t is necessary that funds be provided
and these are only derived through the
sale of the Red Cross Christmas seals.
Those directing the propaganda en-
phasize the fact that the money thus
| raised in Florida will be spent in this
state for the prevention and cure of
consumption and also to bring about
health conditions of material advant-
age to every section of Florida.
One of the departments under the
auspices of the Florida Anti Tuber-
culosis association is the modern
health crusade which is constructive
and beneficient health movement
which is to penetrate all of the schools
of Florida and to arouse the children
to the Importance of sanitary methods
and to enlist them in the warfare "a
gainst the insidious enemy which
claimed in this state alone last year
more than 1000 Of our fellow citizens
The president of the state associa-
ton is Harry l.. Brown, editor of the
ST. Augustine Record, who has just
issued a statement in which among
other things he said:
The Florida tuberculosis associa-
tion during 1919 organized five
counties for tuberculosis work. secur-
ed the employment of nine tuberculos-
is nurses located in various counties
sponsored bill through the last leg
islature, which was defeated in the
senate, to establish a state sanitorium
for the care of the tuberculosis, has
secured the signing of petitions in two
counties to be presented to the COM
missioners enabling them to call an
eleCtlOn e1OT county SS-
tablished five clinics. secured home
treatment for approximately 1000 tu-
berculous cases, established the mod
ern health crusade in the schools of
t25 counties, conducted the courses in
the summer schools of the state home
demonstration short courses. in COM
munity health problems. and launched
a semi-monthly publication Notes
According to the reports of the
state board of health for 1918 1854
cause of tuberculosis A large insur-
ance company recently after an ex-
tended investigation discovered that
an individual is worth to- the commun-
ity in which he lives approximately
$4,000 this means then that in the state
of Florida last year that there was an
economic loss of over $4,000 900. due
to this disease. In order to prevent
this loss about $1,000 was expended in
educational work. During the year of
one out of every four between the ages
died between the ages of Is and 60,
one out fevery four between the ages
Is and so and one out of every ten of
1t is the cause of more orphans in our
institutions and brings more sorrow
in the rank and file of our people than
any other cause. Yet in all the state
Of Florida there is no public institu-
tion for the care of the tuberculous.