The spectator., 1919-01-07

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 Washington, D. C.-(Spsc4Ai. .>-Ac- o0rdinY to . report made to shs United States Public Health Sarvics, the spa- dsuis Sf innnaAxA h SDAan has d. rsadV sAusSd an increase h the provA- lsAcs and dsadhs from pulmonary tu- A0rculoaiA. A luoNar aasUc1atiop b. tween indusnaa and tuberculosis was recently made by Sr Arthur NsWs- helms, the ch1pf nsedisaa aMesr 0f tho CnsliAh pubn6 health ssrv1es. h has anaiysas ef the tuberculosis dsAkh ra3s in England
 h order that Sae people 0f the Un1t- cd States may profit by ths Nxpexience of other countries Surgeon 0Snar1l Rupert Blue of the United Stakes Pub lie Health Service has just tasued . warning emphasizing the need of spe- cial precautions at the present ume. Experience seems to indicate" says he Surgeon Genenl, that pexso0S whose resistance has been veakeand by an attack of influenza are pecuftox- y susceptible to tubsreul0siA Win nilnOos of its people recently anssssd with influenza this sUuntry now o4 ns. conditions hvsr.ax me sers.A er uahsreal0siA"
 Che nialisn Conservatives h the
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 ~n yoa ssAaiAr uAAs q sSune Asn1Or waA asksA- "ia " opnln0 A AsaA hasrsa tp ado 4t . ~- uAoay - AGnlnss wN0 As paapas SAA SuAN So far aA sas sAa sssanaaSo osfe ar~ at Hs9ssot ab0us ass mtlli0n Ns0 of tub<resAoAs n the Uatssd SeatsA There is unfortunately Do complete census available to show sx- AStiy the number sf tsbsrcNlosis pac. sSas h each state Asspits the nact tAa4 mSst sf ttas states have made tho dis eAle reportable. h Now York 0ty, where reporting has been h forcs for many years. over s5,0oo cases 0f ts- bercul0sis are registered with the De partmsot of Health. Thoss famAiaf with the situation believe that the ad- diuon of unrecognAGod and uncepertel 0s>s would make the number nsAroe 5000, The very careful health sur vsS conducted during the past two ysars h Birmingham, Nass., rsvSaasa 2Oo cases of tuberculosis in . popula- tiaa of approximately 15,ooo n thsss proportions hold true for the United 1tatss as . whole they wSSld indAcas tat about one in svSry haadrsl pr- sons s tuberculous. EA0h of shsoA constitutes q source os 6aaxsr e be geArdsd against"
 What to Do.
 h hn statement to the public Sur- gesn General Blue points out how th0ss who have had influenza should protect themselves against tubercuao- Gs. -Al who have recovered from h. ausasa," says the Sxxvs0a 0eAAEA "shssid have their lvnp earsnahO sn- aminsd by . e0mpstsat pAysiciaA n fact. 1t is desirable to have ssvoral sx- aninatitns made . month apart. SHoh examinations cannot bs made throash the clothing nsr cen they bs saprtsA cut - tive CT three ninuteG IT ths iungs are found ts be free ffon tuhsr. sslosis every setert should hs mads ts kssp them =. This can bs dane ~ rf0et living. Oo0d food and plsaV S1 Arssh alr."
 Danger eigns.
 TAs Surgeon General varnsl espe- aAlly against certain dAAgsr siUna. such as decline" and colds whsh hang sa."
 These, he explained, were eftAa ths sssdnning of tuberculosis. If you dp not get well promptly, if yo,x cold seems te hang on or your health and strength decline, remember that thsse are often the early signs of tuberculo- sis Place yourself at once under the sare of competent physician. Tubsr. ullAaix ta a1t1ra h hl~ fra t,. .-l-~