The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-01-25
ADVICE To FLU"
CONvALESCEN1S
SPAIN AND ENGLAND REPORT
INCREASE IN TUBERCULOSIS
AFTER INFLUENZA
EPIDEMIC.

HI
0, S, Public Health Service Warns n n
Public Against tuberculosis c
; One Million Cases Tubercu'
; Iosjs in United States-Each a a
, Source of Danger.
influenza convaIescents shoulo 1"V'
Lungs Examined--coIds Which Hang
On Often Beginning Of tuberculosis
No Cause for Alarm II TUBERCULOSIS
Is Recoonized Early-Patent med''
cjnes Not to Be Trusted.
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Beware tuberculosis after IN.
= Nupnza No need to worry II X
YOU take precautions IN time.
r. Don't diagnose your own con- II
r dition. Have your doctor exam
y inc your lungs several times at
X monthly intervals. Build up your
r strength with right living, good y
r food and plenty Of fresh air ,"
r Don't waste money on patent
| d. medicines advertised to cure tu-
X berculosis.
r Become q fresh-air crank anu
X enjoy life. y
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Washington, D. C.-(Special.)-Ac'
cording to a report made to the Ohlteo
States Public Health Service, the epl'
demic of influenza in Spain has al
ready caused an increase In the preVa'
Ience and deaths from pulmonary tu'
horculosis A similar association pc
tween influenza and tuberculosis was
recently made by Sir Arthur News
holme the chief medical officer OF the
English public health service, III he
ANALYSIS of the tuberculosis death rat'
: in England.
e In order that the people of the Unit
4 ed States may profit by the experience
: of other countries Surgeon Genera
= Rupert Blue Of the United States PUP
lie Health Service has just issued
warning emphasizing the need OF spe
. cial precautions at the present time
Z "Exnprience seems to Indicate" say
the Surgeon General, that person
whose resistance has been Weakene
st nv an attack of influenza are peculiar
J. " susceptible to tuberculosis. VIII
millions of its people recently afrecte
with Influenza this country now O
a. fers conditions favoring the spread
,e tuberculosis"
he One Million Consumptlves in the
to United States
III "Then you consider this a serio'
menace?" was asked. "In my opiniC
MI II is, though hasten to add 1t Is dl
80 ttnctly one against which the Peep
IL can guard. So far as one can estima
IS. there are at present about one mllll'
cases of tuberculosis in the Unit
- States. There is unfortunately
complete census available to show f
actly the number of tuberculosis p
~ sons In each state despite the fact tn
r. most Of the states have made the q
ease reportable. In New York CT
where reporting has been In force
as, many years, over $4,000 cases OF
les berculosis are registered with the l
R. partment of Health. Those famil
with the situation believe that the
dition of unrecognized and unreport
lay cases would make the number neal
'he $4,000. The very careful health s
ile vey conducted during the past t
i.e Nc years In birmingham, Mass, revea
s "o 200 cases of tuberculosis in popu
W. W. ton of approximately 10000. If tn
''' proportions hold true for the Uni
States as q whole they would indie
few that about one in every hundred +
Wis sons is tuberculous. Each Of tn
,hy. constitutes q source of danger to
guarded against"
mp ""a' ~ w.
In his statement to the public
geon General Blue points out
)ert those who have had influenza she
protect themselves against tuberc
sis. "All who have recovered from
;ele- fluenza," says the Surgeon Gene
that SHOULD have their lungs carefully
SER amined by competent physician.
elsh fact, 1t is desirable to have several
aminations made month apart S
examinations cannot be made thrC
mere the clothing nor can they be car
aiPs out IN two or three m,nutes re-
eice lungs are found to be free from tn
! ~ culosis every effort should be mad
le keep them so. This can be done
! 80 right living, good food and plent
orl,o fresh air"
N'' Danger Signs.
The Surgeon General warned {
first Srns 90 "dao,,no" ond "coIds VI
'"' hang on"
Pre- These, he explained, were Otter
r the beginning Of tuberculosis. IF 70
enolt not get well promptly, II your
seems to hang on or your health
hort strength decline, remember that
w. are often the early signs Of tuber
SIS Place yourself at once unde
:. care Of competent physician, T
ms culosis Is durable in the early sta
week
look Patent Medicines Dangerous In T
cuIosis.
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