Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-14
TUBERCULOSIS BACILLUS
HAS NATURE OF SQUATTER
OncC He Finds His Home Laughs
nj All Process
Servers.
Merely Waits for His Home to
Come to Him, and When IL Does
iic Moves In-i'amily Is Large
One.

NEW YORK. Sept. is.-This story
tolls how the steadily Increased rents
have been beaten
Il explain why one class Of residents
and that. the most numerous class
rave been able to defy landlords and
cr.ascS.
Tn, tubeSf,ele bacillus is by nature IA
h nh.nn MS instinct is 70 find his
only wh"n he gets good ana ready
once nc has round his home he laughs
Tie "ord eonid remove mo Xxi Kin and and the he
- MAJ ma means nothing 20 lIm;
do gE" n bd me-. ~, ,rbersle hasillas
walk about tn" city visiting place after
.Giaee' ne merely waits for his home 70
moves IN. us mode. OF selection AMI
moving is simple. HIS favorte way
Of nnd!ng the homo is to stand in "A
gerner and wait unit! a, baby crawls
near him on the floor. Then he step.
"M m. paby.s hand, ana when me child
l6srce bac a has f Found MY" Hs nome me
ihcrC are, Of course other ways IN
which he Hnds himself Il residence
t@i"nd VIII KISS the baby: az some adult
may cat ~ IN mis- hands UnwaSt.d; or
aust may D. blown about The tUher-
"!. bacillus is ready 10 use any means.
once IN his homo the tubcrcic bac!!-
iUs rives his enttru attention 10 rear
INK "a family, HIS family IS large
one. When Christmas or Thanksgiving
arrive ne can nave them all home for
family reunion. and can very easily
more sons and daughters on IN, mead
"f q pin. and STILL leave room for dane
When ne Ars, moves into his new
rome. he finds that il has thick strong
walls which keep MIN, closed in for
- Each year the tub,rcle bacillus
Increases his family.
ohr nTn one cb hfy he ands iaa h, he is no
with tho baby until the lung structure
- all adult, And the man or woman
Who is providing the home does some
',inS which wcakcna his bodily re
si.'ance The walls about the home
"hirh. the tubcrcle bacillus has occu-
nnt for 80 long begin 90 crack, and
"7U'nhlc They break down and the
l;herc!c bacillus with his entire family.
!'i 'n" hrSr Aine IA his Iifr. must move.
bacillus seeks other Fields.
Naturally he ia angry So nc takes
all ms sons and all mis- daughters and
walks away, eating - he goes along
ma Cor every mouthful taken by a
iurcs abou, IL,
b, MD n ,ne9 i, sf,sT ,Msn,y yesrs per-
0oor has active tuberculosis
II docs not always infcc, Immediately
~" h"dy: According 10 figures given
"S 'h. Natontl TubercGlGs,s Associa-
IN. disease comes nrsi TO Children
under sixteen years Of age.
tE"n under such circumstances
PHYSICIANS have determined that tu-
n"rr4lcs can not only be cured but
EaH b" prevented. II IS deadly dis
HHS' and u Kills 10000 every year
IN THIS country, but each year tho rate
decreases slightly. because moro peO-
ne nav" learned that the disease can
Fresh air. cleanliness good .ood
rest and freedom from worry arc re-
CURED. These can hes. bc obtained
N sana rum. Iiu' zach wear there
ar" NOR" than = oo"oo cases OF ;u-
Ncrcu-os's ~ the country. and there
hr. not nearly enough sauatoria
To p-ov!hc NOR. sanator!a ,,d 70
,o+eh more people that tuberculosis
uaH be cured tho National Tubcrcu-