The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-21

| discoverer and reporter of tuberculosis , to the board of health. It visits every reported case not cared for by private tempts to prevent the spread of the dis ease.
 It has for 10 years been steadily spreading knowledge of the social and , personal problems involved and prepar- ing the people for adequate expenditure of public funds for hospital construction and maintenance.
 Tho appropriation of public funds for the work is less than $5,o<o annually. The cost of association operations on the barest scale of necessity reaches 25.oo0. though salaries, wages and up- keep arc held rigidly to the lowest level consistent with effective and continuous work. It was over s2seO0 last year and this
 We beg all interested people, to ask questions and examine our records. Constantly increasing costs have bur dened us during and since the war. Present conditions make the average monthly cost of a sanatorium patient
 
 outlay if $l,400 Is it worth the money The monthly cost of the visiting nurses and dspensary, with educational work and clerk hire, is S3o. We reach 200 to 300 homes and examine 42 to 60 new cases each month We placard dangerous rooms and houses until. made safe By doing this visitation this educa- tional work, this sanatorium service we are protecting multitudes from danger: O of infection, @ of neglect. (3) of ig- norance We comfort the terror-stricken, the helpless the dying. We feed the the ill-nourshed. We do more than we can talk.
 auate public hospital for tuberculosis.
 Is this good religion? Will not all the churches help?
 If you are skeptical about how far reaching the great good ldone by the Red Mountain ' sanatorium goes listen to this little incident:
 Recently a Canadian soldier, for whom the northern climate is too severe, writes Dr. Eaves asking whether he can gain admission, and on what terms, to Red Mountain sanatoriun- He developed the disease in his Flanders campaigning. Thus the fame of the local sanatorium gees far. It is, of course, inpracticable D offer service to these faf-off suf- ferers, for in the meantime, ioeal suf- ferers. especially the younger ones, are being restored.
 Doesn't your heart ache when you think of any soldier anywhere-for it isn't ar~matter of geography--who must be turned away--a soldier boy who fought and bled and exposed himself 10 this dread disease that you might live the rest of your days in peace and happi- ness?
 Surely this poor Canadian soldier boy a pitisfua object. and one who should warm your heart toward this great movement as nothing else in the world could.
 Suppose. my friend. this boy was yours? Just picture it if you can, and then doesn't lump come in your throat and the beat quicken in your heart as you think of his beautiful young life being slowly but surely sapped away when it might perhaps be saved through the ministration of our own League?
 This years seal sale will begin imme- diately after Thanksgiving, and a mini mum of s60,0OO is the goal.
 With this amount the purpose Of tho association is to reach the unpopulous parts of the county by means of travel ing clinic. with a physician (expert in and a nurSe fer reaching patients in these comparatively iaac- cessible homes and areas, said pr our present activities. In all things we aim to lengthen the hands of the health department by doing what we can with voluntary aid.
 "The association canfbt afford ts