Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-20
ENLIST RICHMOND AID IN
WAR ON TUBERCULOSIS
Association Is Pressing Campaign
to Stamp Out Great White
Plague.

Three thousand letters will be
mailed out this morning by tho Rich
moud Tuberculosis Association in an
effort to enlist the help and cooper
alton OF interested people of Rich
moni in stamping o. tnc white
plaSue'--tu tuberculosis its ter
riblc toll of human lives each year
within the city limits.
AT Il big rally last night in John
Marshall High School auditorium, un-
der the auspices Of the Richmond Tu-
berculosis Association, at which a
large number of both white and col
orCd people were present, il was
pointed out that the time had come
Tor concerted movement on the part
of the citizenship OF Richmond to
take the necessary measures to pre-
vent the further spread of the dis
ease ana TO make proper provision
10 care for the thousands Of active
cases hnown 10 be IN the city.
Facilities Are Inadequate.
Pitifully Inadequate means avail
able for Isoin,ng and treating SUI
Gcryrs from tuberculosis in Rich
mVnd were explained to the audience.
With several thousand cases OF tu-
pality has only twenty beds avail
able for the coiored cases ana thirty
ciEnt Tor white cases. IT WAS stated.
The twenty colorcd patients are at
White. cases at Pine Camp SanitarIum.
The state Of Virginia. with at least
10000 active cases of tupcrCulosis,
has only cataWh.i, Piedmont and
Blue Ridge Sanitoriums. and these
can only accommodate a very small
percentage Of infected persons.
There is no place where children Un-
der - can he treated in Virginia.
although statistics show that every
year !2,0OO children under > years
OF age, mere babies. IN TACT. die OF
tu6erculosis in thts country.
DIR. j. ,iarnctt Nelson and other cN-
rcriS present last night laid par
ticu!ar emphasis ON the insid!ous
character of the discuss and the
magnitude Of the danger that threat
cncd the peace and happiness vi Rica-
inond IN that people failed to realize
the awful cost to the city not only
IN money. but in lives, each year
from the scourGe OF tuberculosis
Help the "Othrr Fellow"
do somcthing for the other fol-
low" pT. Nelson. who is on. OF the
Medical College faculty who gives
his time and services IN conducting
free clinics for chest cNamiu.t;!o ions
all over the city. tod lii" audience a:
the John Marshall auditorium last
night
lie said that one of the most
dang characteristics of the dis
ease WAS that so many people have
II and spread the infection without
cause IL is disease which gets its
deadly grip gradually.
Tuberculosis. Dr. Nelson said, cost
tniS country 1up,Ouo,pup last year,
and the stamping out of the plague
should bc "cvcryDodys business g
since IL WAS Il matter which vitality
concerned every man, woman and
child in America.
X. Henry liirwood. president OF
the Richmond tuberculosis Associa-
lion, presided. and explained the
work OF the organization OF which h,.
is the head: Or. Mary Brydun. OF
the child Welfare bureau OF the
state Health Board, spoke ON the
"Mudrra Health Crusade ANA Dr III.
alton Of the Richmond tuberculosis
Association and other social agencies
in Richmond
DIR. Hudson Speaks
DIR. C. {. Hudson, of the city Bu-
rcau Of Health, gave an cnlishtcn
ing talk on the city'S work in tuhcr-
culosis, presenting conditions as thc$
means at the disposal Of the health
agents in carrying on the fight
against tuberculosis.
Dr. hudson thought the ou'looi;
WAS more hopeful at present than AT
any time in the past. The close cor
! Richmond Tuberculosis association
and the city health authorities was
1 apparent.
Moving pictures and unaccompanicJ
songs by Quartet from the Red
,ertaining leatnres Of ,ha prog pro@ram
The colored singers gave old iavo-
/ rites like swinging Low, Sweet
! Chariot" and sing. Chilun," ever;
number being cncorcd