The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-01
ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS
DRIVE NEXT WEEK
To Raise $4,000 to Realize the Gift
of che Proctors for
Preventorium.

The campaign to raise $4,000 to
fight tuberculosis in Vermont to meet
the $4,000 offered by Redfield Proc
tor and Miss Proctor begins Tuesday
next. Fred A. Rowland, state chair
man reports that a county chairman
has been appointed for every county
in the state and town chairman for
nearly all of the towns. The campaign
is from the first to the fifth of June,
but the county chairmen are urging the
towns tortry to raise their quotas the
first day In fact, few towns have
even nowsent word that headquarters
may announce their quota as raised the
first day of the drive.
Mr.. Rowland and H. w. Slocum. ex-
ecutiye secretary of the Vermont TIL.
berculosis association, have spoken at
meetings of representative men In
most of the large towns of the state.
Mr.. Rowland states that in every place
where 1t has been possible to present
this cause directly, the audiences have
been absolutely convinced of the worth
mess of the cause and pledged them
selves to raise their quota.
One feature of the campaign that ap-
peals to many is that not only is the
money to be spent in Vermont for
Vermonters, but that 60 per cent will
be used exclusively in the health dis
trict where it is raised under the di.
rection of district committee.
| That tuberculosis Is real menace,
Mr.. Rowland states, is sufficiently
proved by the fact that IL kills one
third Of all who die between the ages
of IS and 49, that 1t is responsible for
one-tenth of all deaths. 1t kills an
leverage of 800 Vermonters every year.
AS to the question, are the proposed
plans for attacking 1t practical, MIR.
Rowland states that the Rockefeller
foundation has spent hundreds OF
thousands of dollars against tuberculo-
sis in France on the very same plan.
Secondly. that the plan has the whole
hearted endorsement Of the state board
of health and, lastly. that Mr.. and Miss
Proctor realized the need OF financing
this plan and made their generous gift
of $4,000 fer new preventorium con
tingent on raising fund sufficient to
financing 1t,
III w. Slocum, secretary of the Yer.
mont tuberculosis association, states
Tat one-half of the work OF the asso-
citation is to help build up the resist
ahce Of individuals to the disease, the
Iother protection from infection. For
the first half, the association with the
Incorporation of the state board OF
health is enlisting boys and girls of the
state in health crusade In which they
do health chores and learn health hab.
its in a game Over twenty thousand
boys and girls of Vermont are health
Icru saders and the movement has the
written endorsement OF nearly every
district superintendent In addition to
this, lectures have been given, health
pictures shown, etc.
The second half OF the. work is to
discover and place under proper super
vision sufferers from the disease. 1t Is
estimated that there are about two
thousand casesiu Of tuberculosis in the
state under no medical Supervision
/ Some OF these are spreading infection
to others. and some could be cured II
lgiven a chance. In addition TO these
there are the children III these homes
Ipre-disposed to the disease is'a
! To reach thess people, the oassotia
ltion plans to place d health nurse II
each of the ten health districts Il
! work with the district health officers
Ito place at the disposal OF the iphysi
clans of the state doctor In the earl!
diagnosis of tuberculosis and, lastly
to secure the new preventorlum offer
ed by the Proctor family