Arizona republican., 1920-04-21
HEAL I'll SURVEY
 IF PHOENIX |S
 TOSTART TO-DAY

V 0 tuEb u Under the direction of T. c. cuvellier.
 an expert tuberculosis investigator for l the Arizona state board of health, there will be started at g o'clock this
 morning the most sweeping invesdga- ton into the living conditions of the
 people of Phoenix, statewide in It's scope, and the most thorough and searching yet made since Arizona was admitted to statehood.
 Director Cuvellier. with nine years experience to guide him in the cam paizn gave the last word of inStruc- tions yesterday afternoon at o'clock to 100 deputies, who start today to gather data and information regarding the health and conditions of the city dwellers their home surroundings, re- lations to one another. and the insan- itary and unhygienic environments that may exist where they live. The investigation or survey will last untii May in the cities ana untli July l in outside sections.
 After an exhaustive probe into the home life of the community. the sur vey will take up the investigation or restaurants. the kitchens and ways of handling and keeing food being made a special objective by the investiga- tors. Next in line will come cheap lodging and rooning houses, with their accommodations and then tuber- culosis camps will be given the once over-
 The survey will push its inspections into farm houses and ranches and probe into the conditions under Which farm labor is housed and fed. and 1T the conditions are found unlivable. recommendations will be made to the legislature that law be framed cov- ering camps and ranches, compelling employers to erect sanitary bunk houses with beds and proper humane surroundings for their help.
 The entire cost of the survey is ex- pected to reach $2o,000. and the fund was started with a contribution by the state board of health of $500, but wherever contributions were solicited they were more than willingly con- tributed, said MT. Cuvellier yesterday.
 In this work the director of the sur vey is aided by Mrs. Henry H. Miller, local chairman of the Ant1-Tubercu- losis league. The survey has the hearty indorsement of Governor Thom- as F. Campbell and the Maricopa County Medical association.
 When the initial stages of the sur- vey program have been accomplished. the investigation of the milk supply in this city and throughout the state will be taken up. The farm, cows. dairies and transit method of the milk delivery will be minutely investigated uD to the time 1t reaches the con- sumner. X milk standard will be estab-
 iShed by the state dairy inspector. which will be compulsory for all who furnish milk for consumption. In this department of the survey it is hoped to correct conditions which may save the lives Of hundreds of infants. 1t be- ing pointed out by MT. Cuvellier that the infant death rate of Arizona is a third higher than that of any other state.
 The city has been divided into more than 100 districts, each district cover ing from two to four blocks. It will also be part of the work of the survey to inspect bake shops. the way in which flour is handled. and also soda water fountains and sanitary methods of dispensing drinks. Pool halls will also come under the limeIight and bil- Hard parlors. If it is found that the task is too gigantic to be covered in the time set. application will be made for an extension of the survey. but was. that the investigation would be thorough.
 Appropriation has been made for the employment of trained nurses who will come into the survey work. Tn the state an especially thorough canvass of Gila county will be made. five trained nurses having charge of the work there. Operations already have com menced. Mir. Cuvellier said. in Tucson and Douglas. Factories will be over hduiSu 1ii ONeT tfl0 StdCe ana the en- vironments of the workers noted.
 Besides the 100 volunteer workers in Marfcopa county. there will be three special nurses assigned to the work in this district. who will bring trained experience to bear on the problems that will be encountered
 At the close of the survey an expert on vital statistics will compile card index of the reports of cases and by the time the state legislature meets, hA -fsa4, position to go before it and make It's report and ask for legislation along the lines it thinks most necessary.
 The survey in houses will comprise a 1 report on all insanitary and unhygienic l conditions in home or premises, num- 1 Der of cases of tuberculosis in the family. If there are children living | with infected persons. cases of those 1 who have become infected through 1 persons who came from outside the state, and various other data which it | will be obligatory to furnish the ex-
 In cases of extreme Restitution and | sickness steps will be taken to help the | needy through propert agents. A free clinic will be opened for the cure of | the sick. and open air schools recon,- | mended when thought beneficial. The state board of health reports that there were 3S87 deaths from tuberculosis in | the state of Arizona from 1915 to 1919 l
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