The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-28
S65,OOO NEEDED IN
 TUDERCULAR WAR
 TOBE WAGED HERE
Allied Armies Join Staff of the Anti-White Plague Army and Will Help Raise the Badly
 Needed Funds

With the help of the allied armies and the hearty co-opera- tion which we have been as sured from the public general ly, we are confident that the campaign to secure budget of $65,000 for the work of the Anti-Tuberculosis association of Jefferson county during 1920 will be secured" said Priestly Toulmin, chairman of the sale of seals and bonds.
 The allied armies which rendered such service and whose efforts never failed to meet with success during the day, December 6, and will continue their campaign until the following Saturday, unless the entire amount is raised before that time.
 Realizing that every dollar taken in during this campaign is to be used Tn Birmingham and Jefferson county for the fight against tuberculosis, the general public is expected to take interest. Even the nominal overhead expense incident to the campaign is being taken care of by private subscriptions of those who want the public to feel that every cent contributed goes for the cause intended.
 MT. Toulmn declared that the people of this city and county had been observ- ing the fine work done by the Anti tuberculosis association of Jefferson coun- ty in recent years with increasing ap- rroval, and he was confident that this was the year when the public would show it's approval by giving the organiza- ton the necessary facilities with which to meet the needs of the situation. CHECK SPREAD
 The checking or the spread of tuber- culcsis, which has been apparent in this county despite the meager funds and the poor facilities with which the associa- ton has worked, has encouraged the people and they realize that with the proper educational campaign, travelling clinics, free examinations and treatment | for those already afflicted, remarkable strides in the fight to wipe out the dis 1 ease of tuberculosis can be made in the 1 near future in Jefferson county accord | ing to MT. Toulmin.
 There was a time when our citizens would sit supinely by and see a typhoid l epidemic come each year and claim a | heavy toll in deaths and make but little | effort to prevent the annual recurrence of ] the disease, but happily that day has 1 passed" said Mr Toulmin. The people
 finally realized that typhoid epidemics were inexcusable and they set to work 1 to stop them. By the use of scientific methods and with the education of all | the people as to how to prevent the dis ease, typhoid has disappeared almost en-
 tirely from most sanitary cities
 LIKE TYPHOID
 l Just as the people at first took I typhoid epidemics as matter of course l and devoted all their efforts to curing I those who had contracted the disease, i so have they acted toward tuberculosis. l But now it has been demonstrated that | tuberculosis is preventable, just as is l typhoid, and that it's spread can be 1 greatly curtailed The efforts of the | country are now being directed as much
 toward preventing tuberculosis as to l curing those infected.
 l T believe there is no organization any l where which has accomplished such re- | suits with such meager facilities and i such little financial help as our own Antituberculoss association. Aside from I the suffering and death caused by tuber- | culosis Birmingham and Jefferson coun- l ty cannot afford this menace from any l standpoint. With 400 or more deaths
 this year and with probably 5000 af- | fected with the disease, good business
 decrees that this situation must be l remedied.
 STRICT ECONOMY
 l "The association is asking for a min 1 imunA of s65,OO0 to carry out the work | called for in the budget adopted in | 1920. The funds of this association are expended with the utmost economy and | with the proper assistance during this
 campaign the organization will be able to make this city and county a better 1 place in which to live and with health and life far safer than they have ever been before by checking the espread of l this disease.
 Remarkable results have also been | secured in restoring the health of hun
 dreds of patients who were discovered before the disease had too great a hold upon them'
 | According to MT. Toulmin, the budget for the coming year provides for an ex- tensive educational campaign throughout the county, with examinations of all sus- 1 poets by physicians and nurses and care | and advice for those who are threatened | with the disease. Plans are also made 1 for further extension of the camp on Red | Mountain, which has proved such a | blessing to hundreds during the last few years. Added facilities are badly l needed and the campaign. which opens December 6, is expected to provide the r..-- IL.