The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-12-03
FIGHT AGAINST
TUBERCULOSIS
BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS AND AID
WAR.

tuberculosis in the United States
kills yearly 100000 persons-of these
$4,000 are married and over $4,000
are children under five years OF age.
Over 100000 orphans are left annu-
ally as result of tuberculosis.
Most conservatively estimated,
there are over 100000 active cases
of tuberculosis today in the United
States. In Maryland, there were
1881 deaths In 1919 from tuberculosis
and about 1O,808 active cases. This
means an economic loss in wages
loss conservatively estimated al
$3.50, 400.
In an address on "The Larger Field
in tuberculosis Work." by DR.. Allen
K. Krause, of Johns Hopkins Medical
School, he says: 1--WE already have
in our hands all the necessary medi-
cal and scientific information upon
which may be based the premises for
progressive programme against In
lection, morbidity and mortality"
The vigorous campaign against tn.
berculosis, under the leadership OF
national and State tuberculosis asso
| Citations, has been a large factor IN
the marked reduction of the death
rate from tuberculosis with the result
| ant saving at present of $4,000 lives
year.
The fight against tuberculosis,
which is now being made by the
Maryland tuberculosis Association, is
your fight. It is being made for you.
| II smallpox were killing one in every
ten of our population, we would I'M
doubtedly pay some attention to it..
We would very likely support those
who were endeavoring to check its
disaster. You would be very much
afraid it would strike one of your
| loved ones, yet tuberculosis today in
your community is infinitely more
dangerous, harder to treat, causing
much more and longer suffering than
does smallpox 1t comes so quietly,
gets it's hold on it's victims so slowly,
is so general, that we are apt to ne
glect it.
In Baltimore City it is conserva-
lively estimated that over 100000
is spent annually for public and priv
ate fire protection of all kinds, in
Guiding fire insurance premiums. It
is also estimated that the actual prop
erty loss within Baltimore City limits
was about $4,000 for 1919 and the
same year 81 lives were lost through
fire. We wisely pay enormous sums
to protect ourselves from this actual
and potential fire danger.
tuberculosis the same year cost Bal
timore economically about $S,204,000.
1t cost much more-it cost 1885 lives.
We are paying comparatively insig-
nificant sum for tuberculosis protec-
lion. axe ~
When a fire is discovered an alarm
Is sounded, aid is rushed to save life
and property. Every effort is made
to keep it from spreading. Tubercu-
losis is too often passed by almost
unnoticed. 1t will continually spread
unless checked. Shall we not en-
deavor to give more proportionate at
tention to the greater danger?
In contributing to the work of the
Maryland tuberculosis Association,
you are not giving to a charity, you
are helping prevent the need for char
ity; you are investing in a protection
to yourself and your family, as well
as to the community in which you
live. About 95 per cent. of the sup
port of the Maryland tuberculosis As
ISOLATION has come from the proceeds
of the Christmas seal sale. The larger
the sums of money given to combat
the ravages of tuberculosis, the great
er. should be the life-saving results.
To quote from Sir Arthur News
holme, the eminent British tuberculo-
sis authority, in an address given be-
fore State tuberculosis Conference:
"In this anti-tuberculosis propa-
ganda, if we want to make money we
must spend it. Every penny spent in
securing a reduction Of tuberculosis
will bring interest many, many fold.
II we want to save money we will be
worse than the man who hid his
money in napkin"