Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-28
ANTT.TUBERCULOSIS SOCIETY.

The annual meeting of the Delaware
inti-Tuberculosis Society was held on
Monday evening, at l404 Franklin
street. The report of William P. White,
treasurer, showed balance on hand,
March 81, Of $91S. Against thus, however,
is a note of s., 900 and an equal amount Of
unpaid bills The general maintenance of
the sanitarium was S2o, 234.S1. The sani-
tarium revenue for the year was SIC, l49.-
30. making loss to the sanitarium OF Sl3,-
oS4 So. This deficiency WAS met by the
Christmas checks and by gifts.
One expense that will come IN the near
future is that for the additional water
system which has Just been installed.
and which is for the first time giving a
thoroughly adequate water supply to
Hope Farm.
The following directors were elected for
the coming year: Dr. Albert Robin, John
:. Rossell, Mrs. NJ. ID. Thompson, Mrs.
Caleb S. Layton, Edward r. Mack, Jesse
w. Phillips, Arthur l.. Bailey, Miss Emily
p. Bissell, Miss Edith S. Danforth.
Advisory conmittee-Mrs. J. Thomp-
son Brown. Hon. John G.. Townsend, Mrs.
Alexis /. du Pont, Pierre s du Pont,
Mrs. Ferdinand l.. Gilpin, Hon. Willard
salisbury, William p. White, James 7.
MCGOWAN, William S. Hilles, Rt. Rev.
John J. Monaghan, Mrs. Edward c.
Fcrriday, Mrs. David Lindsay, Jr.,
Everett C. johnson, Mrs. Charles J..
Reid. DR.. Luther S. Conwell, Mrs. Susan
H. Sherman, Mrs. A. ID. Warner, Jr.,
DR.. Rowland Paynter, DR.. Joseph p.
Wales, DIR. William 7. Orr, DIR. 7. W.
Tomlinson, Mrs. G. p. NJ. RIirnford.
Frank Yearsley.
Miss Emily p Bissell made the follow
ing report:
This wear has seen the realization of
long cherished home, preventorium for
children, which our society has wanted to
establish ever since our hrst open air
school experiment.
In this connection, the invaluable work
of Paul L. Benjamin, regional director of
the national association, must be mention
ed. He secured for us, not only the quota
TO which we were entitled from the nation
81 association budget In 1919. but an extra
amount for the prcventorium, and his
services to us have been constant and un-
wearied
To give the preventorium suitable
land and housing, the chicken farm had to
be given up, and our largest brooder-
house is now transformed into q remark
ably rood school room.
An isolation ward for contagious diseas-
rs is now helping us very much with an
attack of measles which the preventorium
children have started, and seems to be
able to take care OF the situation. THIS
problem OF contagious diseases is one of
the most difficult ones IN a preventoriuIn,
and We are delighted that Sunnybrook
Cottage Is meeting IT so well.
One bed at Hope Farm has been en-
Cioved during the year by a constant and
generous glver. We hope that more will
follow this example.
Another interesting feature In our year
has been the advancing cooperation with
the Delaware tuberculosis Commission
under its new executive secretary, DR.
Charles III. keene. DIR. Keene knowledge
and energy are a spur to all tuberculosis
work in Delaware
Through the joining of forces of the
Delaware Red Cross the State Tubercu-
losis Commission and this society. the
Red Cross Christmas Seal sale was made
remarkable this year The fund from it
was turned over to this society 10 ad-
minister, but no part of it, as far as We can
see, will be available for ourselves. We are
now paying from this fund for the school
nurses N Sussex county, for an expert
clinician, DIR. Townsend, who will make
his home IN Dover and work through the
St4U, duu iuI fdNellnR ltDeTcLlOSlS
clinic, the truck for which has hecn order
ed. An automobile has also been secured
for DR.. kccne's special use in going about
the STATE.
From this educational work by the
school nurses, NE hope for greatly in
creased number Of early cases, which can
be cured SO resdily as to teach Delaware
that tuberculosis is durable. The old
superstition persists even among doctors.
shat tuberculosis IS ;ncurable, and the !
psychological effect IN inducing doctor and |
patsent to deny sne disease until too late |
lor cure Is one o. tie .soIsJ Things 10 f3eet. /
The D.odern Health crusade is being
installed in the schools following the med