The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-18

the superstition that he or she h.
obtained all the benefit the ~.
torium has u offer.
Various small sanatoriuma ~,
moderate rates are also msis
tained by church organization =
Denver. There IL the Oaks HomA
an Episcopal institution and ~
Evangelical Lutheran church An.
ports q house full of tuberculor.
patients at rates ranging from ~
to $50 q month. The Dutch Rsform
church has q very attractive. ~.
less sanatorium. too, reminding a..
OF the far-famed qualities of Duteh
Cleanser. Its rate is extremslv
moderate, being only Sc q week. III
1t accepts only the afflicted mem.
bers OF its own denomination.
Denver 10 Unprepared.
From this brief outline Of Den.
ver's tuberculosis facilities, IL NAV
be seen that the city is in no posi.
ton to receive the large number ~
impecunious tuberculous persons
who insist upon coming here. N
isn't that Denver is inhospitabla II
is just that 1t is unprepared. As tia
health authorities point out, IL cli-
mate alone could save these suf.
ferers. Denver would welcome them.
not only for humanitarian reason
but because OF the debt she owes 10
the tuberculous who have come
here with sufficient funds to regain
their health and who have helped
to make her what she is. Many
authorities agree that a cure is tai
cilitated by adding a favorable cli-
mate to the essentials already men,
tioned-good food. rest and proper
care-but these shRld be obtained
first. There are ANY free sana-
forums providing them in the east,
SO that the fastener contracting
tuberculosis is fleeing his best
chance of recovery when he passes
up his home facilities and stakes
his all on the Colorado sun and al
titude.
That the Denver climate has fal.
len down on its job in eradicating
the disease is evidenced by recent
statistics gathered by the Anti-Tu-
berculosis society, which show that
the percentage of cures is much
larger in Pittsburgh than it is In
Denver. Moreover, Denver is now
facing the disquieting fact that its
own native death rate from tuber-
culosis has increased 20 per cent
during the past few years.
Lungers . Menace to An
'"This is not surprising" de-
clared an official Of the Anti-Tu-
berculosis society, when you con-
slider the tremendous amount of in
lection which is constantly being
spread here. Take our restaurants,
for example: Half of the en-
ployes working in them-the watt
ers, kitchen assistants and even
some Of the chefS-have tubercu-
losis, while in some of the cheaper
cafes extremely bad cases are Of
ten found. The men who run the
elevators in your hotel doubtless
have the disease, or have had H.;
the chambermaids are probably
/ here for their health, and many Of
the soda fountain boys are incip-
lent cases. If these people are not
careful to take the greatest sanitary
precautions and unfortunately
some of them are not--they become
a menace to the rest of the popula-
ton.
There is no registration Of tu-
berculous persons in Denver. The
only way we have of discovering
them is through our charitable or
CARNATIONS, including the city free
dispensary. AS far as possible
this society tries to find and keep
track of every case which enters
the city In order to see that the pa.
tient understands the routine Of
personal cleanliness and that he re-
ceives proper care. Often this
means returning him to his home
town on the next eastbound train
| for admittance into an eastern in
stitution, and still more often the
only service the society can render
is to employ an undertaken"
The official paused, as q tall, sal.
low faced men with thin, stopped
! shoulders entered the office and
sank weakly into a chair. There
is a hopeless case now" she con-
, tinued in low tones SO that the man
could not hear her. HE is from
Detroit. He is deaf and has LOST
! his voice. Both lungs are totally
gone, and his throat is filling up
The only way he can communicate
with us is by writing. He has only
/ $50 left, and is paying $12 week
for his board. There is no possible
chance that he will get well, ana
yet he says that his doctor IN DO.
troit advised him to come Out
here. This is the sort OF thing We
have to deal with every day OF oul
lives, and it is all due to Ignorance
II we could only make the east I'M
! derstand!"