Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-12-11
TGAlNST
TUBERCULOSIS
Syv ClsRlsYMAs SEALS AND AID
WAR.

Tuberculosis in tbs United States
Kills yearly 900 persons OF these
- 600 are married and over 10000
are cAilafeM mndcr fYe years Of age.
Over se0.000 orphans are left annu.
ally "a result Of tuberculosis.
Ness eamaeTyativeIy estimated,
thase are over 100000 active cases
q tuberculosis today in the United
States. In Maryland, there were
1881 deaths In 1919 from tuberculosis
and aboas l0.s0s active eases This
sasAAass "a economic lose in wages
4 loss scOaasryatiVely estimated 81
O.. ese. 900
In an address on "The Larger Field
sa @ubsasuioaa@ work" by Or Allen
u. Krauae, of 9ohna Hopkins Medical
school. be saga: @We already have
ka aar iaRmfs nh the necessary medi-
eaa and acientifc information npon
which may be based the premises for
o nR@grsssive programme against in.
factscp. IRCrblalsy and mortality.
The vigorous campaign against tn
berealosis, under the leadership Of
naaf0sai and state tuberculosis asso
eiatiSas. has besn a large factor IL
tho mafked reduction Of the deatf
rata from tuberculosis with the result
ant Raving Al present of 50se00 lives
q year.
! The eight against tuberculosis.
wAtsh il nDs being made By the
a@Fyiafa TUbereulosis Association. is
yonF faght. 1t 10 bslag made for you
H smallpox were Milling one In every
ten OF Onr population we would I'M.
douDtedly pay some attention 10 t..
sa@ sg0alsl very hkssy supper. those
wAe 'Esge underwriting TO check is
disaster. You would be very, much
sfHaid 10 .wonaEs strike one Of yonr
lowed onss. yet tuberculosis today in
rear. aommunity 10 infinitely more
Lara srous, harder 10 treat, causing,
mach a0re and longer suffering than
does smallpox. 1t comes SO quietly,
gsts 10 hold Oh It's victims so SLOWLY,
is 80 general that we are apt to ne
sisct it, $685.
In Baltimore City it is eonserva-
siVely estimated that over S7,000000
% spent annually fDr public and PRIV
ate &ro, protection OF all kinds in.
GIudim@ Are insurance premiums. It
Id also estimated that the actual prop.
eYty lose within Baltimore City limits
| vzs about $f50.0O0 for 1918 and the
same year 81 lives were lost through
Gre. we wisely pay enormous sums
to protect ourselves from this actual
and potential Ore danger.
Tuberculosis the same year cost Bal
timore economically about $S,204,000.
Itacast raaseh yaeFe--it cost 1885 lives,
we are payfng d comparatively insig-
niGcant sum for tuberculosis protec-
:ion.
!, Mhen asfire Id discovered an alarm
! ID Aonndsta. aid liz rushed to cave life
and property. Every effort is made
| 10 keep II from spreading, Tubercu-
| loais. liz too 0sten passed by almost
unnosiced. 1T will continually spread
pniess checked. shall ssA not en-.
| deayor "a siye more pfd rtionate at
tention TO the greater danger?
In contributing To the work Of the
Marsaand tuberculosis Association,
you are not giving to charity, yon
are helping prevent the need for char.
sty yoss ara. Investing In protection
20 <youraeif aald your family. as well
10. 10 aho community In which you
hve. Abdul 9s per cent Of the sup
pors ofethe Maryland tuberculosis As
sociakiom has Genre from the proceeds
"a tho Christ mas seal sale. The larger
the. aaTna OF money given to combat
tAe,yavages of tnberculosiss the great.
ar should he y4ha life.saving results.
.Tosunoas from SIR Arthur News
hu1me. the eminent British tubercnlo.
ais authority. in an address given be
fore q state tuberculosis Conference:
41n this anti.tuberoulosis pFopa.
gafaAa, ii we want TO make money We
| mast snuud H. Every peany spent in
SECURING a reduction Of tuberculosis
! eai bling interest many, many fold.
II ws want TO save money We will be
| verse than the man who hid his
money ia a napkin
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