Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-05-08
FRANCE IN THROES
Of TUBERCULOSIS
--sr Disease One Of The
p. .fr-.es That Follow War,
Courronts Nation
SHADOWS CHILD E N

. is 80 survive something
.e To- support the work for
tuberculosis.
under the direction OF
ma, . wharton and Mrs. Royal
been SO successful in the
.... .eg are doing at Groslay
thst the city of Paris
.... lrs-hllf the money neces-
continue the work for two
AI'er that time the hos
.... U. taken over by the Office
n...... IHve.eue Sociale" which is
..r..u.E organization for dealing
a. a..l.0Is.
Fl. must be raised immedi-
..... -.4 work is 10 continue
r..r.. terribly burdened at the
,,.... and viii be for long
I'll. . come. Ulth the reconstruction
.sf#a devastated country, the re-edu-
...... e.. manned. mutihted and
.#ri s - making every effort TO
r..- ..r place among the great
....... .. .ac world. can we do less
Than H..p h.r IN tnis fight against the
,s~-.... plague of tuberculosis?
ii ha been reported that four mil
LIB. u French people have become
infected v.u the disease, three times
,#. #guEer ol those who have fallen
n --. war Food rations during the
aar eaar. OF thc war were insufficient
far normal needs of the growing
and added FOB IHJt The strain and an
2.e.t M tBe t..rs Of war, left fertile
rr.r-.t l.r the pread of tuberculosis.
TH. u#.NHe gives a detailed ac-
,aan, u. ar situation as il is today:
.I .aea almost invariably fol-
I.as uar The disease which is
.s.epms throughout France is tuber-
ta..s. fine dreaded plague. Shall it
ha allowed To further devastate
France and shadow he lives of imo-
rea. little children? Medical science
know huW .o combat the disease but
It spreading so rapidly that a
m.a..y EFFORT must be made il genera
'i8as JOB come are not to suffer.
% would Dee very difficult to eXag-
gerlje Jbe lamcntable conditions eX-
.Hine i'm France due to the spread of
tuberculosis She has been sOrely
rrd Bog the widespread effect of the
disease. resulting largely from the
VAR. and line diaster which is apparsnt
from prcscu, conditions is far-reach-
ug and terrible II is evident that
.a.n OF us must realize that some
hing further must be done to cooper
I.e in q plan for health and the pre-
ycution of tuberculosis. The effort TO
combat this disease must be nation
wide
"It has boon reported that four mil
lions of French people are condemned
.a die OF tuberculosis; tire times the
number al those who have fallen in
The war Two-thirds of the soldiers
returned from German prison camps.
arrived in a pitiful condition, many of
hem merely reached home TO die The
Young women and little children are
becoming infected 10 an alarming de-
gree. The chief reasons for this in
crease for The terrible sanitary con
lU0ns. organic diseases of the heart.
epidemic and dysentery. all of these
Ills bought ON and aggravated by lack
.pod. and nervous exhaustion due to
ne strain and anxiety of the years of
war During the last three years of
Tie occupation. The food rations. dis
.r.autcd To all the population were in
sufficient for the normal needs OF the
growing young. and tuberculosis
uJ fertile ground for spreading
rapidly among The young So INSULT
GENTLY ted. In certain sections the
existence of pulmonary tuberculosis
.Uceahle in more than so per cent.
o-ae Young people from ten to TWEEN
Il years OF age.
During he early days of the war
N#.r g became apparent that tuber-
-~ vas increasing a, an alarming
ra... Committee was formed by Mrs
Wharton and Mrs Eovall Tyler
with IN. purpose of securing funG. 20
establish hospitals. In the summer of
l'. 3u appeal was mate and the sum
a. uy thousand dollars was oh-
'a..l With this sum arrangements
were made 10 establish sanatorium
g. .-1~lay Later another sanatorium
made possible a Arromanches
I..-. ~aHatoria are for sufferers Of
ana pulmonary tuberculosis. and
ne. possess all the modern appli-
r..- Ter clinical sanitation and from
+ b. uNc of view of disinfection and
lr....i1u. are perfectly equipped
Sine. the institution of the sana-
GroSlay and ArromancheS.
every effort has been made to educate
people i'm preventative measures.
\ -"~ earnest effort is being made
-aaut France to facilitate the
WORK. The Board of Finance of the
IF. Paris has devoted a sufficient
The immediate opening OF
.r.-.oSis dispensaries in each of
.-E sections of the city. But il
# lake hi least two years for the
.-.a 70 complete their organization
ea.iy 10 handle all alone this
dem satisfactorily. The task Of
aiHs sauatoria and hospital beds
~..... .ur f,- rra ,,,,,,bow &c rotso,,+-