Gunnison news-champion., 1920-12-24


official emblem of the
Colorado Tube rcalosis
I Association. Tie extent OF IN. ac-
tivities Of this association. tnade up Of
I public spirited citizens. j. evitcne-d by
the fact that TIA. doubl..-hsrr,-I cross
has been carried into every county Of
the state.
cuIosis Association and its thousands
Of active supporters are taking stock
OF their definite accomplishment dur
Z Ing the past year. The records show
Z that public health nursing service has
established contacts by doius practical
work In nineteen counties. outside OF
Denver. These counties have an az
Ercgaie population af over ayn.Oc0. In
Guiding il,e very effective work done
by the Denver Tuberculosis Society. Il
branch Of the State Association, the
territory In which this form OF anti
tuberculosis effort has been developed
contains more than half the entire
population OF Colorado
A phase OF public health nursing.
which Is % the utm0st Importance. is
concerned with the examination OF
school children. In fact. these cxnml-
nations are in many instances the first
step a community makes towards a
general health survey. Not only In
the nyeraee community. but in indus
trial sections this form OF survey has
been carried out and one Of the nurses
from the State Association examined
the children in twenty weight Industrial
communities during the past year.
In addition to the tuberculosis dis
penSarics and clinics In Colorado
Springs and Fort Collins. conducted In
cooperation with the State Associa-
tion. clinics are being organized In
Greeley and Pueblo. Similar clinics
are contemplated In other places until
IL ts expected that there viii be no
less than dozen such located I'm the
various sections Of the state. The
clinic in each case Is made possible by
the active cooperation Of local physi-
clans and dentists. who donate their
services free In order that persons
who cannot afford TO pay for medical
treatment may have the benefit OF
examinations and treatment The I'm
poriance of this service cannot be
over-rnted since early diagnosis 10 es-
sential II tuherculosIs is to be sue
cessfully treuted and arrested
Bnt even with a dozen clinics To-
Gated in as many counties OF Colo
RADIO, there still remain sections Of the
state where the population Is 50 th!nly
scattered that II would be inadyisable
10 maintain a permanent clinic. To
meet the requirements OF such places,
the Colorado tuberculosis Association
Is planning to operate travelling
clinic In other states. where similar
conditions exist, travelling cliDics have
been used with marked success. Suct
clinics range from a motorcycle with
side-car, carrying physician and
nurse, TO n large truck fitted up with
the furnishings of permanent clinic.
The form which will be adopted in
Colorado has not yet been decided upon,
but II can confidently be said that II
viii strike a medium between these two.
Preventive work, especially In the
distribution of literature explaining
she simple rules of hygiene necessary
to insure health. is an effective form
Of the activities of the association.
But the most interesting phase Of pre-
ventive work is the Modern Health
Crusade. This movement, in which
are enrolled children of grade school
a., 80 sh
ones habits of health which will re-
main with them throughout their lives
At present there are 129.l26 chill
dren enrolled as Crusaders and they
are In schools In every county in the
state. With the spread Of this move
ment and its hearty endorsement BY
physicians and educators, the expecta-
ton Is justified that during the com.
Ing year there will he 400 per cent en-
rollmett Of the eligible school children
In Colorado. numbering approximately
100000
The need Of the work which tie
Colorado Tuberculosis Association b
carrying on Is shown by the appalling
fact that one death in every six deaths
occurring In this state during the past
year was due to tuberculosis Many
authorities have gone 30 far as TO say
that deaths from tuberculosis are un-
necessary since II Is preventable and
durable. II the people can be made to
understand Its nature and to follow
the rules Of living which have been
laid down and proved effective through
years Of observation.
The Crusade OF the double-barred
eross has been carried on In this coun-
| try for sixteen years and the National
Tuberculosis Association. with which
the Colombo Tuberculosis Association
u affiliated. has adopted the siEnifi-
can't slogan to accompany the double
barred cross: I'm, this dm we shan
conquer"