Arizona republican., 1921-08-01
CARE IF MIGRATORY
 .TUBERCULARS COSTLY ID LOCAL RESIDENTS

TO LOCAL RESIDENTS
 According to a statement issued today by T. c. Cuveilier, director of the bureau of tuberculosis of the Arizona. state board of health, the first authentic figures covering the extent of the migratory indigent tu- berculosis problem in the south western states are now ready for publication, and the fact is brought out that Phoenix carries the heav- fest financial burden of any city in the union in meeting this problem.
 In the spring of 1921, the National Tuberculosis association, in co-oper- ation with state and local anti tuberculosis associations, made a thorough survey of this problem in the centers of population to which it has long been known that numbers of tubercular persons come. The centers covered were Colorado Springs, Denver, Fl Paso, Phoenix, Los Angeles and San Antonio. The information was secured from only authentic case record cards in. the files of the various charitable and social agencies, both public and pri- vate The figures cover one years time, i. e., the year 1920.
 In the six cities covered by the survey, a total of 1919 indigent tu- berculosis cases were uncovered. This means on an average, one indi- gent tuberculous case to every 155 of the entire population of those cities. The figures show, however, that Phoenix, with the smallest population. 29.5o3, has the greatest number of indigent tuberculous pa tieilts to the population. namely. one to every 5S persons in the city. Col orado Springs. with practically the same population, has but one tuber- culous case to every IS of the population. Fl Paso has one to every Il of her population, Denver one to every 156 and Los Angeles one to every 1S6. San Antonio has one to every 264.
 The survey showed that 63 per cent of all the tuberculous cases in the six cities had resided there for less than two years at the time they appealed to the agencies for relief. The greatest proportion of on-resi- dent cases in any of the six cities surveyed was found to be in Phoenix where S3 per cent of the cases had come from other states. San Anto- nio showed but 36 per cent non- resident cases. Los Angeles and Denver showed GA per cent and 6s per cent, respectively. Fl Paso showed 47 per cent. In compiling the aggregate of the various sums of money expended in these six com munities in affording relief to indi- gent migratory consumptives, the survey shows again that Phoenix was compelled to carry the heaviest bur- den and the sum expended upon these cases was equivalent to $1.75 for every resident of the city. El Paso and Denver carried an ap- proximately equal financial burden, the former being 45 cents per capita and the latter 50 cents. Colorado Springs, being a smaller community, bore a per capita cost of S1. The cost per capita in Los Angeles was 31 cents These costs. 1t must be understood, are the average expense for every resident of these cities in caring for the tuberculous eases who migrate west seeking health.
 | Mr. CuveIIier stated that Arizona | looks to national organizations and | to congress for eventual aid in solv- | our state now bears in meeting this problem. However. Arizona is ir duty bound, as are all other states | to develop those activities which vii tend to prevent her own people from l contracting tuberculosis. The bu- reau of tuberculosis of the state | board of health in cooperation witf the Arizona Anti Tuberculosis asso
 citation will shortly inaugurate ant l develop a work of this nature. Th'
 bureau will work in co-operatiol | with the state and national tubercu I losis associations.
 In January. 1921. the National Tu l berculosis association closed it's six
 teenth year of active work in tn
 fight on tuberculosis in the Unite
 States. In these 16 years. the Ma
 tional Tuberculosis association ha . itself spent approximately s1.000,000,
 900. With this money it has devel
 oped gigantic health machine, bot
 public and private, which in the yea ] 1920 alone spent s40.000,000.
 Represented in lives, the declin in the death rate from tuberculosi : in this period is a saving of 5000 lives during the year 1920. A stat tuberculosis association has bee formed in every state. each with
 full time executive in charge an : over HOO local tuberculosis socie
 ties have been established. Seve
 hundred tuberculosis hospitals an
 sanitariums have been established
 $50 dispensaries and clinics hay
 been opened. and over 1000 open-al
 schools. Three thousand speci;
 tuberculosis nurses are now at wor
 in connection with the dispensarie
 and clinics and out-patient depart
 ments of the hospitals.
 Over 7,000,000 school children al
 enrolled as Modern Health Cru ' saders' and are receiving intensiy instruction in health habits throug |, the modern health crusader move , ment. This movement will be use in Arizona by the bureau of tubercr
 losis and the Arizona anti-tubercl
 losis association as the education
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