The log cabin Democrat., 1921-11-19
SEALS HELP IN EDUCA.
 TIONAL CAMPAIGN

The Arkansas Tuberculosis Associ- ation proposes to inaugurate during the coming year an intensive educa- tional program to demonstrate to the people of the State the necessity for one sanitarium bed for every death from tuberculosis.
 "Yearly 5000 people die in Arkan- sas from tuberculosis" says Miss Erie Chambers, executive secretary of the Tuberculosis Association, ''every one of whom leaves like le- gacy to family and other contacts. The Tuberculosis Association has a very definite program to reduce the mortality from this terrible disease. The State has beds for only 18O tu- berculosis patients, when the need is for 5000. This contrast must startle even the most minimizing. The proposed program to correct this con- dition has been endorsed by the State Health Officer, Dr. c. w. Garri- son, and includes a clinic for every 3O.OO0 people where free diagnosis may be given. It also provides for full time county or district health of- ficers to enforce sanitary regulations, secure reports of communicable di- sease and segregate patients where necessary. The health officer must have at his disposal adequate labora- tory facilities and one visiting nurse for every 5000 population.
 "The program of the Arkansas Tu- berculosis Association can best be &C., complished by county tuberculosis as- sociations directing the Modern Health Crusade and other educational work reaching into every home. This work teaches the principles of sani- tation, hygienic living and that tu- berculosis is communicable disease NOT inherited-that it IS DURABLE and that it IS RENEWABLE.
 "Open-air schools must be provided in the more populous centers for children predisposed to this disease, and in the rural districts the school buildings must be reconstructed to conform to health standards. The chief difficulty in the work of stamp ing out the scourage has been in the impossibiity of getting an early dia- gnosis of the cases. Seeing the doc tor is put off until the patient has sacrificed his best chance of recovery. Therefore, the necessity for clinics where free diagnosis may be given IS clearly demonstrated need. In or der that clinic may be fully effec- tive the follow-up work of visiting nurse is essential.
 "One of our county workers recent ly reported that during the past ses- sion one actively tuberculous child was taken from every school in town and from one school four were re- moved, which emphasizes the need of open air schools for children predis- posed to tuberculosis.
 "The Christmas Seal Sale just be- fore the holidays each year provides the funds to carry on this educational and preventive campaign.
 During the war, owing to drives of various kinds, the tuberculosis work did not receive the financial SUD- port it 30 sorely needed. Now that the war is over, public conscience should awaken to the needs of our i own people and it should receive the interest and active financial supper. it deserves"
 The Christmas Seals are sold all over Arkansas. If there are no rep, resentatives of the Association ir your community they may be had from the Arkansas Tuberculosis As sociation, Little Rock, Ark.