Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-04
BIG 7. B. WORK PLANNED
WITH FUND FROM SEALS
Associations Sole Means of
Revenue Is This Annual
Christmas Sale.
STAMP STAB AT WHITE PLAGUE
establishment OF Orcurrtinnal Du-
rcea fur PrctHbcrruIosis Patients
In schcme Nearest Heart of Officers
of Associntton-Co,ss About S5,01O.

That tho public may know just
what IL to DO done with tho money It
gives to tho Richmond tuberculosis
Association through the purchase OF
Christmas seals. DR.. Garnett Nelson,
president OF tho organization, states
that In addition to tho running ex-
ponses Of the office, including salaries
Of workers, there Is n wide and COM
prehansiSe program under way,
which. Il properly carried out. will
cost about $4,000. AS the sole means
of revenue comes from tho seal sale.
Il Is urgent. he asserts. that every
resident OF this city, large and small.
rich and poor, contribute by buying
rs literally AS possible, and Branch
Johnson. director Of tho sale, is bend
Ing all his efforts In that direction.
Each little stamp on a letter or pack
age means that somebody has made \
direct stab at the white plague.
clinics Arc Conducted.
DR.. Nelson's plan OF work comes
under four distinct heads. including.
nrs;. tho outlay OF $500 for the con-
duct OF clinics, which arc held for
both white and colored people every
month so that those suspected OF, or
known to have, the disease may be
examined and, when possible, sent to
sanatoria, and at least given instruc-
tons regarding living conditions and
treatment. This amount covers also
demonstrations and motion pictures
showing the care and treatment OF
the white plaEuc, the latter being
especially useful propaganda. The
second phase OF the work in which
DR.. Nelson is Interested is tho spend
ing of 5000 for course of twenty
Il Al
6red problems to he given at the
School of Social Work and Public
Health 10 all graduate nurses, pub
lie health nurses and student nurses
from all the local hospitals.
The third point in the mind Of the
president is the operation of the mod
crn health crusade, which is being
SO very we'll received in the schools,
both public and private, under the
leadership of Miss Claire Mccarthy,
in which IL is thought that prac-
ticaily all the boys and girls Of the
city soon will be enrolled.
For Occnpntionnl bureau.
But the scheme nearest TO the
heart o: the officers Of the associa-
tion and which is not touched by the
budget Is that OF establishing an oc-
cupational bureau for prctuberculosis
patients. Under prevailing condi-
lions, person employed in heavy
manual work may break down with
the disease in active form and may
be sent to q sanatorium for several
months, where Il big gain in weight
may be made and the disease so ar
rested that the patient appears to be
cured. but when that person returns
20 tho old Job second breakdown,
far worse than the first, often occurs
within 4 short time. The occupa-
tionnl bureau would find compare
lively light work for cX-paticnts.
either permanently, or at least until
their renewed strength has made a
nrm hold. for certain amount of
res; is said to be necessary to a COM
plete cure, and this too often cannot
be had in present circumstances. To
establish this much needed bureau
and operate il would cost approx
ma;ely $1,000. and II everybody helps
hy purchasing seals there is said &C
be every reason for thinking that
Richmond will soon have the bureau.