The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-10-29
tuberculosis Survey in Mar
shall and Lewis Counties
Followed by Statewide is
innate of Mortality.

Over Fnrt! delegates r"rr"scn' ng IT,
teen counties ;n,iud.rs Br"oEe. SnNeue.
lI1lr!SuH. kau,w IN. Logan. Marshal.
Marion. Mercer. Mr!'"weli, Mason, VI N
erAi. M"uuug,lIa. lr.Eiun. Taylor an
Webster counties. attended tar frs:
aruna. meeting of the West Virginia
TihrrcuiosiS Associate on at rhnrlcst"u.
THIS week Addresses Werr made hN
IN" President &. H. Rurkda!e. o.:
charleston. MIR. James \. l.l&iu. p"rS!-
cent ~ the state buai -: control! Dr
" = i-nshnw. commissioner ~ the
state board o: health. Mr.. George :.
! l.L!d;ry. superintendent az the Charles
! :"n schools. lIr. George w Nctc. d!rr'-
! tor OF tuberculosis -rHd'rntiom lated
| states department OF agriculture. and
| Mr.. Paul l.. Reriamt!", uf III" N-ld staff
! * the National Tuberculosis AssoCia-
: tnn. Tho annual report OF the eHecu-
: tive secretary. George G. ROneu and
the treasurer. Walter o. iemm!rk show
i eel that wonderful! progress has been
! made since tho association wts re
organized In CNarksburg last October.
President BnrkSda!- emphaS'zed tho
ne, easily OF educational work among
the children IN the various counties and
urged taat physiclaRb avail thc!nHrlTes
of the opportunity offered ut tho state
sana;orum for the study of :Therru-
lusIs. that greater L"d!"a service
cau be rendered 10 the community In
finding the cases In thc carly stages
when the disease can Ne arrested. He
stated that s245O0 has been spent hy
local committees md $500 by the state
headquarters during tho past year ~
combating tuberculosis In w"s; Nlr-
4 -
the sale OF Christmas seals N this stat"
las; December.
TWO Thousand Deaths Annually.
The report OF the executive SECRETARY
described the surveys and demonStra-
tions that have been made by tn" staff
IN ten counties since las; January.
These counties are Barbour. Eahel.
Harrison. Lewis. Marion. Marshall. Nc
poweN. Mineral Tyler and Wetzel 1t
has been ascertaIned hy the surveys
conducted In Marshall and Lewis Cnun.
ties and by comparison with the stat!"-
t'cS Of states bordering on West N!r-
S!nIa that the annual number OF deaths
from tuberculosis in this state IS over
1000. In some rural Schon!s physical
examinations of the children have
shown that so per cent of tn" pupils are
from seven to twenty pounds under
weight and that over IS per cent have
detects such as diseased tonsNs adc.
noIds and dccayed teeth that ought 1"
BE- corrected. Many OF these children
manifest symptoms OF tuberculosis. The
report points cut the possibilities az
forded by the Christmas seal sac 70
raise funds for the employment ~ pub
l.c health nurses and other trained
IN he 10 =
arrange IL have clinics conducted to
h"!p restore the children To good coHd'-
ton and to carry on instructive educA-
tonal campaigns for the prevention Of
disease Tho secretary stated that at
least ST, 900 will be needed 10 carry out
q program OF personal service In sur
veys and educationa campaigns during
l:2 One % the features OF the christ
mas seal sale which will begin Novcn-
Der IS the day after Thanksgiving, Will
be the sale Of health bonds 70 obtain
subscriptions OF IS 10 350n, The cou-
pons on the bonds may be redeemed
for Christmas seals. Tho seals Will Ice
placed on sale December LIST. 1t has
hedn estimated that the seven million
Christmas seals ordared for distr!bu-
tion In West Virginia would extend a
distance OF ITO miles IL placed erd %
end
offiosrS Elsctsd.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing week: President. Or. G..
n. Rarksdalr. Charleston; vice prcs'-
dent Mrs. &. O. Henry. FAirmont: trens-
urer, walter O. Hemmick. Charleston:
secretary Mrs. F. l.. Black. RluefelG:
members Of the executive committee.
Or. Barksdale. Mr.. HemmiCk. Mrs. Black
] NJ y. pownes. Buckhannon. Nat T.
Frame. MorEantown; pr. John william
Moore Charleston. Miss Nan Hepburn.
Piedmont: Dr. walter f. Vest. Hunting
ton: Mrs. Cora r. Ogden. Salem.
The following were elected 10 mem
hership on the board OF directors for n
term OF four years TO replace those