The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-21
S4,1O0 SMALL sum
TO USE IN TEACHING
HEALTH TO COUNTY

The following statement, relative to
the campaign to be carried on in this
county against tuberculosis, was sub
mitted Monday:
If the 1922 campaign against tuber-
culosis is to be carried on successfully,
the county must meet the quota of
s4,100 This amount may seem large
to those who are not informed, but
any business man knows that S4,10O
is small overhead charge in bust
ness which delivers health insurance
to $4,000 people. Eight cents head
per year is the average cost, but look
at the returns that will be made for
this low average.
The tuberculosis association will
be able to employ a nurse who will
give her whole time to the work for a
whole year and cover the whole coun-
ty. Nursing is skilled labor of very
high grade and it will cost at least
$500 to retain an efficient nurse,
Since this nurse is to serve the entire
county, transportation is very I'M
portant factor in her efficiency. She
could rely on trains and interurbans
and taxicabs, but at high cost OF
money and loss of time, therefore 1t Is
planned to provide the nurse with a
car Transportation will thus be Sc
cured at the low cost of 5000 year
for the whole county.
Clinics will have to be established
for those who are physically able &c
attend them. These will cost approx
mately 1920 for the year. A health
crusade must be carried on continually
and it costs money to spread intorma
ton by word of mouth and the printed
page The amount estimated fol
teaching and demonstrating health tol
the whole county is $500.
Attacks Children
Tuberculosis attacks children be
cause childhood is the most suscept
ible period of life. Children with low
resistance fall easy vistims to its at
tacks. Too many parents either az
not know what to feed their children
| or else are too poor to provide a prop
er diet That is why milk lunches
have been introduced into schools, no
as a fad, but as a necessary factor il
| child development. Because funds
are lacking, such lunches as were tur
| HlSn6u ldSI year nave hpt pCCh SCI -
| this year, AMI teachers are askini
| why.
"All the association las to offer I
some straws left over from last veal
Straw is a poor substitute for milk
| but a straw is a mighty fine means o
! getting milk out of a l.Glf-pint bottl
! into the stomach of an undernourishe
child Six hundred dollars will pre-
vide for milk lunches for a whole yea
and stop the slaughter of the innC
| cents.
"Other items equally necessary ar
| included in the budget for 1922 and al
must be insured if success is to resul
! from the associations work. Bushes
men should include social insuranc
with fire, accident, liability and othe
inurance. Social insurance should b
| included as an essential, not as an. e.
ira. This year health bonds, rangin
in value from s. to $1,000 will be offeI
ed for sale.
Other places buy them as eagerl
as if they yielded ! 900 per cent. Tha
part of the public which is educate
up to the possibility of defeating oil
man T. B., is anxious to wind up hi
career There must be such people
Richmond. Let them set the eXampl
by buying heavily and not easing the
consciences with buying 10 cent
worth of seals Men deal in dollars
not in dimes"