Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-01
BIC CHRISTMAS
SEAL CRUSADE
1000, 900 Stamps Sent Out
at tuberculosis League
Headquarters Here

The Middlesex County Tuberculo-
sis League has sen out from ITS
headquarters at 102 Smith street.
over 1000, 900 Christmas Seals to
the citizens of Perth Amboy. The
league relies largely on the mai! sale
as a means of conducting its cam
paigns. This year, however. the
American Legion Auxiliary are max
ing a personal solicitation of factor
les. Mrs. Jean Thompson IS chair
man of the committee and the other
members include Mrs. G. Baldwin,
Mrs. S. Hill, Mrs. j. Bergman. Mrs.
II. Ryan, Miss Meshrow, Mrs. Hol-
ger Holm, Mrs. /. Schimurek and
Mrs. j. Clark. Miss Anna Quigg has
! charge of the distribution of posters
and Advertising material. This is be-
ing accomplished through the irter-
ested groups of boy scouts. All of
the motion picture theatres are now
showing slides of the Christmas Seal.
The Crescent Theatre has been show
ing a trailer of Christy MattheWson
fighting tuberculosis and well on the
road to recovery.
Nearly so, 000,0 900 Christmas Seals
have been distributed by the New
Jersey Tuberculosis League to the
various affiliated organizations and
others interested in promoting h
sales and 1t is expected that the num-
her sold last year will be exceeded
by at least 5000. 900. Schools. de-
partment stores and various frater-
nal organizations, as well as several
of the larger public utility corpora
lions of the state. have expressed a
willingness to aid in promoting the
sale of the seals, one of the utility
companies agreeing to distribute
$50. 900 copies of a pamphlet advo-
eating the sale of Christmas Seals
and showing the work accomplished
from the proceeds of the sales.
The idea of using q seal to secure
funds with which to fight tuherculo-
sis was conceived by Miss Emily P.
Bissell, of Delaware, in 1907, being
an adaptation of the plan of selling
seals for other purposes IN Sweden
and Denmark. The plan steadily
grew in favor and c~oincident with
the increased sale of seals she death
rate from tuberculosis has steadily
declined. In 1904 the death rate
per 100, 900 was 204. Last year the
death rate per 100, 600 was ninety
three. While the entire decrease
cannot be attributed to the work re-
suiting from the sale of seals, 1t is
admitted that a considerable proper
ton of the decrease can be credited
to the resulting work.
The proceeds of the Christmas
Seals have played a large part a Sc
curing hospitals for the ~tuberculous,
nursing and clinical service, open
air schools, ~preventoria, nutrition
classes, day camps and outings for
the anaemic and in producing edu-
cational literature, lectures and mo-
ton pictures for the people Of the
state. The seal carries a message of
health and good will not only to the
sick but to the thousands of others
who are safeguarded from infection.
In 1916 there were 4,429 deaths
from tuberculosis in New Jersey
while IN 1921 there were 3,025. a saw
ing of 1,404 lives, an economic saw
ing in life of over 100000 anru-
ally, basing the value of a human
life at $4,000. a figure set by Prof.
Irving Fisher Of Yale, n of the
leading economists of the country.
There were 129 deaths from pulmon-
airy tuberculosis in Middlesex coun-
ty last year. This represents a NOR
tally rate of &c per hundred thou
sand population. Experts from the
National tuberculosis Association
have estimated that at least 2 per
of the population are infected
with tuberculosis. OF the 169,750 |
residents of Middlesex county g.
395 have tuberculosis.
The battle is far from won, how
ever, and the fight must be carried
on. The Christmas Seal offers a
tangible opportunity for everyone 10
take part in an enterprise which
directly increases the nations Wig
or at a time mhen the motto Of all
should be. "Peace on earth, good
will to men"