The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-05-12
AN INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC
HEALTH.

Money expended in Public Health
by this State represents one of the
best, II not the best investment the
State can make. The State Board of
Health under the State Commissioner
of Health, Doctor T. f. Abercrombie,
through the various divisions, is doing
a large and important work for the
State of Georgia.
The State Sanitorium for Tubercu-
losis is q division of the State Board
of Health and in this particular in
stitution your Board of Health Is doing
all in its power to solve the great
problem of curing tuberculosis. 1t is
teaching her people how to take care
of themselves and how to save the
future generations from this scourge.
tuberculosis is practically always
contracted in childhood. That is to
say, the infection or entrance of the
germ into the body occurs in child
hood. The development of the disease
may not take place until later in life,
and the result from overwork, intern
perance in alcohol exercise, or social
function. Crowding an adolescent
boy or girl in school, sometimes re-
suits in kindling 4 childhood infection
into an active tuberculosis. The in
fictitious diseases in childhood, measles,
whooping cough, scarlet fever, grippe,
may be the factor causing the devel-
opment of the active disease.
The most dangerous period, so far
as taking the disease is before the
age of Is. This is not to be construed
as a statement that the infection
may not occur in adult life, but by far
the majority of infections take place
in the first fifteen years of life. 1t is
also fact that exposure to Tubercu-
losis in adult life is less likely to re-
suit in infection than in childhood
and infancy
The best protection against infec
ton is a strong resistance, which does
not necessarily mean strong muscles,
but healthy functioning of all the or
gans of the body. A clean regular
life, with moderate exercise; clean
healthy body makes for this proper
functioning and stronger resistance to
disease of all sorts. A body weakened
by excuses of any sort, by disregard
of proper bathing, proper exercise,
proper eating, by bad moral habits,
too little sleep, is body already liable
to entrance of tubercle bacilli and 9th
err disease-causing germs.
Should you be one of those per
sons who has already been infected
with tubercle bacilli as result of
ignorance or disregard of hygienic
laws, or of false counsel, you should
at once set about to repair the damage
already done. The way to 60 about |
this is to consult your physician and
take his advice at once. He will prob
ably advise you to take Sanatorlum
treatment at once. If you have been
pronounced Tuberculosis make applica-
ton Immediately to a good Tubercu-
losis Sanatorium and enter there at
the first opportunity. Do not delay
longer than necessary. Time mere
means life or DEATH tuberculosis is
durable in direct ratio to the earliness
of diagnosis and treatment
Taking patent medicines only loses
time. / atent medicines, cod liver Oil,
mixtures, and serums do not cure
tuberculosis. All advertised cures for
Tuberculosis are advertised and sold
to improve the pocket of the manu-
facturer. not to cure the patient.
The State OF Georgia has establish
ed a Sanatorium. where you can be
cured. You need not leave the EN-
pire State Of the South to be cured.
The State bears the largest part OF
the financial burden. The charge for
board and treatment is less than half
the actual cost to the State. And If
YOU are not able to pay, the State
will nay all costs You should pay
vour share in order that the State
Sanatorium may care for larger
number of people who would not be
able to take treatment at all on &C
count of lack Of funds.
Back your State by keeping physlc-
ally fit yourself Help keep others
well. Help those persons in our Com
monwealth who cannot pay for their
treatment. Help the State Tubercu-
Iosis Sanatorium, by your own inter
est and by keeping the Legislature IN
terested to the extent of appropriating
sufficient funds to care properly for
a larger number Of sufferers from III
berculosis.
Remember, the State whose people
are happiest and most prosperous, IS
the State whose people are the heal
thiest DO your bit and do it now, in
this investment in public health