The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-10-05
Anti tuberculosis
Meetings are Held
Here Last Monday

Blackfoot had series of anti
tuberculosis meetings last Monday
at the Commercial club rooms, con-
Quoted by speakers sent by the
state and national organizations,
which are financed by the sale OF
Red Cross stamps at holiday time,
/! The proceeds of the stamp sale are
| divided between the state, national
and county organizations so that
when a county raises $500 by the
sale of stamps they get $500 of It
to use in their own county.
The anti-tuberculosi crusade was
commenced in 1902 and in the
twenty years they have been operat-
ing they have reduced the deaths by
tuberculosis from 100000 per year
to 100000 per year. Their investi-
cations. show that for each person
who dies, with tuberculosis nine
other persons are infected as a re-
suit of its presence in the commun-
ity, SO for each case cured It means
the prevention OF something like
nine Others. - E .5s
Until recently it was thought that
the intermountain states had very
little tuberculosis except the cases
that came in from other states to be
cured by the climate. A survey or
test has been. made in all but five
counties OF Utah and large numbers
of them were, found infected. The
supposition is that II each of the
other intermountain states were
tested out in the same way it would
be found that Idaho has large num-
bers of them and needs to be up and
working. .nt .ass
It has been found that the work
Of the anti-tuberculosis crusade in
preventing that disease thru santa
ton, good food, good pure air, exer-
else and right living in general, not
only prevents and cures tuberculosis
but it prevents and cures practically
all the other diseases. The great
hope in stamping out the disease, is
to teach the young people how to
live. starting with the school child
rem and conducting health crusades
for their information and by this
means in the course of another gen.
Grafton, practically all of the people
will understand how to live and a
large percentage of them will be liv-
ing right. If the continued efforts
of the anti-tuberculosis organization
keeps on stamping out the disease
as it has in the last twenty years, 1t
will make very hopeful situation,
and what stamps out this disease
will stamp out other diseases at a
rapid rate.
The Monday meetings started off
with modest numbers but they held
practically all of their attendance
and kept increasing it, and at the
evening meeting there was a house
full of interested people. DR.. Gray
of st. Anthony, president OF the
Idaho Medical society, gave an adj
dress that was intended especially to
interest the physicians in more thoro
work and securing better living con-
ditions among the people. DR..
Gray's address was interesting and
humorous and kept the audience on
the tiptoe of alertness all the even
ing.
Bingham has strong organ!az-
tion of good workers and Blackfoct
is rated as one of the towns that
has taken hold in all the health
crusades and accomplished much for
the general good as we'll as for the
individuals. The work of Miss
Edith Countryman among the
schools, a year or more ago is a
foundation for much of the work
that is being carried forward now in
the homes by the individuals.