The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-11-16
STATE HEALTH OFFICIAL
ADDRESSED CIVIC CLUB
On tuberculosis At Meeting Held
Tuesday Afternoon

Barnes of the Maryland tuberculosis
Association, in an address before the
Oakland Civic Club, Tuesday after
noon.
Rural health conditions in gen.
! eral," DR.. Barnes affirmed, care not
what they should be. There is two
and one-half times as much typhoid
in rural sections of the State as in
| the City of Baltimore, because Balti-
more has an efficient, we'll paid health
department and the rural sections
have not.
"One-third of the school children
of Garrett county are at least ten per
cent undernourished, and every one
of these undernourished children is
either tuberculous or pre-tuberculous.
"To fight tuberculosis is the aim of
our association. Every phase of pub
lie health affects tuberculosis. The
! fight is varied; it must be carried
against every form of unhealthful
living. Whatever promotes public
health helps in forwarding the work
, of the tuberculosis Association.
! "The reduction of the death rate
from tuberculosis in Maryland during
| the past four years has been great: in
1918 there were about 2900 deaths, in
1921 about 1900 deaths-a reduction
of over 900 a year"
|, Summing up the means by which
the tuberculosis Association is work.
ing toward further reduction of the
death rate. DIR. Barnes said:
public health lectures are given
in different parts of Maryland.
Postgraduate clicics for physic-
clans are being established thruout
the State. These clinics aim to present
to practicing physicians the latest
discoveries in the recognition of early
stages of tuberculosis and the most
up-to-date methods of its prevention
and cure. About twenty such clinics
have been held in the State during the
past year.
'In the schools health crusades are
being conducted. Prevention of to-
morrow's tuberculosis is true educa-
tion as we'll as individual teachers are
influenced by our Association to co.,
relate health education with the re-
ular curriculum. In writing, for N
stance, there is an opportunity for tire
copy and the consequent emphasis Of
maxims like
4 wash my hands before meals:
4 brush my teeth twice a day:
4 sleep ten hours day:
4 cover my mouth with a hand
/ kerchief when l sneeze.
81 n history pupils can come to rec
ognize, for example, that modern san
itary measures have made typhoid
fever almost unknown in the United
States army.
"Tubercular children are taken to
our Associations summer camp at
Clairbourne and every effort is made
/ to bring them up to normal weight
and condition. The authorities in
sist upon the correction of these chill
drens physical defects, like diseased
teeth, tonsils, and adenoids. Regular
hours, ten hours of rest a day, whole
some food, plenty of it, with no
! 'piecing', and supervised play, bring
health to practically every child in
Clairbourne. Four and four tenths
pounds a month-nine times the nor
NAL gain-was the average gain last
summer.
Facts concerning the means of
checking tuberculosis. development
! are being spread among adults by the
tuberculosis Association. Alternating
of stress at critical periods, especially
after an illness like typhoid or whoop-
ing cough, or after an operation is a
principle that is being carried into
many a home. A periodic physical
examination is urged for every indi-
vidual. Every one should know
whether he is 100 per cent perfect
physically; if he is not, he should,
under his physicians direction, strive
to attain physical perfection.
"Seventy-five per cent of the money
received in Garrett County from the
sale of our Christmas seals stays in
this county for use in health work
here. Only twenty-five per cent goes
to the tuberculosis Association to
help little in carrying out the great
campaign I have just outlined"
DR.. Barnes final plea was, "Buy
cur Christmas stamps"
DR.. c. c. McCulloch, Deputy State
Health Officer for Garrett and Ale
gany counties, was present at this
meeting and expressed great interest
in this county's health work, especial
ly in the possibility of securing ths
services of a public health nurse.
DR.. McCulloch annofunced that he
will bring DR.. J. H. Mason Knox tc
Oakland next Wednesday afternoon tt
speak in the Civic Club rooms at two
! o,c1OcE "a raa1 traatv said nr Mo