New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-13
State Charities
10 Extend Fight
OnTuberculosis
Use of Milbank Foundation
and the Expenditure of
81, OOO,O 600 i'm Next Five
Years Involved in Plan
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Rural County, Second.C Glass
City and 100000 Metro
pOlitan Area To Be Chosen

An extension of the anti-tuberculosis
campaign in New York State, which
VIII involve the expenditure of be-
tween 100000 and 100000 yearly for
nve years, was announced by the
State Charities Aid Association in the
second day Of its fiftieth anniversary
celebration yesterday at the Hotel
Biltmore.
The bringing up of these "shock
troops in the war against tuberculosis
was described by Homer Folks, secre-
tary Of the association, at the morn
ing session The afternoon was de-
voted to discussion Of plans for i'm
proving the treatment Of mental de-
fectives, led by c. Floyd Haviland
chairman of the State Hospital Com
mission.
HaviIand Takes Issue With Coler
Dr. Haviland took issue with state
ment recently attributed to Bird S.
Coler, in which it was said that many
sane persons were confined in the in
sane hospitals of the state.
I'm view Of the urgent necessity OF
reviewing overcrowding it is absurd tc
think that patients are ever improperly
detained in hospitals rs is sometime s
charged by the uniformed ad igno-
rant" DR.. Haviland said. "The pres
ent liberal parole policy shows that the
| hospitals are making every effort to re-
| store patients to society as soon as it
is consistent with the welfare of both
patient and society. The fact is there
ls far more danger that a mental pa
tient may fail to receive indicated hos.
pital treatment than there is of i'm
proper detention.
1.-THE fear of illegal commitment is q
heritage of the past, and is based on
false conceptions. 1t may be asserted
that no person in a normal mental con-
dltlon could under our present laws be
committed to state hospital. The
laws of New York respecting admis-
sion of patients are probably the mos,
enlightened of any such statutes yet
| framed"
| DR.. Thomas Salmon, medical adviser
Of the National Committee for Menta1
Hygiene, emphasized the Importance OF
dealing with mental detectives outside
of public institutions.
Milbank Foundation Aids Fight
The new program for tuberculosis
prevention involves the use of the Mil
bank Foundation, established by The
late Mrs. Elizabeth Milbank. It wa:
described in detail by John A. Kings
bury, secretary Of the foundation.
Impressed by the striking result,
obtained In birmingham, Mass.
through the intensive application o
well known measures for the prevention
Of tuberculosis, our board has decid
ed" he said, "to carry on similar dem
onstrations in New York State.
"The localities to be selected will
include rural county ranging in pop
ulation from $4,000 to rs 900; a secon,
class city, and it may also include
district with r population of at leas
100000 in q metropolitan city"
The Milbank Memorial Fund pur
poses to work through existing ma
tional, local and state tuberculosis as
sociations, through an advisory coun
Gil.
DR.. Matthias Nicoll, Deputy Stat
Health Commissioner, prophesied tina
in generation or two tuberculosis
will become a rare disease.