Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-09-30
HEALTH WORKERS MAKE MERRY
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is, the demand will far exceed the
supply Of public health nurses"
Health Officers Meet
The district health officers in Maine
held their annual meeting at 10
o'clock at the office of the State De-
partment of Health. DIR. c. F. Ken
dali presided, and the meeting was
one Of great interest and benefit to
the good attendance present.
Secretaries Hold Luncheon
The secretary section of the con-
ventiOn met shortly after 11.30 for a
luncheon meeting at the Augusta
House. r. V. Spencer, secretary of
the Massachusetts Tuberculosis
League, presided.
The question under discussion was
"Standards for Local Affiliated Or
ganiZations, and was opened with
Il round table led by Mr.. Spencer.
Frederic Edwards. executive secre-
tary of Hampden County Tubercu
losis Association, Springfield, Mass,
next opened a discussion of PRO
gram Which an Affiliated Organiza /,
ton Should Maintain
'B u n s-like Administration
Which Should Be Maintained" and
How Shall Desirable Standards Be
Secured and Maintained" were the
closing phases talked over, with Will
lis +. Chandler, executive secretary
Rhode Island Tuberculosiss Associa-
ton, Providence, Il. l., starting dis
cussion on the former topic, and
Frederic d. Hopkins, administrative
secretary National tuberculosis AS
| sociatiop, New York, leading the lat
ter.
Sanatorum Section
The meeting of the sanitorium sec
: ton which was scheduled for IL A.
M. was postponed until l =. M. due
to the unusual length Of the morn
ing program. 1t was held in the
Public Utilities Hearing Chamber and
the chairman was DR.. John Pinck-
ney. superintendent of the western
Maine sanatorium at Hebron.
The meeting was opened with a
paper on Tuberculosis in Children"
/ by DR.. Henry d. Chadwick, super
intendent Of the Westfield State San
atorium at Westfield. Mass.
| Tuberculosis in Children
| There are three distinct types of
tuberculosis in children" said DR..
! Chadwick, "the general or infantile,
the hilum or juvenile, and the apical
or adult form"
! "The infantile form usually results
fatally where infection occurs be-
! fore the age of two years. From this
| 1,> ~f Il
! TALLY modified by the production of a
steadily increasing immunity. After
children reach the age of five they
| rarely develop the infantie form of
tuberculosis"
"From to II the juvenile form
largely prcdominates. This period is
a golden interval of low mortality
between the infantile form on one
hand and the adult form on the other
both Of which have a very high
death rate"
THE adult type of tuberculosis
rarely develops before the age of 2
years. After this age it is met with
increasing frequency until the 18th
year when it becomes the usual
itNpc. The juvenile form after this
age is rarely found as an active dis
cage"
"Tc points upon which a diagnosis
of juvenile tuberculosis must be based
are these:
81. History of frequent solids oi
prcdi:posing Causcs such as measles
whooping cough and influenza. These
diseases lessen the rcSistone to in
fcction and tuberculosis disease fire.
qucntly follows in their wake.
.. symptoms of tuberculin toXae-
mia. viz-fatiGuc, malnutrition, anore-
Xia and ferbrile attacks.
5. Exposure to tuberculosis in The
home
4. Positive cutaneous tubcrculir
test.
S. Evidence of enlarged tracheo-
bronchial lymp modes and infltra
ton or thickening of the adjacent
trstlcs as demonstrated by physica
signs and confirmed by roontgcno-
gram"
Dr. Chadwick treated his various
points in a scholarly style. explain.
ing in scientific terms the various
symptoms that result in Il justiiiablt
diagnosis of tuberculosis.
Or l.. J. Rogers, superintendent o.
the Vermont state Sanatorium a
pittsficld. VT. was the next speaker
taking as his subject: What Yer
mont is Trying to DO for its Child
rem" Dir. Rogers prcaented in ;
very fnrcmGting manner n synopsi:
0f the work being done in the Greer
Mountain State to cut down the NOR
tality rate from tuberculosis amonf
it's little folks. He presented actua
cases and quoted nj some length from
the cases that had como to his per
sonal Knowledge His talk was lis
tened to with keen interest by those
present.
Need ChiIdren's Wards
DR.. Thomas A. Foster Of the Child
rens Hospital at Portland stressed
the need of special wards in ou
State Sanatorium to care for children
afflicted with tuberculosis of the
bone.
He quoted from experiences at The
Portland hospital where little child
rem needing care were turned away
because of lack OF room due to con
valescent children suffering with tu-
berculosis of tho bone. Several cases
have been brought to the hospita
that have had to remain from fiftecr
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