The Denver Jewish news., 1924-08-07
An Appeal To Our Friends
Help Us Solve an Old, Ever New Problem in Tubercu-
lOsis-NO Other Group Racial Or Religions in United
States That Has Done So Much Life Saving Among
Its tuberculosis as Did the Jews.

For the last quarter of century Jews of the United
states have done valiant anubercuosis work There isn't
other group racial religious United States that has
dcne much fesavng ubercuous did the Jews
They have built anaoriums the of California Colorado,
Illinois Missouri New York. Jersey, Maryland and Pennsy
vana At the time the bed capacity for Jewish patients
in the United States reaches the respectable number of LOO
waiting list applicants for admission many
of the institutions still long and the demand for accommoda
ons still heavy can nevertheless that the problem OF
the admission of the ubecuous Sanaoriums nearing sou
ton is longer problem the least is
VAN hope to be able to admit all the tbecuous Immediately upon
their making applications and therefore, it simply matter
Of decreasing the time of their waiting But whether applicant
waits month three months before he admitted eventually
all the uberculous get into Sanatora
The problem which looms large at present from
which has hitherto but attention and study
paradoxca but is the patients who received treatment
Sanatorums and have been discharged Cured disease
arrested that make the problem The first chapter the sad
story reads as follows:
An analysis made of the patients Sanaorum
the JCRS the year 1923 disclose augh
with possibilities danger for the future of work
the Jews 293 patients have been admitted the
torum during the 1928 OF these
time inmates of the Jewish Consumpves Relief Society
and quite number of them have back for treatment
within after they have been discharged AZ patients of the
293 have been of the National Jewish Hospital for
Consumpves Many of them have after they had
been discharged from that institution within few months These
two institutions have therefore supplied the JC 1923 with 2s
patients in other words onehd of patients admitted
during the 1928 unable for another
hold their and keep their health which they eganed in these
two institutions Some of these patients carefully and ten
dery treated for monhaye years only lose what they
gained few weeks months and to seek relief in the Sana
torum of the JCRS The admission of such the Sana
orum and of them had been admitted three and four
tmes Others who need Sanatoum for the
first time in their lives from entering institution If this
dton continues and the patients discharged from the ns
tuons will continue to to the JCRS again and again.
be easily predicted that the number of epeaters will in
from until the Sanatoum of the JCRS will be
filled exclusively with hem the utter exclusion all
What is the of these frequent relapses? What the
that the patients of these institutions
charge break down and frequently scrutiny
of the admitted leaves doubt the
purely economic in its nature discharged
from either of the institutions
rested They given instructions hygienicay so
to be able to retain their health Some of them told
they work whole day at light work Others
they work only half day Now after they have
amidst pleasant sanitary surroundings slept flooded
with sunshine downy beds made nen ate
from the fat of the land and the little and big readily
cheeruy graed they suddenly obliged
ton They have to look for healthy
They must live where board and lodging the cheapest During
the first few weeks the the new situation
perhaps felt by the patient goes he finds
that he not equal to the task He loses his appetite
ing cough increases he feels begins grade tenn
and eventually there
and unable from his bed The haven
refuge.
number of people interested the subject tuberculosis
have discussed this matter and have
conceived the following idea which the
people at large and especially with those
two institutions before and who residing Denver
The plan consists in opening boarding house for people
who work Denver which
will be furnished at minimum of dollar
dollars week This will supervision
of board of physicians who will watch the cleanliness
sanitation of the home the quality quantity of
keep surveillance the health of its inmates 1t hoped
by tightening the economic burden workers by medical
supervision these breakdowns ard reapses will and
less frequent and eventually become history stitch
in time nine"
In order to form idea how many such cases will
avail themselves of this respectfully friends to
communicate with the undersigned
c. D. SPIVAK,
Sanatorium Colorado