The Republican., 1925-11-26
TUBERCULOSIS CLAIMS 5
DEAD IN GARRETT COUNTY
Active Cases In County Last
Year TOtaled Approx
mateIy As

According to record given out by
the State Health Department there
were five deaths in this county last
year from tuberculosis, and there
were approximately forty-fve active
cases.
According to the most authoritative
records available, approximately 100,-
900 in the United States died from
this dreaded disease during 1924, and
it is estimated that there are at least
100000 active cases of the disease at
the present time.
Although the death rate from this
disease has declined almost yearly
since 1900, and has been more than
cut in half, there still remains much
to be done.
The vigorous campaign which is
now being waged all over the country
under the leadership of the National
and State tuberculosis Association
and their county branches is for the
purpose of raising funds with which
to continue the combat against this
terrible scOurge.
More than 23,000,0O0 tuberculosis
Christmas Seals have been allotted to
the State of Maryland, and the Mary
land tuberculosis Association and its
county branches are now making a
special effort to dispose of this allot-
ment of seals in this State
Seventy percent of all the returns
collected in this county will remain in
the county for health work. The
thirty percent which is sent to the
State Association is used to help sup
port the" Miracle House, "at Claiborne,
Maryland. and the regular monthly
tuberculosis clinics which have been
conducted by the State Association
for more than year.
The activities of the State Associa-
ton and it's branches which will be
continued next year provided the
seal sale returns are sufficient are:
/. The "Miraile House." a pre-
ventorium for undcrnourished and
underweight children of Maryland, To-
Gated at Claiborne, Maryland. Last
summer more than two hundred and
forty Maryland children received this
preventorium care and treatment.
?. Nursing Service Part of the
money obtained from the sale of
Christmas Seals is used, in a number
of the counties, to help support a
Public Health Nurse.
>. tuberculosis Clinics. Clinics
have been conducted in the counties
for more than a year in cooperation
with the health authorities and physi.
clans. These clinics have rendered and
are still rendering a distinct service
to the people Of the country who are
unable to pay for a consultants
examination. Known cases of tuber-
culosis suspects and contacts are eX-
amined when referred by family ply
sician for corroboration Of diagnosis.
This has resulted in a number of
early cases being subsequently recon-
mended for sanitorium treatment.
4. Child Health Education. This
service is for the purpose of assisting
the county school teachers indevevlop-
ing health habit formation in the
children through performance of
Health Rules
5. Education And Publicity
Through this service the Association
tries to inform the public through the
press publication, motion pictures.
and posters and exhibits that tubercu-
losis is preventable and that it may
very often be cured if discovered in
its early states.
1t may be truthfully said that
tuberculosis Christmas Seals are
'Stickers for Health" Use them.