New Britain herald., 1925-06-19
MANY CHILDREN
 ARE AFFECTED
I. B, Convention DiSClOSeS
 Important Facts


 sss ssnt st Che shildren between the AFss si Li and ia AEAuinsd in the siinlas q IAs AaAaa oh usslts Depart neat ., Pubts Health shsw signs o' uosruulsos mtsetish according to os H.ar1 Q. chadwiok's statement s.ssrs ths NAeienAI Tuberculosis as- sesaAtioA today. Between the ages Of 70 ana It Dt Chadwick reported lIs bsS sent sf children examined shss svidsnes st having had active uIbsrouiostA esvsntesn per cent of all laAtht from tubsroulosls occur between the ages oS ons and l9, and seven psr cent sf these are Of chll- drsA under 10 years of age, Dr.. Chat wtek pointed out the need for mors accurate dtagnosis and classi- he4ton or Juvenile tuberculosis, and urged ths physicians present 10 base thsiy diagno o1is upon careful con- MdsrNtion ot these Eve features:
 Ut A complete history of the child from the parents, particularly with regard to symptoms and other illnesses,
 tD A careful physical examlna- ton of ths child, including the nose, mouth. throat, neck, heart and lungs.
 (t) A Won Pirquet or other tu- esrcuiin skin test.
 (O An X.ray examination Of the chAst If the tuberculin has proved positive.
 (Sl A consideration of all other conditions that may possibly have caused congestion and disease, par tieularly of the nodes in the bronchi and traehes.
 Danger of Death
 Persons afflicted with tuberculosis are iB times more liable to die than persons who do not have the disease, according to q statement made this morning by pr. Louis Dublin, sta- ttstaeian of the Metropolitan Life rrFurancs Company. pr. Dublin pointed GU. that at least so0,000 per- sons have passed through the tuber- sulosis sanatoris of the United States tn shs last ten years, of whom close to 800 900 are still alive and showing the benefits Of reduced mortality in their respective communities.
 '"The conclusion to be drawn, therefore" said Dr. Dublin, lis that there are 5000 less deaths year from tuberculosis in this group of patients who have had treatment in vanatcria than if no sanatorium beds were available. The chances ot long, CT life for patients who have been to tuberculosis sanatoria and received proper Urea tment are considerably greater than for those who do not receive such treatment.
 "A tuberculosis death rate of 50 for each 100000 of population by 1880. approximately one-half of that at the present time will, believe, be found to he not far from actual fig ure in that year."
 Death Rate Figures
 Disclosing the fact that commun' iiiies with the highest death rate from tuberculosis show the smallest ratio of known cases of the disease Alice Nj. Hill, statistical field secre aary, that her researches also shove higher negro death rates were ac companied by a lower ratio O known cases, than among white per sons in the same cities.
 This apparent contradiction due, stated Miss Hill, to the fac that where only a small proportion of the total of actual cases ar' known to the authorities, person afflicted are beyond the reach O health measures and the high deatl rate results. Where the greates numebr of cases are known. the in dividuals can be sought out anc modern methods of tuberculosis prevention applied.
 The speaker urged the establish rnent of tuberculosis clinics for dis covering unknown cases, and em rhasized the need for more thorough reporting of cases to health author itles by physicians,
 Some form of tuberculosis wa found in 1966 persons out of 6,17 examined at S67 clinics held in T Indiana counties by Dr. James K stygall of Indianapolis, according t a report, made this morning. Tn clinics were under the auspices 0 the Indiana Tuberculosis Associa tions. The figures indicated tha Approximately one-third of the peP .a,. ,1la come to free health clinic