Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-01
TENTS AWAITING
TUBERCULAR CASES
Children's Health Camp
Ready for so Patients to
Receive Treatment.

A Village" Of tent houses on the hill
top near the oak woods at Fourteenth
and Upshur streets stands ready for
the coming tomorrow of a group Of so
boys and girls selected from the large
List Of those known to the Health De-
partment as having had contact with
tuberculosis or who are encountering the
disease In It's early and durable stage.
These are portion Of the several
hundred Washington children similarly
afaicted for whom the action of Con-
gress is now awaited to supply the ini-
tial funds for the erection of a Chill
dren's tuberculosis Sanatorium.
Yesterday this childrens health
camp had its preliminary inspection by
ofHcerS and members of the boarad Of
directors of the Washington Tuberculo-
sis Association, under whose auspices 1t
will again be conducted this season, as
IN the past, with a portion of the funds
raised by the sale Of Christmas seals.
New Superintendent Here.
The inspection also was in the ma
Elre OF reception to the new super
mtendent Of the camp, Miss Grace "
Mcguire. and her assistant, Miss Mabel
Tallmadge, both Of whom come from
Albany, N. r., and to Mrs. Marietta
Chiles Smith, second assistant super
visor; Mrs. NJ. z. Meyers, night nurse,
and other members of the star and
Mrs Ernest r. Grant, as chairman
OF the children's health camp COM
mittee and also Of the Children's Sana-
torium committee, in a talk expressed
the wish that every member of Con-
gress could see the provision made at
the camp for the so tuberculous chill
dren now enrolled, that they might re-
aliSe the need of the $50 similar chill
dren for whom no provision can be
made until the sanatorium is built.
nrs. Grant reviewed the history Of the
camp and outlined It's plans for the
present season which. beginning tomor-
row, will continue until late Fall.
DR.. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent
OF public schools, spoke of his indorse-
tnent of the camp and its work, which
this season will mean taking the chill
dren directly from the special health
schools at the end of each days ses-
sion. Approval also was voiced by
Henry B. Larned. vice president of the
Beard of Education.
Hatch Presents Officers.
Acting Secretary Wallace Hatch of
the tuberculosis Association presented
Miss Mcguire and her two assistants,
Miss Mabel Tallmadge, who also comes
from Albany; Mrs. Marietta Chiles
smith, from Richmond, va; DIR. Viola
r. Anderson, head of the child health
education department, and members of
her staff. Walter S. Ufford, for many
years secretary of the tuberculosis As
ISOLATION, and DR.. j. w. Peabody, who
as superintendent of the tuberculosis
Hospital 4s the medical director OF the
camp, all emphasized the fact that the
goal of the camp is to demonstrate the
need of a children's sanatoriun Others
present we're Mrs. Joseph Sanders, Will
lard Smith, r. J. Posson, DR.. G. T.
Tignor, Miss Anita Turner. physical
training director of the public schools;
Mrs. Agnes H. Stewart. director Of oc-
cupational therspy of the tuberculosis
Hospital: Ernest r. Grant. Edwin 8.
Potter and Mrs, Kendall Forester. hon.
orary secretary of the National Tuber-
culosis Association of Bengal, India.