The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-09

The annual meeting of the Anti Tuberculosis league of Waterbury is scheduled to be held at 5 o'clock this afternoon at the Lincoln house. The report of William M, Harris, chairman for the past year Is as fOllows:--
 MT Roger Sperry. president
 The Anti-Tuberculosis league and The Board of Directors
 GentIemen:--
 Before discussing the work of the Anti-Tuberculosis league for the year 1880 should like to have you follow two of our cases from the doctors office to our clinic-to the home--tO the standardization back to the home-and to work again. think you will agree with me that 1t is an interesting adven- ture. We will first consider the case of Mir "C". He was referred to us by his physician for sana- tarium care and for supervision at home during the waiting period. Physical and x-ray examinations had shown marked and very ac- tive tuberculosis. Because Mir "C" was intelligent he Immediately set about following the advice which we gave him. He fixed up his back porch--went to bed and lived on the porch during .he long cold win ter. Early in the spring he was admitted to the state sanatorium and remained for almost a year when he was discharged He was advised to spend at least half the day at rest and little later arrangements were made for him to go back to his old job on half time. Soon he was able 10 work full day and now has been carrying the full time job for nearly year. All through the time at the sanatorium this man was helped financially by the league as 1t would have been impossible for him to have met this situation with out our assistance.
 The second case Is that of Mrs "S'' inc mother of five children. all un- der ten years. She, too, came to us through d physician. A definite but early lung lesion was found. It was just the type of case that nced- cd few months of rest. When she was told that she must leave home for time she cried. But we have no money and who will look after my chlldren" Arrangements were made for q relative to take charge of the home. Mrs IS" was sent to the Isolation hospital at the expense of this organization and at the end of three months she went back to her home and has remained on the road to recovery. She reports regu- larly to our clinic and follows the routine Of two to three hours of rest daily. This is merely another of he many cases which are coming to the attention of the Anti-Tubcrcu- losis League.
 The work of the Antl-Tubercu- sis League during the year 1880
 IS been characterized by increased
 pansion of the work of the Tu- rculosis Clinic at 35 Field street .id by the greater usefulness of the s0lation hospital for the care of pa- tents awaiting entrance to the State Sanatoria.
 Mrs George T. Jackson has been tireless in her efforts to make tho clinic outstanding in its service to the community. She has prepared 3l5 cascs for clinical examination in thirty-eight different clinics. This not only involves the assembling of medical and social history but also the recording of temperatures from day to day. securing. sputum andy. ses the taking of chest x-rays and other data which must be presented to the physician in charge of the clinic at the time of the examina- ton. In the case of very young chil- drcn It is necessary for her to secure tuberculin test.
 Waterbury owes n debt of grat!- tudc to Dr Cole E. Gibson of the Endercliff Sanatorlum who for ten years has been conducting the cx- uminatiops of our Tuberculosis Clinic. Dr Gibson has frequently made real sacrifices In order to be present at our clinic and never had he placed any other duty before that of t,.e Waterbury clinic. During the past few months Dr Gibson has had the voluntary assistance of a local physician in Dr James J. Hen- messy. 1tr Hennessy has made n special study of tuberculosis at Trudeau Eanatarium. at Saraanlc Lake and at Stony Wald sanitarium in the Adirondacks. Ills assistance has been greatly appreciated by Mrs Jackson and .Dr Gibson and has made possible much of the increased work at tte clinic this year.
 Xray examinations have been giv- en to over TWO hundred patients this year. As you know, they are made