Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-11-29
ANNUAL CAMPAIGN
ON TUBERCULOSIS
is wINAUGURATED
Proceeds of Seal Sale Are
Used in Combating
The Scourge

Auc NCOpuSO
Every 20 hours, at least one
person in Montana dies from tub
erculosis-that ever-preseut men,
ace to the health and lives of man,
which is the chief aus of all
deaths occurring between the
ages of Is and 40.
Tomorrow, on Thanksgiving
day, another campaign against the
disease will be started in the state
by the Montana tuberculosis as
ISOLATION, the organization this
has been partly responsible for the
reduction of the tuberculosis death
rates during the mast 81 years.
The sale of Christmas seals,
proceeds from which are devoted
to the preventive and curative
work of the tuberculosis associa-
ton, will be carried on by pupils
of the public schools, according to
the custom here, was the an
nouncement this week of Mrs. H.
B. Field, county director of the
seal sale.
tuberculosis has been one of
the common diseases of the hu-
man flesh ever since men became
men, but some of the simple facts
as to its nature and cause, it's
death dealing powers, economic
costs, prevention and cure, are
comparatively unknown to most
people.
1t is caused by a germ, the tub
circle bacillus, that attacks the
lungs, causing complete or par
tial failure of the respiratory sys-
tenn, general debility and death of
the body in many cases.
The death rate, in 1881, was SO
per cent per 100000 people; at
the opening of this century, the
rate was more than POI per 100,-
900 people.
1t is spread directly from one
person to another by inhalation Or
swallowing of the germs. Chill
dren r very easily infected by
the disease.
Nearly everyone has the disease
germs in his body, in more or less
active state. Lung tuberculosis is
the most common, although the
disease attacks any part of the
body. The symptoms are: too
easily tired, continued cough, in
digestion, and loss of weight.
tuberculosis can be prevented
and cured. No cure by drugs or
vaccines has been discovered yet.
A treatment of rest, proper food
and fresh air is the accepted
method of treatment, although
the science of surgery is develop
ing a method, known a S collapse
therapy', which is said to hold
forth the hope of recovery to vic
tins of the disease who are suf-
fering in the extreme stages of
consumption.
1t is one Of the most costly of
diseases, because of the long
treatment necessary. 1t cuts off
two and a half years from the life
expectation of every individual UNI
der the present state of health of
the nation. The estimated cost Of
tuberculosis to the nation is $685.
000,0 900 for loss of lives, $328,000,-
900 for loss of wages, and 1884,
100000 for cost of treatment-in
a single year.
The idea of the Christmas sale
seal, to gain funds for the public's
battle against the disease, was
conceived in 1908, by Einar Hol-
boell, a Danish man. Miss Emily
P. Bissell of Wilmington, Del,
read of HolboelPs work and used
his idea in 1907 for a tuberculosis
sa~nitorium. Since 1910 the seal
sale has been managed by the Ma
tional tuberculosis association,
which has distributed stamps bear
ing the double barred-cross en-
blem.
The annual requirement for pre-
vention and cure in the United
States, is a minimum of one bed
for every annual death, or $4,000
beds, according to estimates Of
the association. Six hundred hos
pitfalls now exist, with $4,000 beds
There are 1000 permanent clinics
and more than 1000 temporary
clinics. For every 5000 individ
uals, one school or factory physi
clan is a necessary part of com
munity health. machinery. In thu
United States there are 2,084 af
filiated tuberculosis association
and committees.
1t is probable that many are no
familiar with the work being done