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Chest
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$20.457 so today This makes a group
total Of 1857 gifts, aggregating Ss7,-
665. .7S. or 47.9 per cent Of its goal.
Herbert L. Willett. jr. director Of
the Chest. warned the campaign
workers that they are tagging slightly
behind last years figures and told
them they must increase their effort.
We are little behind and we must
speed up" he declared. I'VE are head
ing downhill rather than up-now We
must go uphill faster"
The Disease" skit followed one
recently presented in striking fashion
before the hundreds of workers at
the luncheon concerning Crime" The
other two public enemies are Hunger"
and Despair"
Coleman Jennings. campaign chair
man. in explaining prior to the skit
today the part played by disease in
the District. and why 1t Is scored as
one of the Chests four public enemies,
said:
Disease, striking viciously at the
poor and helpless. at children and
adults weakened by adversely, makes
no distinction Of race. color. sex or
age.
Its favorite haunt he said. is the
tenement, among families having no
defenses except those which you pro-
vide through taxes or gifts. It takes
its toll not only from the poor, but
from you and yours in every part of
the community. For selfish as well
as humane reasons, disease must be
arrested
Your gifts restore health and
strength to little children. They re-
lieve the suffering Of both young and
old. without your help the toll Of
suffering would be infinitely greater.
"You make available free clinics for
heart disease and cancer, clinics to
keep well children well, clinics for
women who are to bear children. You
provide nursing service in the homes
Of the needy, hospital service for the
sick who cannot pay the full cost Of
the services they so sorely need.
These things are vital now more
than ever before. Years Of depres-
sion have left their mark upon the
health of people. If people are to
live securely-work, play, study. mar
ry and rear healthy children-these
essential services must not cease.
"In Washington last year." said
Jennings, there were S.4S7 deaths
from disease. Heart disease killed
1878, cancer ITO and tuberculosis 607.
Out of l0.850 births, 642 babies died
in their first year."
Pointing out what was done by pri-
vate agencies last year to arrest dis
ease, the campaign chairman said
they provided $685. ,703 free days care
in hospitals and maternity or conva-
lescent homes for 6,0S2 sick people
who were unable to pay.
Furthermore, he said, 258,601 free
visits were made to clinics. Every
four and one-half minutes of every
working day the Central Admitting
Bureau for Hospitals issues one clinic
pass.
Maternity Case Every Hour.
Every hour each month. arrange
ments are made for about one mater
nifty case by the bureau" Jennings
said. During the year 1s1,776 nurs-
ing visits were made to the sick in
their homes, 38,484 treatments were
given for social disease infections to
.v>.>rk a.. ex,r~oA and a{Faok ~. c,,r.
In addition health talks were given
to 1882 persons, and 634 private con-
situations were held by the Social
Hygiene Society,""
Calling on the Chest workers to
rally to raise the necessary funds to
fight disease mere, Jennings declared
$3.50, 900 will be needed to arrest the
enemy disease tn 1887. In addition to
public appropriations"
At the luncheon meeting Yesterday
he sounded q warning against over
optimism.
Mrs. Wilson Compton, reporting
for the Special Assignments Unit yes
terday. again emphasized that "this
unit is holding nothing back" She
quoted from . message from Chair
man Tumultyr to the effect that I'VE
have skinned the cream from our
prospect list. We must now 60 after
the skinned milk
Among the gifts reported yesterday
were:
$7,000-Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods
Bliss.
$1,500-Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Gall
lard.
$l,200--Mr. and Mrs. Alanson B.
Houghton.
$700-The Rockport Fund, Inc.
$600-William Alexander Julian.
$500-Mr. and Mrs. George Shiras,