Smyrna times., 1953-07-23
TAKE ALOOK AT.
YOUR FUTURE |!
A Chest x-Ray Picture Now
May Make Dark Fu-
ture Bright
FREE PROTECTION

There is a group of people in the
Kent County area planning to take
your picture" These pictures will
cost you absolutely nothing. This
offer is open only to those who are
fifteen years old and over. In most
instances the photographer" will
set up his equipment almost in
your front yard. or right near
the place where you work. The
picture planned for you is nothing
new to lot of us. 1t is chest
x-ray and will be taken for you in
one of ten mobile units which will
be in Kent County between the
tentative dates of September 9th
and 10th. At many places these
mobile units will be in operation
between noon and eight o'clock in
the evening. Their exact scheduled
locations will appear in newspap-
ers and bulletins and on the radio
many days in advance so that
some $4,000 people in Kent County
can plan to take advantage of this
marvellous service which is design
ed for the protection of all of us
against tuberculosis. Doctors tell
us to have chest x-ray every
year because early tuberculosis, or
T.B. as we have learned to call it,
gives no warning. Delaware was
the first state to sign the Constitu-
tion, and this fall Delaware will be-
come "the first State" again by
presenting a tuberculosis survey
program to it's entire adult popu-
lation. This survey will fail if
any of us do not cooperate by hav-
ing a chest x-ray.
100 Deaths From TB Daily
More than 100 people in this
country die from tuberculosis
every single day, That is nearly
10000 people a year. Almost all
of these people could live. by
finding their tuberculosis early and
by having it treated correctly. If
it is believed that your chest x-ray
shows tuberculosis or is question:
able for any other reason, repeat
X-ray will be taken. In cases
where active tuberculosis is dis
covered, the family doctor, or any
doctor of your choice, will be no.
titled, and further study will be
made and proper action taken.
The action includes four basic
steps in curing this disease: rest,
good food, medicine (sometimes-,
and chest surgery (sometimesD.
Only doctor can treat tuberculos-
is. but this treatment does not
necessarily have to take place en-
tirely in hospital. In some cases
all or part of the treatment can
take place in the home. The people
working to have your picture"
taken are your own neighbors and
friends. They have been told of
the dangers of this disease which
kills more people between the ages
of IA and "a than any other dis
ease, while more than half the peo-
pie who die from T. B. are over 40
If you would like your community
or social group to know more
about this disease and the State
wide Chest X-Ray Survey, you can
call DR.. John Shilling, who heads
the Kent County Speakers Bureau
to secure a speaker. DR.. Shilling
can be contacted at Dover Sill
Ext. 18, during the day and at Do
yer 1916 evenings. In order tc
provide you with a speaker, DR.
Shilling will have to know: ~ the
date, time and place you would like
speaker, (2) type of meeting anc
audience, (3) length of time allot'
ted to speaker, and (4) type Of
speaker desired general, medical
and so forth). One or more IL
MN. sound films Qasting from ter
to fifteen minutes) will be provid-
ed as well by the Delaware State
wide Chest X-Ray Survey, Inc. AL
they ask is that you provide pro-
jector and a competent operator
The speaker will be qualified tc
interpret and answer questions
which may arise after the showing
of any of these films. Remember
no home is safe from tuberculosis
until all homes are safei
JOmes Family to Hold Reunion