Show t I I It WORK r. r fT Hi g Active Part in TID inthe i the Elimination of Disease t K BY J. J HASKIN Tie The health department of tho the Ge Genii Gen ii 1 Ftc Federation of ot Women Women's 8 clubs was paired in fn 1906 1806 to k p step with tho the interest this subject but t owing R inter upon m raThe be be beginning the the federation has erf JS in front among 1 the thern or organ organ- ni- ni I tiou working for the tho improvement th he the he health conditions of tho the nation keynote keyno of the tho movement f in whick federation are work work- women omen of ot tb the aro hi 11 Ui de development of of vitality and r zim im is i to Increase the power to toi toan i and an to work as well as as' as to help to prevent disease Atthe At Att r. r eren v n t beginning the tho women of only only ona nc Da tc 1 vp the w work r rk outlined b hb th tb but for four years years- state federation n has ir ae vo committee of wo- wo w efforts in in the n of elimination of disease In tt their other work during dunn years of tb tho existence 0 of J health department the w women men of federation raised and expended over for health purposes in different ot of f the country Health Huith Work it t is is generally conceded that there theren thereDO n BO DO work in which th the i women n have hayo boon been en engaged ed that been more productive of good rei retba re re- i than the movement in the interest health They havo have oper co i 1 in Ia every reform movement brou brought ht by the health officers of ot the differ differ- states tates Dr tho the secre- secre of d the Kansas board of health recently lh ei every re reason on to O be e grateful the mor moral l support as as well as the 6 CO operation co-operation of the Kansas feda fed fed- a of ot women men 1 I l have havo ne never neer el cju dub numerous during illin ring the past y yu s but that it has been Deen aptly puy and ana generously responded to state tate board of health has a 8 travel travel- tuberculosis exhibit In IiI every town which we go o we wo first get et in touch i Ui 1 the local women's clubs dubs We Wo without it o t c exception that t. t the clubs Da a d their influence o in getting ettin the peo peo- 8 out to see eO the exhibit and ana to listen our oar l lectures We simply could not nott et t along without the tho help of the woken wo wo- ken tn en in iu this particular When the state rd of health abolished tho the common rink inking ing cup upon the tho railway trains ad d in fn the public schools of tho the state were subjected to considerable Ute use ie upon the part of the male tray trav- ing ng public and the tho male members of ofa bo a 0 who think no further than heir ci ir own OWE personal convenience But rom ui the start wo had the full support tall sll n of at the women's clubs The same inre ng is true regarding all of our ro- ro measures of Vision t One oe of the newer matters to which e federation i is turning its attention r the in inauguration of an an active crue cru cru- e for lor the conservation of vision is aRing wagin warfare against ag 8 Otile blindness and in many cities le e e. e club women are care carefully full study study- ta thi this matter investigating atin its causes ns us of prevention and le legislative Censures MUTeS which might be bo taken to toen ton ton en n n its ita prevalence This subject Ii Is especially to mothers and lee lee lee- rei res upon the tho care of ot the eyes of ot ung infants are aro becoming a nt at feature of the social service work worle by b the clubs In Continued on pa page e 5 CLUB WOMEN OCCUPIED IN HEALTH WORK Continued from pa page pace e 1 addition t l this ibis the campaign for the conservation of vision provides pro for the tho inspection of the eyes of pf public school schoolchildren children tho free freo services of oculists and nd tho supply of glasses if nc needed derl and also aJio the proper Jj lighting of ot shops and factories in winch which the employees 8 are arc en engaged gd upon nn any oc occupation ing jug for continual eje ye C service Lectures upon all aB of or these subjects are being provided under the auspices of tho the women's women's wo woo mens men's clubs which cooperate co operate with any other organization working for tho same samo object The rhe general federation department of health stands firmly in support of tho the I establishment of a national board of health believing that only by this means can certain reforms become nfl uni uni form Such Sucha a department could be bo composed by bv tho the union of several bureaus bu already in existence which could be 16 transferred from rom the departments in in which the they aro are now now now- located Tho The marine ma ma- rine rifle hospital service could be trans from tho the treasury department the tho division of ot vital stat statistics e could be bo transferred from the rom bureau of census of the tho department of commerce and labor and the tho bureau of ch chemistry could bo be transferred from the department depart depar ment of a agriculture The club women feel fed that tho the union union of thc these o different organizations into one federal bureau combining all of tho matters pertaining to health would produce bettor better results than is il possible under the tho present ar ar- ar Discussion of or Sex Hygiene While most women instinctively shrink from tho consideration and die dis of the subject of sex sox hy hygiene tho the time timo has come in tho the minds of many of tho leading physicians of the tho country for them to to take some somo gent action upon this matter and the clubs are responding nobl nobly noby to the tho need The chairman of the health de do is co operating co-operating with the thO do de of education in advocating the tench teaching n of this subject in tho the no nomal nor mal mat iD schools of the country in order that teachers may be prepared prepare 1 to introduce it into tho public schools In III a I letter o of what club wom women ll might ht do to help jU in m this mattel mat ter tel lorl former r Eliot of Harvard advised the ho federation to te sC expert rt advice upon the pook books bookson on sex hY hygiene lone which have been boon issued within the fhe pa past t five ye years rs with a resume of their contents and and to publish a list of them This Thi i ad advice o is is m being considered and a bibliography upon sex rex hy hygiene ene will wiH probably be prepared pr under the auspices of the tho general federation fed fedS oration within tho the ne few months It It- Itis is gener generally fly conceded that advancement advance ment in n this matter is is greatly hindered by the fact that the tho women interested are are not always alwa's familiar ar with reliable literature ue bearing upon it and t there ere are man many books published which are aro both harmful and dis disgusting Organized Against White Plague In tho the fi fight ht against tuberculosis the club women have ha well or organized forces in every e state They Ther have aided in the establishment of tuberculosis tuberculosis losis camps sanatoria visiting nurses' nurses a associations clinics and nd hospitals In Montana the club women nomen are arc banded to together to secure their state sanatorium sana sanatorium and are aro selling helling a a. at Montana sanatorium stamp for this purpose The federation at Fort Worth last year expended in lit lit- Many of tho the state federations rations sup supplied traveling tra exhibits upon this in advance of the state board of health and in every overy instance they have bave e neglected no opportunity to aid air any organization working to prevent the spread of tuberculosis One of tho beneficent efforts of tho federation is its continuous work in inthe tho the direction of or connecting th the institution providing health facilities with tho the individual needing it it and much I good is bein being accomplished in this way I A A. wealthy man recently wrote T T T have road read in the papers of the work club women are arc dOlD doing t to help losis We have done all that money can enn do for mv my dan daughter Can you tell teI tellus us anything in else to try try From a D. distant dis tant state comes a letter front from a D. woman wom an I am too poor to have ha a thy phy Must I t die when I might live From the north comes another appeal saying U This This man is ordered south by his doctor His Hi means are aro limited Ho Tie must live livo cheaply Can you su suggest f And to each a helping hand i is is given Ji The Tho rich man man wa waa i provided with a nurse nurse specially trained for tuberculosis und under r whose whoso care his daughter i is being restored to health The Tho poor woman was vos placed in I char charge e of her local women's club lub nn and anil ht her r needs were attended to Th The s sick cJ man was provided with a list of sana sanni toria in the J south and given gi en letters of oC introduction which mado mide it possible for him bim to enter an an institution in iii tho the right locality for his ailment from which he ho wrote I am nm feeling bettor better than before in over ever years Ire Ho will win soon be he able able ablo to become a wage earner carner again ag Clubs Divide Work In order that there thero may be bo no duplication duplication du du- du of work for tho the same object the women's clubs of ot some somo cities divide their activities in health work The Tho club women of ot Nashville T Tonn nn did this f The health chairman of ono one club distribute s 5 literature another Investigates in gates tho the conditions of public schools Bud and other buildings another 9 after the sanitation of markets d other of food lood |