Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-01-10 | Page 3 | Great Tuberculosis Fight Endorsed

uu GREAT TUBERCULOSIS FIGHT ENDORSED Chicago, Jan. 10. Endorsement of recent recommendations of F. C Smith, surgeon of the United States' public health service, for a strenuous M campaign against tuberculosis, was H given today by the Journal of the H American Medical association. H The recommendations recited the H need of, (1) control of sources of H "groos" infection with the removal of H children from tuberculous surround- H ings; (2) early' diagnosis of the dls- H ease and system of industrial insur- H ance to aid this; (3) reduction of the H prevalence of those cases which ere- H ate a predisposition to tuberculosis; H (4) improvement of industrial sanlta- H The Journal points out that there H arc in existence 1200 local anti-tuber- H culosis, 575 hospitals and sanitariums, H 450 special dispensaries, 100 dispens- H ary phycisians, 4000 nurses and 400 H open air schools, this machinery hav- H ing been established at a cost of more tH than 100,000,000. H