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Show H A DISEASE WHICH H MUST BE FOUGHT. Hl There i3 now on in Ogden and all H of Utah a campaign promoting tho sale Hi of Christmas seals the proceeds from TM'. which are devoted to the fight against M tuberculosis. Last year of $2S00 M raised in Ogden, $2000 was returned M by the employing of trained nurses to H cover the field in Ogden and Weber Wt It Is not generally known that tu- Hl berculosis 1b invading this part of the Hl -wcBt. At one time it was thought the Hk disease could not make inroads on Hl the health of the people of the Inter- H mountain region; that our high alti- H tude, clear skies and dry air were dc- Hj structive of the germ. But gradually H because of our feeling of security and H indifference to the affliction, there has H been, a growing menace until now the B local nurse reports 77 cases, 16 of m which are classed as incurable, Thir- H ty-five per cent of the tubercular are H from outside. One entire family of M i Mexicans is diseased and will become M a public charge. H A business man who came here from H i Arizona was asked why he left the bor- M ' der state.' mW , "Arizona," he said, "has been adver- H ' tised as a health resort, until the H ; state has filled up with 'one-lungers,' M j and I decided to get away from the B 1 hack and the cough which proved most Lj depressing to me." mWf Before we, through neglect, are af- r flicted in that way, there should be Hl an arousing of public sentiment, H which can bo brought about by the J work of disclosure maintained through H the sale of seals. H In a public statement by Dr. T. B. H Beatty, state health commissioner, the Mm. following foots on tuberculosis were H ' presented: M "Utah is menaced by tuberculosis M to an extent that demands intensive M efforts for its control. The disease M I causes 200 deaths annually in the H state and for each death there are at H least five active cases, a total of not 1 less than 1000. There is no reason to Hj doubt that the death rate In Utah will H : eventually equal that of the older H states unless effective measures aro H taken, and many lives may bo saved H by prompt action, The diseaso is com- H municable, in other words, infectious, H I and therefore positively preventable. M Its prevalence is not materially gov- H erned or affected by climate. To ef- H ' fectively prevent its spread, all cases M ' must be discovered in as early a stage M !' as possible and the person affected H ; must be instructed in the care of spu- M ' turn and other precautions to insure H . against communication to other mem- H ' I bers of his family or other persons. It H is entirely feasible to accomplish this H purpose, but it is obvious that means H must bo furnished to effect, so far as H possible, the discovery of existing H "Notwithstanding the fact that Utah H was one of the first Btatcs to enact a ; law roquinng the report of all cases H r of tuberculosis, and the board of, I IBBH health has endeavored to enforce- the law by every, means at its command, only a small fraction arc actually reported, re-ported, or if reported, it Is not until in an advanced stage. Many patients fail to consult a physician until the diseaso is so far advanced as to make Its arrest impossible, thereby entailing entail-ing disaster to themselves and endangering endan-gering thoac with whom they associate." associ-ate." We must not close our eyes to the conditions which confront us. There must be publicity and expert treatment of the problem, which can be secured only through a well sustained and thoroughly organized group of workers. work-ers. oo- |