l'AGB a TOE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, OOTOHKI. 27, 19 J 1. STATE'S WARFARE AGAINST DISEASE Remarkable Record of Pennsyl vania's Life Saving Service. DECREASE IN DEATH RATE Liberal Appropriations For Extension of Health Department's Work and Support by Tener Administration. Pennsylvania Is proud of her depart ment of health. And she mar well bo, for no governmental agency could give back to the- people a larger return for the taxpayer's money invested than has State Health Commissioner Dix on's organized ''standing army of health," as the well equipped fighting force of sanitary workers has been aptly described. Created by broad, comprehensive health laws during the administration of Governor Pennypacker, fostered and strengthened by liberal appropria tions and broadened with the responsi bility of a state-wide1 campaign against tuberculosis under Governor Stuart, the department of health received tho hearty support of Governor Tener and the first legislature In his administra tion. Today, after six years of exist ence, it Is the people's powerful arm of protoctlon, and as such it has won their trust and confidence and co operation. Strong and powerful as Is this pub lic health arm of the state govern ment service, it has a very human side. Indeed, as Dr. Dixon frequently remarks, the backbone of bis depart' ment's entire campaign is the friendly working relation In which his health army stands to tho people, not as a mero Banttary policeman, but as a helpful friend and adviser. This is tho position the state health department alms to assume, teaching and helping along the way to better and happier conditions of living. Mountain Home For Sufferers. In no other division of its work Is the department of health closer to the people than In tho conduct of the state campaign against tuberculosis, nor Is any other health work showing more encouraging t results. At Mont Alto, where the stato has built a model village for tuberculosis, 5531 patients had been treated from June 1, 1907, to June 30, 1911. Here In the pure mountain air and pine-laden breezes hundreds of poor sufferers have won back life and health. Many more have been so greatly benefitted as to bo able to return to their homes and assist their families. Still others, In whom the disease had advanced too far, have been made comfortable and pro vided with a mountain homo where they would not be a source of danger to their own people. Recently, when tho stato's tubercu losis exhibit was in Pittsburg, visitors noticed a large, husky fellow pointing out the features of a model Mont Alto building to visitors. Upon Inquiry It was found that the young man was a former Mont Alto patient. The Joy of life and restored health shone in his face. He was only a typo of many who have won the fight under the stato's care. These persons, wltr health and strength restored, go back to their home districts as missionaries to teach tho lessons of prevention. T follow up these cases wherever they go and see that they take proper carp of themselves and others Is an Im portant feature of the stato govern ment's organized work. The state has been particularly active in caring for advanced cases, the records showing that the greatest number of cases treated at Mont Alto went there wltli the disease far developed. New Sanitarium at Cresson. "The department of health is todaj fighting tuberculosis," says Dr. Dixon "With the end In view of ultimate! wiping out the disease, of using ever dollar of tho taxpayer's money to thr best advantage, and at tho same time showing a wlso humanltarianlsm li the care provided for all classes of cases, the Incipient, tho moderate advanced and those for whom nothlnr can bo done except to make theit closing hours as comfortable as poa slble." Protected by the forests from th winter winds, but enjoying tho full benefits of the high altitude, the new stale sanltorlum for tuberculosis nt Cresson Is being constructed by the department of health on tho property given tho commonwealth by Mr. An drew Carnegie. It is so planned that four wings may bo constructed, one at a time as needed, utilizing tho same .central building. Each wing or ward Villi accommodato 160 patients, giving a total capacity of 640 for the finally completed Institution. The first story of the structure is ot sandstone found on the property. The Bccond story Is of asbestos boards, timbered, and the roof will be of as bestos shingles. Tho layout permits of tho maxlm,um amount; of sunlight, with the wards so arranged as to accommo date the varying demand of advanced and incipient cases. The central build ing will provide a dining room, recep tion and examining rooms on tho first floor, and apartments for the doctors, nurses and help on tho second floor. A Retreat In Berks County. Connecting the east and west wards with the central building are'corrldors that have enclosed basements through which tho patients, can walk, to. the. dining room lnstojniy. weather, and It first floor to tie used forllho ononlklr treatment.llor tyb pjUjontsmayjialt in icoi. uiiuus uiiu -uiijuy luuiiunHuluc, and thus is overcome the necessity of porches that would bar the sun from tho patient's rooms. Into this sun cor ridor also the patient's bed can be wheeled. To economize by using the same foundation and roof for as much as possible, a second floor ef each con necting corridor will accommodate twenty bods for hospital cases. The sanatorium Bite, about 2400, feet above tho sea level, Js sufficiently Jar from all Industries to have a pure air for the patients. The summers arq cool and the winters long and. unbroken, At Hamburg, In Berks county, a site has been purchased for an eastern sanatorium, which will be built along the same linos as the one at Cresson. The site 'selected command's a pleas ing view of wooded mountains, broken Into gaps and 'peaks, with the1 Schuyl kill river winding in the valley to the west. Kar enough away to avoid all objection of noise and smoke, but near enough to relieve a sense1 of lonesome ness, tho Schuylkill valley branches of tho Pennsylvania and Reading rail roads are seen. The quaint town of Hamburg nestles In the valley be low, bordered by stretches of farm lands with restful pastoral scenes. At these three state Institutions, Mont Alio, Cresson and Hamburg, tho poor will .recelyo tho ideal treatment for tuberculosis. Dispensaries Care For Thousands. Hand in hand with tho sanatorium work goes the dispensary treatment. At 115 places tn Pennsylvania the stato department of health has a free tuberculosis1 dispensary, In charge of a trained physician, with necessary as sistants and visiting nurses. Some Idea of the amount of work being done by theee dispensaries may be gathered from the fact that from July, 1907, tc July, 1911, 41,792 tuberculosis Buffet ers had been examined and treated and regularly visited at their homes by the state's eCldent corps of trained nurses. The educational and sociologlca' work alone that Is being done by the state from these dispensaries to pre vent the spread of disease and to bet ter the conditions of living among the poor, would amply Justify all tho motl ey Pennsylvania has appropriated to Its tuberculosis campaign. And in cdnnection with this work of educat ing tho people, opportunity should not be lost to refer to the splendid aid given by tho public press in general, through which it has been possible from day to day and week to week to talk over these problems of hotter health and better living conditions with tho home group around every fireside In tho state. When tho dispensaries were started It was realized that If they wore to bp fully successful the department would first of all havo to locate tho indigent cases. It, therefore, solicited and re ceived the hearty co-operation of civic clubs, churches, organized charity as soclatlons, labor unions and the large employers of labor throughout the state. This co-operation has always continued, and tho department appre ciates its value. Nurses In the Homes. When an applicant for dispensary treatment has been carefully examined by the physician in charge, and full in formation as to the history of the case, environment, occupation, etc., noted, he is carefully Instructed as to what he must do to improve his own health and the absolute necessity of taking certain precautions to avoid infecting others. He is uupplled with sputum cups and paper napkins, and If he Is too poor to get regularly the proper nourishment, this Is supplied to him in the form of milk and oil, tho latter having proven a most efficient food. A day or so after tho new patient has been to the dispensary a trained nurse calls at the home. The squalor and disease breeding conditions that the nurse so frequently finds present a task that would seem Impossible. But the nurse Is all courage. Bright and cheerful and a model of cleanli ness herself, she is not afraid to roll up her sleeves and set the pace for getting the house In order, Windows are thrown open and God's glorious sunshine Is allowed to como In and run riot through the rooms, killing as nothing else can do so well the lurking germs of disease. What a difference Ib mado In that home. The tubercu losis patient is thoroughly instructed in the precautions he must observe and tho health rules he must follow and each member of tho family is sim ilarly taught how to avoid infection Tho patient himself is especially ad vised to sleep with windows wide open or, better still, to sleep out of doors. Helpful suggestions are offero as to how sleeping quarters can be mado out of back porches, for Instance, at a nominal expense Then tho nurse makes a quick stud of tho other conditions in tho home Perhaps she notices that tho children are anaemic, poorly nourished ami lm properly clad, not necessarily because tho family Is destitute, but because the little- Income that exists Is not be ing put to best advantage. Here Is an opportunity to teach the mother how both In selecting and cooking the foor' the greatest possible nutrition can br secured for the least amount of money. Saving of Child Life. So it Is that nurses are going to tbi homeB of the poor throughout Penn sylvanla, letting In the sunlight, teach Ing tho life-giving principles of fresh air and propor food, changing filth and disorder to cleanliness and neatness, making these people their friends and thus making them understand that the state la 'their friend. 'Can there possl ;bly be any pthe'r result than' ttiat'thest .pooplp shi.iud be ltticd up, or, belie-I mtill,, that they should be Incited to; Jcllmb up ;toa higher plane, dt llylj" jnnd.jjnoral'lty. ."Thus they become b,.', t6r citizens,. hotter producers, 'and n commonwealth Is so much th'o health ier, wealthlor and happlor th'ct'ehyw In October, 1905, Health Commis sioner Dixon inaugurated free distri bution .of diphtheria anti-toxin by th" state. Up to December, 1910, 27.31S cases of this dread disoaso, mostly little children, were treated for .cure With tho life-saving serum. From statistics it Is gathered that without antt-toxin forty-two out of every cn hundred of these children probably would have died, but thanks to the state's beneficence only 2324 died. Free antt-toxin was) also given for immunl zatlon purposes in 20,294 cases, mostly children who had beta In contact with the disease. All bat 335 of these were absolutely protected .against diph theria. The actual saving of child life resulting from the state's tree dis tribution of diphtheria anti-toxin in these five years was In cold figures 0152 lives. Pollution of Water 8upply. The battle for pure water supplies has been waged In Pennsylvania with unparalleled success. In 1905, when the present purity of water law was enacted the streams of the Btato from one end to the oihtr wer open sew ers for municipalities large and small and were poleocad by the Individual property owner .without any regard whatever for tho neighbors down stream. Up to Aug. 1, 1911, private sources of stream pollution to the number of 34,4tl hod been abated upon formal notice from tho depart ment, and thousands more have been stopped through the moral influence of this worV. BIghty-nlna modern sewago disposal plants have been either built or art in process of construction as approved by tho state. Two hundred and eighty four municipalities and private sewer age corporations aro building compre hensive sewerage systems In accord ance with approved plans for sewage treatment works. Eighty-six modern water filtration plants havo been ap proved by tho state and are either built or being erected. And what of typhoid fever, in view of the work for pure water? In 1906, out of every 100,000 per sons In Pennsylvania, 66.5 died of ty phoid fever; In 1907, 50.3; in 190S, 34.4; In 1910, 24.5. There are now liv ing more than 2400 persons who, had the death rato of 1906 prevailed in 1910, would have died from typhoid. Results of Health Campaign. Consider tho economic value to the state of such a saving of life. Thp most conservative economists place tho average value of such a life at $3000. This means that tho reduction in the death rate from typhoid fever alone saved the commonwealth ?7,200, 000. No account Is taken in this esti mate of the untold suffering and an guish from which thousands of homes were saved Thousands of physicians throughout Pennsylvania are being constantly aided in diagnosing their cases by tho examinations of pathological speci mens sent by them to tho state depart ment of health laboratories. Important research work Is being done by the stato in these laboratories, work that is adding to the world's knowledge of preventative medicine. More than once in the past few years the federal government ha3 hold up as a model Pennsylvania's system for the collodion of vital statistics, that phase of work that lies at the foundation of all successful sanita tion. All this has shown striking results. In 1906 tho death rate In Pennsylva nia per 1000 of population was 16.5; In 1908 It had dropped to 15.7, and in 1910 to 15.6. Bearing in mind Penn sylvania's 7,655,000 population, this decreased death rate, small as It ap pears on Its face, means In reality a tremendous saving of human lives. Had tho death rate of 1906 prevailed in 1908, the latter year would have wit nessed the death of 5914 more people than died. Had this same rato ap plied in 1910, Instead of the decreased percentage recorded by the depart ment of health, 6898 men, women and children now living and presumably In good health and spirits, would have died. Pennsylvania Is reaping the benefits of tho stato government's health cam paign. This work will be continued, ans as more and more tho people real ize its blessings, will be attended by even greater results. Town Topics. Once we talked of pennants In this town. Pittsburg Sun. Kort Worth, preparing to start a municipal abattoir, Is evidently not afraid to tnko the bull by the horns. Boston ncrnld. Lady Cook, who wants to reform Chicago, will begin by building four churches. Evidently the magnitude of tho task has properly Impressed her. Louisville Courier-Journal. There are said to bo 12,000 "mor ally insane" persons In New York at this time. This does not include those who nro not "Insane," but are Just naturally mean. -Montgomery Ad vertiser. Dangerous. Mrs.Newbrlde Bqohool Henry throw a cake at me, one that I made myself tool Mother Tho monster) He might have, killed you, Bropklyn Citizen. A Thoughtful Man. fl certainly have n considerate boss." f'How now?" fQaveme n two weeks' vacation nod three 'days 'extra" to rest np."-PHt- iUif$ LAST . EVSOUS WAR If Was In Abyssinia,, and She Suffered Heavy Losses, FIGHTING LASTED FOR YEARS. Her Army Was Overwholmod, and Thousands of Dead Were Left on the Flold Defeat Caused Downfall of tho Italian Ministry. Italy has transported her soldiery to the northern coast of Africa before in nges past, for all Mnurctanla, the land of the Moors, wus'oricc.a Ronlan prov ince. Tripoli wits originally a Roman colony, although there were inhabit ants' beforo that epoch of occupation who' were akin to the Berbers. It was Greek at one time, and Its name, which means "three clUes," reveals Its nel lenlc origin. In Its early days it relied for protection ion Carthage; Inter de-. etroyed by Rome, which was in tnoJ neighboring ,Tunls., Tho Italian; in their desire to maintain the balance 'of power In thci Mediterranean have al ways held that' they shoilld' have a sphere of influence in the realms which He across tho sea from their own lands. Fortune did not smile upon the last war in which Italy participated. When Kngland was engaged in 1884 in paci fying the Sudan, Italy was invited to take part nnd to lay claim to an Influ ence in Abyssinia. A large Italian ex pedltiou was sent there a year later, nnd tho red, white and green flag was carried bravely into remote parts of tho kingdom beyond the desert Two years later the Italian forces were overwhelmed by the army of the no gus of Abyssinia, and 500 men were left dead upon the field. The defeat caused the downfall of the Italian ministry, and the whole na tion was aroused. Within a short time it credit of tho equivalent of 53,000,000 had been voted nnd Italy was pledged to extensive military operations. Ile euforcements were hurried to Abys sinia, nnd no expense was spared to retrieve the losses. With Menellk was concluded a treaty between Abyssinia and Italy which contained a clause which later was to be tho subject of much discus sion. It was concluded In 18S9 at Acclalli nnd contained tho clause, "Ills majesty the king of kings of Ethio pia consents to mnke use of the gov ernment of Ms majesty the king of Italy for tho treatment of all ques tions concerning other powers or gov ernments." On the strength of this Italy an nounced that she had a protectorate over Abyssinia. She established n colony In certain territory given to her under tuls treaty by Menellk nnd gave it tho name of Eritrea. Coins bearing the Imago of tho Italian ruler were prepared for this new colony. Menellk. however, became suspicious nud soon regretted tho signing of tho treaty. He had addressed communi cations to both Germany and England that ho was emperor of Ethiopia, nnd In reply had been told that his notifi cation should have been sent through the Italian government. It occurred to the monarch that the translation of his treaty had been faulty and that ho did not Intend to say consent, but merely meant to Imply that ho might use tho Italian government In his foreign relations, no had those mis givings first iu 1893, nnd tho question of Interpretation puzzled him nnd the Italians greatly. Genernl Baratlerl arrived in the territories in 1895, about the tlmo that General Toselll's force of 2,000 men hod been practically cut to pieces by a force of Abyssinlnns twenty times its size. General Bara tlerl found opposed to him a force of 100,000 under Menellk, most of whom wero armed with rifles. Tho force had nlp.'itv of nrtillorv. Tho Italians Jiad Th e ideal Guardian of the estates of your minor chil dren. It has the very best facilities for the profitable and wise invest ment and re investment of the princi pal and accrued income -rTTntnTTT::a-fKttT-ftT-f-f-ft-ffB HEATING! PLUMBING CONSULT S. E. Morrison I2th and Kimble St. HONESDALE, PA. COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE FOR "OAPITOL" Rollers and Radiators. "IjEADEU" Air pressure water systems. "GOUTjD" Pumps. ','STAI." Windmill. The above goods represent ihe best products in- tho market. The use of them coupled with our 20 years' practical experience 'at the business 'insures you a lasting and ' satisfactory Job. Correspondence Solicited. . Both 'Phonos. 25,000 men Wh6' Were operating in wild npd tnouqtdlhou'g country nnd nt leak i200 italics !fr6m -n bane of sup plies. J., i v : & At this .pdintitho'Italian commander Wns iu a quandary", nnd in order to gain tlmo he maneuvered from place to place. His plan was not approved by tho government, and it wns decid ed to send. General Badlsserla to sup plant aim. The knowledge that an other was to tako his place nnd n sharp message from tho premier, Sljrnor Crlspi. Btirred General Baratircl to decisive action. His force was di vided for attack Into four parts. Three columns wero gent against AdS wa and a fourth was held in reserve. The three columns wero quickly re pulsed with groat loss, and tho re servo column in the confusion which followed was not of any use. The generals of tho .columns were cupturod or slain. The Italians left 0,000 dead upon tho field and 4,000 wero taken prisoners. Tho idea produced conster nation and rage throughout Italy. The Crlspi ministry went down to defeat Peace was afterward made with Uenellk on the basis of eliding article Vo. 17. pertaining to tho protectorate, ffbe enemy lost, .5,000 men and the Italians, gavo such a good account of themselves lni fierce battle that tho, king of kings was glad to make peace. The colony of Eritrea was not en larged. Transformation. An English farmer had a number, of guests to dinner and, was, about to help them to some rabbit when he discov ered that the dish was cold. Calling the servant, he 'exclaimed, "Here, Mary, take this rabbit out and 'eat It nnd bring it back a little otter!" Different. 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