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There is one nay in which Alaskans can help
the tuberculosis canpaign. If voters rill
writo the legislators fron their divisions
and ask that they support the Territorial
Board of Health in its request for $715,000
for tho hospitalization of territorial
bonoficiarics, thon 140 non patients can
bo carod for in the coning bionniun, says
Boss A, Winn of the Alaska Tuberculosis
Association,
BOG to AID ALASKANS Of great importance in
the tuberculosis control progrnn is tho in
troduction of BOG vaccine in high incidence 1
areas throughout tho Territory, Carrying
on the’work of-innoculation are two phys
icians, Drs. Elaine Schwingo and Blorondo
Marcun, To date, by dividing the field,
tho physicians, each acccnpanied by a nurse,
have given BGG vaccinations throughout the
Aleutiaft Chain and on one of the Pribiloff
Islands, They rill•continuo the rork along
the Alaska Railroad, the Highways and tho
Yukon River,
In Alaska, the examinations of X-Rays taken
of contacts, is revealing a very discourag
ing number of positive films, much noro so
than had been anticipated. This emphasizes
the value of isolation.
NEEDED AT TE SEUARD SANATORIUM
Miss Hussey, OTR, has Inventoriod articles
neoded at the Seward Sanatorium. If any
organization wishes to nakc a gift to the
Sanatorium of any of those things, the do
nation will bo appreciated, (1) Slippers
for non, sizes 6-11; (2) Confort Service
Trays <0 $5,50; (3) Several wheelchairs £
$49»50; (4) Bed Lanps; (5) Hospital Library
Cart: (6) Bedside tables varying fron
026.50 to 034,50; (7) Chairs; (8) A snail
portable piano,
CLIMATE TILL NOT CURB TB, EVEN HI ARIZONA
The Arizona Tuberculosis and Health Associ
ation has a nossage for Alaskans who bo
liovo that they nust seek the land of sun
shino in order to conbat tuberculosis. They
urgo us to encourage persons to euro in the
placo rhere the discaso was contracted,then
go to Arizona to enjoy the sur.shino,
Bocause 6f the outnoded belief that sunshine
cures TB, there has for nany years boon an
influx of patients to that state. The TB
Association requests that we point out the
gross inadequacies in facilities for the '
care of tho tuberculous living in Arizona*
In cooperation rath the Arizona State De
partment of Public Health, they list tho
following facts: (a) 766 persons died of TB
in Arizona in 1947; (b) This death rate is
tho highest in the nation; (c) There are an
ostinatod 7000 persons in Arizona rith aetivo
TB unknown to public health officials; (i)
TB is tho loading cause of death between
the ages of 1 and 55 years; (-o) 1 out of
qvery 9 TB deaths in Arizona occurred in
children-under 15 years; (f) 1/3 of all
oases handlod by Arizona Crippled Children’s
Servico are the result of TB.
Contrast these fafcts with the facuities
ono state-financed sanatoriun of 90 beds,
one children's TB hospital with 26 beds,
two county sanatoriuns.
Fron the—ALASKA TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION