T-B ERADICATION CAMPAIGN
This is Educational Weak in cur
public. school* Education may.'be a
applied along many, different lines’.
A.t present wf?-. are t campaigning
against tuberculosis in this
community. Working toward the
complete abolishment and final
conquest of the age-old enemy of
man. If you think tuberculosis
can't be gotten rid of, you are
not fully informed. All you have
to do is to utilize the present
knowledge of medical science.
First, organize your community,
then use the magic eye of the X
ray to find the infected people
at the early, minimal stage of
their sickness. Get these death
sprayers out of circulation, pre
vent them from sprinkling the
White Plague upon others. Cure
them hy taking a ’-vantage .of "the ••
nodical examination end treatment
nr.do aval 1 able-, thr uglx our public
her,1th’department. . The job is
simple, when examination Is made
in time. Tuberculosis is not an
act of God. It is a c.ommunicable
disease. You will neVer catch
"consumption" unless from some
body who already has it, now that *
milk and food are protected by
public health measures. You can’t
get it in any other way. TB is
spread by tuberculosis microbes
discharged from the open cavities
in sick people’s lungs. This
sounds rather horrible, it is
horrible. Therefore, to protect
yourself against this dl3er.3e,
insist upon a tuberculosis test,
especially when the health depart
ment has offered to stand the
expense of examination.
Caught in time, it is possible
to close such cavities by one form
or another thr u^h the marvelous
Inventions ox science,- # Every
patient cured, every deadly cavity
closed, moans one less spreader
of the White Death. SO, BEFORE
YOU CAN PREVENT TUBERCULOSIS,
YOU MUST CURE THOSE WHO HAVE IT.
This means there are two jobs: to
find everybody who has tuberculo
sis in an active form and to cure
those who have active tuberculosis.
Dr.Haldemnn, representing the
Territorial Department of Healthy,
has been here the past few days.
His work in the interest of pre
vention and treatment of tubercul
osis has largely been made poss
ible through the sale of Christ
mas Seals.
Due to the difficulty of early
diagnosis of tuberculosis he has
been holding clinics throughout
the Territory. All school chil
dren have been given the oppor
tunity of having the tuberculin
test, a harmless skin test. Those
showing a positive roacticn have
been X-rayod, A small percentage ,
of those show signs of the dis
ease. found in its early stages
there is ercat possibility for
cure of tuberculosis and through
examination of hone contacts of
those having the disease a major
ity of cases in the community can
be discovered, proper treatment
begun and adequate means provided
to prevent it's spread.
It should be emphasized that a
positive reaction to the tuber
culosis test doos not mean that ;
the person has tuberculosis, and
in itself should not cause alarm, *
Dr.Haldcman is now on his way
back to the Department of Health
Headquarters nt Juneau where he
will finish and examine the X-ray
pictures and prepare reports,of
findings. He hopes to be able to
visit this locality again early
in the coming year. Children who
because of illness or other
reasons, have been missed will
have an opportunity to receive
the tuberculosis test at that time.
Mr, William Mellish formerly
with the Alaska Railroad service,
arid employed in the purchasing
department, has been permanently
appointed to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of
Mr,Louie Odsathor,employed in the
warehouse department at Palmer,
Mr. Mellish is an old. timer in
the Territory and well known to
a great number of people.