stey away from thom whon they could as woil as not, wo would develope
a sort of community lcssconing of discasc thet would make a nice show-
ing in both morbidity end mortality. roports.

A, CHILD SUFFERS AND RECOVERS - PARTIALLY

A friendly but lonesome little girl was liiking on as her school-
mates were rocoiving immunization treatments. Her parents had not
consented to any troatments for hor. She wes hurt, depressed and
chagrined because her paronts sesmed less interested and less inform-
ed than other paronts. Sho was near tears, when her face suddenly
brightened with a comforting momory,-she said "My daddy vaccinates —
his pigs".

PNEUMONIA vs TUBERCULOSIS

NOT so long ago pneumonis was the most consistently fatal of all the
commoncr diseases. It killed about one in five of all roported or
recognized cases. With more practical knowledge of it and improved
methods of combatting it, the mortality is now around one in twenty-
five, It is still a serious matter but is not the paralyzing scourge
it once was,
TUBERCULOSIS, in some respects, is more to be feared then pneumonia,
The tendency to get well of itself is probably less than in pneumonia,
It is definitely more insidious and does not make its presence known
for months, maybee years--not until it is well established and is
about ready to "take over", Reeovery, when it occurs, requires about
rifty times as much time i.e. pneumonia recovers in two or three
wecks, but tuberculosis takes two or three years. Pneumonia, rather
rarely, passes itself on to other members of the family or to the
attendants whereas tuberculosis nearly always does, While pneumonia
Olazons its presence from the house top, as it were, tubereulosis
skulks aoout in the darker parts of the house and surrepticiously
fastens itself on the feebler mombers of the family. Pneumonia is
obvious but tuberculosis will be found only by careful scarching,
SUCH SEARCHING may be done in any one of several different ways: the
history, the clinical: Symptons, and the physical oxaminations are
scldom considered before the patient is noticably ill and are, there-—
fore, liko "arriving too late with too little", Several tests can
bo made with tuberculin, i.e. by putting it in the oye, by putting
it on the skin (several different methods) or by putting it in the
Skir. Many quelified men belicve the X-Ray examination is the most
vractical of all methods for the early finding of tuberculosis.
NEXT MONTH wo expect to have a team with proper X-Ray apparatus to
makc photopluorographic ($63.00 Word) examinations in a mass way in
this county

1. We should like to sce all public or commercial food

handlers,

2. We should like to soe all T. B. Suspects.

5S. We should like to sce all known T. B. contacts,

4. All toachers should be cxemined.

SEE May number of KNOW for fuller information,