Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 125, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1914 — FIGHT PLAGUE IN THE ORIENT [ARTICLE]

FIGHT PLAGUE IN THE ORIENT

American Ant (-Tuberculosis Society Has Been Active In Movement for Health Preservation. Tuberculosis is one of the most serious public health problems of the Orient Active organizations to fight this disease have been formed In Japan, the Philippines, India and Australia. A movement is on foot for a national organization in China and in a number'of cities local work has been started. While no accurate figures are available, those who are In position to know claim that consumption takes annually from 500,000 to 1,000,Hves In China alone. In India the death rate is fully as high, and on account of caste distinctions &d native superstitions, the problem of prevention and treatment is peculiarly difficult The Japanese government has taken a hand officially in the control of tuberculosis, and is co-operating with two well-organized private associations. The death rate, while very high, Is lower than in China and India. Under the direction of the United States public health service a movement for the prevention of tuberculosis In the Philippines has also been organized. The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, with headquarters in New York, although'organized especially for work In this country, has been largely instrumental in the establishment of anti-tuberculosis movement in most of the oriental countries, as well as in Africa and South America.