The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, May 04, 1922, Image 6
MILK AND TUBERCULOSIS.
132,000 Died From Tuberculosis Lasl
tear.
Out in Edgar county, Illinois, z
farmer had his herd of cattle testec
for tuberculosis. One row reacted
Now, the farmer thought he knew
more about the value of tuberculir
tests than the state inspector. H?
thereupon removed the ear tag from
his infected cow and, with much seeming
generos:ty, presented her to h;s
hired man rnr wages.
There were ceven children in the
hired man's family, his wife, a pig and
a ca:. All save two of the children,
the farmer and his wife, drank mill;
from the tuberculosis cow. The five
children, the pig and the cat have
all contracted the disease. This seemingly
generous farmer lias thereby
been responsible for introducing into
*: poor fanr'ly this disease. He may
even be the indirect cause of a resulting
death and be liable to the
charge of mcnslaughter. So much
for that one particular case.
Bovine tuberculosis can he transmitted
from ccw? to human beings.
The milk from tuberculosis cows frequently
carries the germs of tuberculosis.
Since children are the ones
who drink the1 milk, bovine tuberculosis
is found more among them than
among adults. Moller, for example,
said that among 2,048 adults with tuberculosis
only 2 per cent, were of
the bovine type, mostly of the abdomen
and glands. Only half of one
percent of all bovine tuberculosis is
of the lungs. However, 18 per cent,
of a group of children who died of
tuberculosis were found to have been
infected with the bovine bacillus.
Probably 8 per cent, of all the tuberculosis
deaths are due to bovine disease.
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are supposed to be responsible for 61
per cent, of tuberculosis of glands, 58
per cent, of abdominal tuberculosis,
66 per cent, of generalized tuberculosis
and tuberculosis of the bones
and joints. One authority says that
90 per cent, of the glandular form in
Edinburgh is of bovine origin. Moreover,
in the case of both cows and
humans the disease does not always
manifest itself where the germs get
in. Otherwise all bovine tuberculosis
would be likely to be in the digestive
tract Children who drink the milk
of tuberculosis cows may have no
trouble there, but may show the disease
in remote parts of the body, as
in the knees, the hip, the spine and
the lungs. Although children do not
always die from bovine tuberculosis,
if they recover they are likely to be
either disfigured or crippled.
The cow is an animal we ordinarily
consider friendly and harmless. Yet
a ww sick with tuberculosis may be
moie dangerous in a community than
a Daring lion. It has been estimated
that in New York state 7 per
cent of the cows arc tuberculosis;
of ihose slaughtered in London it is
estimated that 25 per cent are. In
order to avoid the very serious danger
to man of tuberculosis in cattle careful
inspection of all dairies is necessary.
There should be inspection also
of all those who work about cows
and in dairies, both in order that
germs may not get into the milk
off-?r it. Imvps the cow and that the
* healthy cows may not become infected.
Most cities have sucl?. regulations
for the examination of the milk supply,
and utmost care should be taken
in r.he enforcing of these.
Milk that comes to big cities often
travels a great distance. It is sometimes
24 hours old when delivered at
the door. Milk that is old or has
been allowed to be warm in transit
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is likely to have several times as
many germs as that viiich is fresh
I and has been kept cold. One night
3,000 cans of milk were poured into
the sewer in New York city because
its temperature had not been kept as
1 lew as it shoud be. Good milk in'!
spectors inke no chances, for there
' is no better food on which to feed
genus than mill:
1 As a matter of safeguarding health,
even with the best inspection, milk
1 for babies should be pasteurized. ;
This is done by heating the rnilk to
: 145 degrees Fahrenheit a*'d allowing
it to remain at the temperature for
! 20 minutes. 1
' Rarely is the meat of tuberculous ;
' cattle sold in this country, for we ;
have rigid laws condemning these
, i nimals for fooe Other animal i
products, however, such as butter and <
cheese, may contain germs. It is 1
t milk especially which must be most i
carefully inspected, for that is the
iood of our brbies and children, the i
', future men and women of our country.
In this country last year 132,000
persons died from tuberculosis, and
of rhat number 12,000 were children
under 5 years of age. Is it not necessary
that everyone should join in
the fight to stamp out this disease?
To help expose such cases at that
of the Ill:nois fanner and to cooperate
in working for better milk and
less tubercul sis among children, the
National Tuberculosis Association and
its 1,200 affiliated associations ask
you to buy Tuberculosis Christina
Seals in December.?National Tuberculosis
Association.
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Smokers Cause Many Forest Firea.
Washington, D. C., May 2.?Twenty
per cent, of all the forest fires started
by man in the National Forest of the
West during 1921, wore caused by
careless tobacco smokers, according
to figures by the Forest Service,
United States Department of Agriculture.
In California, Arizona, and
New Mexico one out of every four
forest fires due to human agencies ^
vas started by burning cigarettes, *
cigars, matches or pipe-heels carelessly
thrown aside by smokers while in
the woods. In other parts of the
West the percentage of smokers' fires
ranged from 12 to 18 per cent. The
total number of forest fires on the |
Waofam VafinTinl lfamaftA dnrimr the I
i past season was 5,131, of which num- j
ber 1,444 were caused by lightning,
732 by smokers, and 2,955 by other
I human agencies.
Repeated efforts have been made by
the Forest Service, the National (
Board of Fire Underwriters, and oth- '
|er organizations to .enlist the cooperation
of tobacco manufactures and
packers in educating smokers to be
careful with burning tobacco. Some ^
of these organizations hold that since
the hazard of fire Is inseparable from
the use of smoking tobacco, a moral
obligation rests on manufacturers or (
packers of tobacco to enclose fire- '
warning slips with their products.
Resolutions embodying this sentiment ,
have been passed by the National ,
Convention of Insurance Commissioners,
the Fire Marshals' Association
of North America, the International
Accnrifttfnn nf Fire Engineers and the
Railway Fire Protection Association. (
In Canada, tobacco manufacturers '
are now enclosing little red firewarning
slips in their cigarette packages.
Similar slips featuring care
with fire in the home and in the forest
i are also inserted in match boxes by
one of the largest match companies
. and in cartridge packages by a num- (
ber of the leading small arms and '
emmunition manufacturers of the
United States. ^
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The Automobile.
The automobile is a vehicle used
t;> carry passengers and encourage I
violent exercise on the part of pedestrains.
It also encourages profanity,
the desire to get there quickly, and
young lawyers who specialize in damage
suits.
Automobiles are not essential to
happiness unless the neighbors have
one. Mother and the girls suffer
keenly every time it passes the house
and lay awake at night trying to
think of new arguments that will impress
old Dad. Dad finally decides
that he might as well starve to death
as be pestered to death and arranges
for a second mortgage on the house.
Then he visits an agent who once
told him that a man of his standing
should have a car, and does his part j
t) encourage the discovery of new j
til WDIIO
The agent has been demonstrating '
tvith the car for six months, but it I
is still a now car. As he tells Dad, it j
is "just nicely limbered up." But by j
the time Dad drives it home it has
jccome a used car and has depreciated
25 per cent. By the time all of '
;he members of the family have I
earned to drive it, it has depreciated \
n value another 25 per cent. And j
he gasoline bills have had a similar j
:ffect on old Dad's bank balance.
The members of the family learn 1
;o say "The Car," always with capi- j
;als; to speak casually of what "she" j
iiri on that hill north of town, and j
;o draw liberally cn their imagina- j
dons when revealing the number of j
niles obtained to the gallon.
During the first three months the !
:ar is washed every second day and j
un under a shelter when rain threat- j
;r.s. But when the paint begins to
lim and the tires to wear, the mud of
nany roads cnokes the spokes and j
;he family refers to the car lightly 1
is "the old boat."
The fever has cooled. But one |
nore family has learned to class an
automobile as a necessity, and one
More rod has been placed in pickle
foi the chap who invented the mort- J
?age.
A lot more could be said good and j
sad of the automobile.?Exchange.
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CHURCH SERVICES |
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Kingstree, S. C.
Baptist Church:?Frank C. Hawkins,
Pastor.
Sunday School?10:00 a. m.
Preaching?11:00 a. m.
Billy Sunday CIud?3:30 p. m.
B. Y. P. U.?7:00 p. m.
Evening Service?8:00
Weekly Prayer service?Friday 8:00
p. m.
Presbyterian Church, J. W. Davis, j
Pastor.
Sunday School?10:00 a. m.
Preaching?11:15 a. m.
Ehristirm Endeavor?7:00 p. m. !
Evening service?8:00
Weekly Prayer service?Wednesday j
8:00 p. m. j
Methodist Church, J. P. Inabinet, Pastor.
Rev. C. C. Derrick, Presiding
Elder, Kingstree District.
Sunday School?10:00 a. m.
Preaching?11:15 a. m.
Prayer Meeting?Wednesday 8:00 p.
m.
ELpworth League meets?7:00 p. m.
Evening service?8:00
Episcopal Church, Walter Mitchell, I
D. D. in Charge.
Services?Sermon and Holy commun- j
ion third Sunday each month at :
11:00 a. m.
Evening service?7:30.
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