Ireland's crusade against tuberculosis; being a series of lectures delivered at the Tuberculosis Exhibition, 1907 . find many of them sleeping night afternight on feather beds that have done duty for three orfour generations without ever having been disinfected,washed, or cleaned in any way. In one case I founda milk pan under a bed where the geese werehatching. These are kinds of things that arevery appalling. The floors in these cottages aremade of earth which dries very quickly, and whenconsumptive people expectorate on such a floor itmust be full of bacilli. In the West of Ireland I havetr
Ireland's crusade against tuberculosis; being a series of lectures delivered at the Tuberculosis Exhibition, 1907 . find many of them sleeping night afternight on feather beds that have done duty for three orfour generations without ever having been disinfected,washed, or cleaned in any way. In one case I founda milk pan under a bed where the geese werehatching. These are kinds of things that arevery appalling. The floors in these cottages aremade of earth which dries very quickly, and whenconsumptive people expectorate on such a floor itmust be full of bacilli. In the West of Ireland I havetried to induce the people to cut small spittoons out of apiece of turf, so that when used it could be burned. Ihave also instituted a system of premiums for those whoburn their feather beds. I would ask those who arevisiting the very poor to bear these things in mind, anddo what they can to save the people pain and who have seen the pictures shown to-night and heardDr. Lentaignes very eloquent address will feel that thevhave a mission in this matter. The vote of thanks was passed with
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