i a i people years of age, There are|inty of 2.000 voluntary workers) tins on monthly basi. school room es well a8 e 6X aan in Patrioh ieee re ase 11 old can pensioners have been involved during the | wheel chairs and ; times than —

EQUIP SHOP | ms greater in the gen-| under treatment at the Sanator- past six years. ; ae aids for needy tuberculosis pa population; consequently, ium Pe ove | in connection with AS for rehabilitation, the tients. ed TO re i m eternal vigilance should be our Thie best method of eminat- annual Christmas Seal Sal P. E. L. Tuberculosis League is the of boo ianc con | eeeeners 5 oe .aee control ing health education is to have Campaigns 1s coosidered to be, has been most generous. in sup- t of funds ¥ cS al!

to people participate im @ program. | of equal importance as the rais- plying outings for Sanatorium per difficult to educate With this in mind voluntary | ing of funds In addition. family patients, they have equpped a through yng es nee

_ : e¢ ‘¢ ide - workers in connection with the) | Physicians are supplied by the carpenter shop and play room Seals eac Ti e «i culosis now effects mostly the community-wide tuberculin and! with riate b ie tin tt this purpose. 4 5 nakes great strides 1 in d a young and those of mid- x-ray surveys. which have been <a — oes + and donated equipmen a : and over;

it is generally conducted since 1956 were gi-\ called healthy population gaveteach undiscovered or unknown accepted that those over 40 ven short lectures on up-to-date r A Long Established Dry

ee : the past 60 years, pro-’ homes by @ full-time tuberculo- i of tive tuberculosis is . A d h a tively high yeild of | case active tubere | years of are immune, in- trends in the disease and eac emmpvreenae coulsel 80) a saree employee. SF aia a seebesire ulosis in com-| most likely to spread their dis-| deed the opposite is true. Gianc- were given pamphlets to distri- gh ee “ 1945, w wing w dd- munites: consequentiy, initiat- ; ease to at least five (5) others, ing through the 99 admissions to bute in the homes. © Aecording to the Dominion ed % the Senaterlaan a sea ed by the Gyro Club of Char-| therefore, we can presume that! the Sanatorium during 1961, it The pamphlets were provid-

' through the medium of the mo-| is noted that 60 by the league, in the vie- ‘Bureau of Statistics, the death the total bed space of 150 avail. lottetown, which at that time bile calt thet over 1.900 leland-| per cent were ed by the lea

1 fate from tuberculosis has been able. with the result that most sponsored the league, a mobile ers have been spared the frus-

hased : from 6 to six per 100,-\ contagious cases were hospital- chest x-ray unit was pure to Sie ites ever he cast 25) ized nt greater attention was, by the P. E. |, Tuberculosis Les | woting emotional experionce of

years e, this init has been function being removed from their hom we ‘ ic iene | ee ever since with the result es and families for several mon d RV E wiletas te oe sons > 4 | that in the interim 1945-61, 219,- ths to undergo treatment. now! hea quarters ue ve ott, EARLY DIAGNOSIS | 021 x-rays were taken and 314 Unlike diphtheria, polibmye- ‘ ees Sasees, I need “ioe| At Oeacdemctare the P. E. 1,| unknown cases of tubereulosle’ Title aed other (atections diness a low ‘eal tote. 5 weer of —- yon turned their, have been discovered . es, ene is a * f ‘ | ive line ete eT REE rae ttention to “early diagnosis.” In 1961 a new x-ray unit was a@ relapsing disease, indeed, “5 Rew active cases discovered has 1, 1945 it had been proven in purchased by the League at @ is now known that the discovery Or an exciusi

Hot decreased nearly $0 rapid-| ner Canadian provinces that cost of $10,000. rate of active disease found

ly (e.g. im 1941-65; in 1961-38). ed that f As early as 1923, ieee | mass x-ray § x-ray surveys 0 of the so- It is _generally agre at among former patients, or

elinics were conducted on Prince Edward island by such emin

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ment in co-operation with volun- Lady ag donors and such organiza- Cra : tions as the Women's Institutes vendish of Prince Edward Island con- French — structed the provincial sanator- | models. Be se lum, which opened its doors to In keeping iz #0 per cent, the most peedy of with our policy the estimated 325 sufferers irom of the toteat peta ee he tale Dr. in het styles MacQuarrie’s Dry Cleaners is owned and FREE PICK-UP

Ps SRD: Scale taoek operated by Mr. Ernest MacQuarrie, giving CHEE OPPONENTS “dualistic cre the people of Summerside and area Quality _ AND DELIVERY were the chief opponents in od wl - Service plus Free Pick-up and Delivery . PHONE Se at meter te ae who. “want disk pear deliad tek Methgnentiog, Bo- 5100 early M's Kt dawned on the com- something dif- i] pairs and alterations to MacQuarrie Dry munity that it had a duty to pro ferent.” vide not only a Sanatorium but 4 ~=—s Cleaners. aiso to provide. better facilities tbiliaiee Your G. E. Appliance dealer and authorized G. E. Small Ap- According to constitution

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The P.E.I. Tuberculosis League . . .

iawn PROGRESS

MacKenzie’s House of Fashions

of culture's most remarkable institiitions for good—the vol- | + untary tuberculosis associations. For thirty years, the PEI.

_ The Most Exclusive

From a meaningful fear of tuberculosis has grown one

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sg Tuberculosis League has inched its way with courageous valour towards its goal,—tuberculosis control.

Supported entirely by the sale of Christmas Seals, the League has maintained a Mobile Chest X-Ray Unit since 1945, this unit has taken 219,000 free x-rays and detected 314 unknown active cases, most of whom have been suc- cessfully treated before spreading the disease to many hundreds. Progress, of course, but still an ‘incomplete vic- tory.

Men's and Ladies’ Wear Store in

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Established in 1865 and continu.

ing to grow with Quality and Ser- A Special Message of Thanks:

vice. : It gives me great pleasure to extend my sincere appreciation to the many contributors to the Annual Christmas Seal Campaign, who, through the years, have supported the P.E.1. Tuberculosis League, with the result Visit us often for merchandise which is

that the League has been able to accelerate its programme in case-finding;

health education and rehabilitation. exclusively ours. i H. T. Holman

PB. EI. Tuberculosis League

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