Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 166, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1911 — CARING FOR TUBERCULOSIS [ARTICLE]

CARING FOR TUBERCULOSIS

and hnanftala for' tnberrnloais have been established in 31 states, and 114 municipal or county hospitals in 26 states, vastly more public provision is needed to stamp out consumption, says the National Association for the study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Nearly every state east of the Mississippi river has provided a, state sanatorium, and west of the Mississippi river, state sanatoria have been' established in Minnesota, lowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Oregon. There are 38 sanatoria provided by these states, Massachusetts having four. Connecticut and Pennsylvania three and Texas two. Including special pavilions and almshouses, there are 114 municipal or county hospitals for the care of tuberculous patients. Apart from these institutions, however, and a few special pavilions at prisons, hospitals for the Insane, and some other public institutions, a grand total of hardly 200, the institutional care of the consumptive is left to private philanthropy.