Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 288, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1911 — Caring for Consumptives. [ARTICLE]

Caring for Consumptives.

There are now four special methods by which consumptive workmen in the United States are being cared for. In such cities as Albany, Elmira and Binghamton, N. Y., the unions support a separate pavilion or hospital In cities like Hartford, New Britain and South Manchester, Conn., the workmen towards the maintenance of a fund for the care of consumptives. The employers also contribute to these funds. There are also two national sanatoria for the treatment of tuberculosis owned and operated by labor unions; one by the International Typographical union, and the other by the Printing Pressmen and Assistants' union. In Massachusetts, Illinois and elsewhere large corporations and manufacturers have agreed voluntarily to care for all their consumptive employes for a limited length of time. ‘