Show tuberculosis IN THE PRISON per cent C nt of sufferers Is enormous and nd there seems but one remedy from several investigations that have bave been made by the national association so for the study and prevention of tuberculosis it Is estimated that on an average about fifteen per cent of the prison population of the country Is afflicted with tuberculosis on this basis out of the prisoners housed in the penal institutions ot of the united states at any given time not less than are infected with this disease it if the philippine islands and other insular possessions wore taken into consideration the number would be much larger some ot of the prisons ot of pennsylvania kansas and ohio show such shocking conditions with reference to tuberculosis that many wardens admit that these places of detention are death traps similar conditions could be found in almost every state and in the majority of cases the only sure remedy is the destruction of the old buildings and the erection of new ones |