Show TUBERCULOSIS IN THE PRISON Per Cent of Sufferers Is Enormous and There Seems but One Remedy From several Investigations that have been made by the National Association As-sociation for the Study and Prevention Preven-tion of Tuberculosis It Is estimated I that on an average about fifteen percent per-cent of tho prison population ot the country Is afflicted with tuberculosis On this basis out of tho 80000 prisoners prison-ers housed in the penal Institutions cf the United States at any given time not less than 12000 aro infected vita this disease If the Philippine Islands and other Insular possessions were taken into consideration the number would bo much larger Somo of the prisons of Pennsylvania Kan fas and Ohio show such shocking con I dltions with reference to tuberculosis that many wardens admit that these flares of detention aro death traps Similar conditions could be found In almost every state and in tho majority major-ity of cases tho only suro remedy Is the destruction of tho old buildings and the erection of now ones |