Show IN INFECTION IN THE PRISON peculiarly favorable field there for the spread of the scourge of tubes ul osis only twenty one prisons in fifteen abates tind and territories havo have provided special places tor for the treatment ot of their prisoners cheso institutions can call accommodate however only SOO patients in ili three fourths ot of the tha major prisons anti ami in ili practically all tho the jails of tho the country tile tho tuberculosis prisoner Foner ts Is allowed freely to infect hla his fellow prisoners very few restrictions being placed upon his habits when tho the congregate mode of prison life Is considered the danger of infection becomes greater than in tho the general population now new york anti and massachusetts tire aro tile the only states where any systematic attempt has haa been made to transfer till nil prisoners to one central institution the largest prison tuberculosis hospital Is in ili manila where accommodations eions for prisoners aro are provided the next largest Is clinton prison lioa hos vital in now new york which provides for |