Show tuberculosis IN PRISON per cent of sufferers Suf ferera Is enormous Enor moir and there sterne but oriel One onea T 1 remedy from several investigations that have been made by the national association for the study and prevention ti on of tuberculosis it la Is estimated that on an average about fifteen per cent of the prison population ot of the country Is with tuberculosis on this bats out of the prison err era hou housed aed in the penal institutions of the united states at any given time not less than 12 are infected with this disease it the philippine islands and other insular possessions were taken into consideration the number would be much larger some of the prisons of pennsylvania kan sas bas and ohio show such euch chocking conditions with reference to tuberculosis that many wardens admit that these places laces of detention are death traps similar conditions could bo be found in almost almo s t every e v ery state and in the majority of cases the oil only ay sure remedy la Is the destruction of the old buildings and the erection of new ones once |