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Show TUBERCULOSIS IN THE PRISON Per Cent, of Sufferers Is Enormous and There Seems but One Remedy. From sovoral investigations that bavo boon made by tho National Association' As-sociation' for tho Study and Prevention Preven-tion of Tuborculosls, It Is estimated that on an avorago about llfteen per i cont. of tho prison population of tho j country is afflicted with tuberculosis. I i On this basis, out bf tho 80,000 prison- ji f ors boused in tho ponal institutions -py?-i(L of tlio United States at any given "tlmo, not less than 12,000 aro Infected 'r with this disease. If tho Philippine , islands and other insula possessions I woro taken into consideration tho j nurnbor would bo much larger. Somo 7 of tho prisons of Pennsylvania, Kan sas and Ohio Bhow such shocking conditions con-ditions with roforonco to tuborculosls that many wardens admit that these ns places of dotentlon nro death trups. Hi Similar conditions could bo found In WW t i almost ovory state, and In tho major- ' lty of cases tho only sure romedy is ! tho. destruction of tho old buildings fwj and the oroctlon of new ones. |