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Show INFECTION IN THE PRISON J Peculiarly Favorable Field There for the Spread of the Scourge of Tubei ;ulosis. Only twenty-one prisons in fifteen Mates and territories have provided special places for the treatment of their tuberculous prisoners. These institutions in-stitutions can accommodate, however, only S00 patients. In three-fourths of the major prisons and in practically all the jails of tho country the tuberculous tuber-culous prisoner is allowed freely to infect his fellow prisoners, very few restrictions being placed upon his habits. When the congregate mode of prison life is considered, the danger of infection becomes greater than in the general population. New York and Massachusetts are the only states where any systematic attempt has been made to transfer all tuberculous prisoners to one central institution. The largest prison tuberculosis hospital hospi-tal is in Manila, where accommodations accommoda-tions for 200 prisoners are provided. The next largest is Clinton prison hospital hos-pital in New York, which provides for 150. |