Show now CHARGE ON THE COMMUNITY I 1 care of those afflicted with Tu Tuber bercu cir loli lolls plainly a a on the A general welfare dr 11 II L biarnes li arnes t of tho the rhodo rhode islami state ranat orlum haa has recently demonstrated demonstrate 4 by some me interesting studies of patients die tile charged ae as apparently cured from that institution that a sanatorium la Is a sound investment for any elate state or city the gross earnings of ex oz patients obtained in 1911 amounted to and those of casca cases in 1912 to by applying the same average earning earn inra to all ex pa rients of at the sanatorium sanator lurn living in 1911 and 1912 dr barnes concludes that their income in these two years was this sum Is more than three times the cost of maintenance of at the sanatorium including interest at 4 per cent on the original investment and depreciation charges dr barnes concludes however while institutions for the cure of tuberculosis are good investments there Is good reason for thinking that institutions for the isolation of at far advanced cases caser would be still better investments Invest mente I 1 |