Show STATE TAKES HAND IN FIGHT new jersey leads in n advanced legislation designed to check speed of Tub tuberculosis ercul osis what is designated by the national association for the study stud and prevention of tuberculosis as the most advanced legislation in the campaign against tuberculosis that has been en enacted acted by any state in the united states it not by any country in the world Is found in a bill recently passed by the now new jersey legislature and signed by gov governor dragor wilson the now new law provides that tuberculosis patients who refuse to obey the regulations laid down by the state board of health concerning the prevention of their disease and thus become a menace to the health of those with whom they associate shall be compulsorily segregated by order of the courts la in institutions provided for this purpose if such a patient refuses to obey the rules and regulations of the institution in which lie ho is placed ho he roay may be isolated or separated from other persons and resi restrained rained from leaving the institution the law further provides that al leo unties in the state of now new jersey shall within six months from april make provision in special institutions tor for the caro care of all persons having tuberculosis in those these counties the state treasury will subsidize each county to the extent of oc a week for each person maintained in these institutions except those who are able to pay for corthe ahe cost of maintenance |