Show INFECTION IN THE PRISON peculiarly favorable favor able ablo field there for the spread of tha scourge of tuberculosis only twenty one prisons in fifteen states and territories have provided special places for the treatment of their prisoners these institutions lons can accommodate however only patients in three fourths of the major prisons and in practically all the jails of the country the palson er 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 anew york and massachusetts are the only states where any systematic attempt has been made to trav transfer all prisoners to one central institution the largest prison tuberculosis hospital Is in manila where accommodations for prisoners are provided the D axt largest Is clinton prison hospital in new york which provides for |