Coalville Times | 1910-06-17 | Page 2 | For Proper Care of Tuberculosis

For Proper Care) of Tuberculosis. ArcordliiR to the National Association Associa-tion for thn Study and Prevention of Ttiherrulosls, New York stnto leuda In the number of bods for consumptives consump-tives provided up to May I. with 5.476 beds: Massachusetts Is second, wllh 'J.luJ beds; I'euiis) Ivanlu third, with, , M47 beds: Colorado fourth, with I.4K9 led, und New Mexico llflh. with 1 1,101 In da. As yet, not one at ate In L the loimtiy has made ndcqiiate pro- f vision for Its cotittumptlves. New 1 York lias set Itself the task of ImvliiK j "No uncared-for Tuberculoi.l8 In KMu," J f.nd si-verul cities In other parts of I the country have adopted similar pro- I grams. The nutloiiul association I s'lys that tuhei'ctiloKls will not lie I stamped out until nil cases of thla 1 ! disease lire cared for either In their f I homes or In Institutions. With thla 1 I (lid In view, efforts will he tnadii to 1 Iliicrnise Ihe uuinher of hospital beds F In this country to at hast :!.',ul)0 by f May 1. 1