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Show STATE TAKES HAND IN FIGHT Jew Jersey Leadi In Advanced Legislation Legis-lation Designed to Check Speed of Tuberculosis. What 13 designated by the National Association for the Study and Prevention Preven-tion of Tuberculosis as the most ad-Tanced ad-Tanced legislation in the campaign gainst tuberculosis that has been enacted by any state in the United States, if not by any country in the world, is found in a bill recently parsed by the New Jersey legislature and signed by Governor Wilson. The new law provides that tuberculosis patients who refuse to obey the regu-' regu-' latlons laid down by the state board of health concerning the prevention of their disease, and thus become a menace men-ace to the health of those with whom they associate, shall be compulsorily segregated by order of the courts, in institutions provided for this purpose. If such a patient refuses to obey the rules and regulations of the institution institu-tion in which he is placed, he may "be Isolated or separated from other persons per-sons and restrained from leaving the institution." The law further pro-Tides pro-Tides that al lcounties in the state of New Jersey shall within six months from April 1st make provision in special spe-cial institutions for the care of all persons having tuberculosis in these comities. The state treasury will subsidize sub-sidize each county to the extent of $3.00 a week for each person maintained main-tained in these institutions, except those who are able to pay for the cost of maintenance. |