The sun., 1901-06-16
TO HELP COySUMPTIVES.
4 REPORT on the PUBIC AID GWEN
~ VARIOUS COUNTRIES.


Ho,pitals Estabi,hcd by Governments OF Pri.
vate Charity for rubcrcuiar Patient, --Their
Value shown -termany In shc Lead sa
Far Tho work In the United States.
Of institutions in the Department OF Finance
In this CITY, has just sent 10 Comptroller
Coier report Of an inves,igation he has
made regarding the treatment OF tubercuar
patients in various countries. The investi-
CATION was started by complaints made by
residents OF Spuyten Durxvil concerning
the presence near their homes Of the Seton
Hospital TO which the city send a number
Of poor consumptives every year Mr. Hvness =
inquiry was devoted more particularly TO
the aid given BY Governments to tho medical
profession in its fight against the disease
law passed bv the last Legislature permit :
the city to establish ou.sid, its limits sani-
tarium for consumptivcs, and the complaints
referred to suggested that the city should
take advantage Of this law.
According u Mr.. Hynrs's report Ger
many has taken the lead in tho est1bllsh-
ment Of hospitals devoted entirely to tho
care OF patients suffering from consumption.
In that country there are now nearly 100 hos
5000. The Government. private charity and
the insurance companies have all aided in
the establishment Of these retreats. The
life insurance companies find II profitable to
send the insured who develop the disease to
hoSpitlls. for they have found that many
Of the patients recover. and that the lives
OF others are prolonged 40 that the additional
premiums collected make difference in
,,f h.
also prevents the spread OF the disease and
this is to the profit Of the companies SO
far ~ Is known there Is no other country
In which the insurance companies have fol-
lowed the lead OF the German corpora
tiOns
In England, prior to the present move
were hospital accommodations Of about
1000 beds Since this movement began many
new % sanitarlums have been opened and tho
old ones have been improved England has
pronnbly 1000 beds for consumptives at the
present time.
subjects ex stsd when tho present movement
began and sanitlrlnms either have been
built or are being built at Lyons, Paris, or
Snd ls"dp' cnas Sn1FGy FT.ncb % ayre csnrt
about completing sanitnrium at Agincourt,
which viii cost over n million francs
In Russia. under the, leadership of the
established and number are under way,
In Italy. sanatoriums are being establisbed
a. Arizanno, Padua. Cmbria. Naples. Messina,
been passed requiring existing hospitals TO
set aside wards for the treatment of con-
s,pnptvcS.
In Norway. since 1907, three sanntornms
have boen established Two are under wav,
all under control OF the Government A
nnmber OF private sanntoriums have also
IN Denmark a hospital for consumptives
with ninety-four beds was opened in 1900
for, the use Of the entire country. and another
with no beds for the use Of the city Of Copen-
hagen only In Sweden a large sanatorium
for consuinptiveS ia at present being built
as a jubilee memorial
In switzerland there are seven sanatoriums
for poor consumptives. and number OF Others
are planned
In Austria sanntorium has been es,ab-
lished at Alland. and similar institutions
are projected In Bohemia at Maehren and M
Steiermarck. In Hungary a sanntorium
+ being erected as memorial 70 the late
toriums for consumptiyes. In Spain, under
tho leadership of the Royal family, a large
nationat hospital has been opened at Porta
given 2o,Oo0,oo0 rois for the establishment,
Of tuberculosis hospital
In Holland the Queen within the year has
given largo sum of money for the estab-
i'hment OF Sanatorluin.
In Canada there arc two saaatorums for |
consumptlves with combined capacity OF
seventy-tve beds. The tiovernInent ~
the Province of Toronto has recently passed
. bill encouraging the establishment of sana-
lorums by providing legal machinery for |
rais'ns revenue for them, Under this act
general Government. establish sanatorilm |
and raise revenue for its maintenance
isbnnG notoTiu n,,rH Sn1.s noyernmsnt has estab-
treatment OF tubercular marine hospitnl |
patients, ana Tor consumptlves Of its army |
IN" state Of New York has at present
private management and one projected TO |
% supported by The state These have |
y y Hggrss9te capacity Of about $40 beds
Tho city Tor 1901 appropriated s7OOio for |
'nre of the conslmptve poor few OF |
SSb me general h9snloI1 of the ely New York.
also care for consunptvcs
Massachusetts has five hospitals for con- |
umptive'. one OF which was established |
~ the state The combined capacity of the |
I've hospitals il about $50 beds The state \
= Ma.s1hGiihqse,ts appropriated si5o.coo for
ion ana two protected. all In Cook COUNTY |
The three will have a combined capacity !
II about 900 beds colorado has three private |
"a anatoruns for pny patients
Maryland has one hospital for poor con- |
WIN 4 capacity Of lr beds Ohio |
'"s one ih19'Pni on ioF pGor consmptiyss with
.wo pay sanatoriums for corsumpTivfs |
\Iabnna has two sanntpriums for consump- |
yes one ior pay patients and ono for con-
prisoners of the State
New Mexico has three small pay sanntor-
ums fnr consumptiveS and one large one il |
projected Connecticut has one small pnv |
losptal Tor consumptives Pennsylvania has |
hree tuberculosis hospitals. with "A COM |
'ined capacity Of about i2O beds and nenrly |
lAlf OF these beds arr in wards of general |
'osptAls. supported by the Free Hospital I
or Poor tOnsumptives
Sanatorlums for consumptvcs arc pro- |
ected In New Jersey, Ohio. Minnesota,
Michigan and Rhode Island Rhode Island !
aS under consideration a bill approprintinp
200, ,ooo for tuberculosis hospital