New-York tribune., 1904-10-06
WARFARE on CONSUMPTION.

The governments Of those States which have
not vet organized a vigorous campaign against
tuberculosis may we'll initiate the example
which MARYLAND has set. Maryland is not
niopeer II is n recent recruit, but the report
of its special commission, just printed, Is Il
model document. To many executive ana leRls-
lative officials throughout the country II VIII
afford suggestive revelations or duty ana OF
ways and means of performing the same The
medical and statistical data here collected may
not be SO new to the wideawake practitioner
because he has become familiar Herewith In
other ways Still in at least one particular the
procedure of the Maryland commission was
novel if not unique In connection with pun
lie conference held in Baltimore last January
il arranged for an elaborate and comprehensive
exhibition which remained open for several
DAYS. The material thus made available for
inspection was exceedingly varied. II had
practical bearing on tenement house REFORM mu-
nicnaI and State sanitation, nursing, articles
for the use of invalids, including individual
cuspidors, and models and plans OF score OIL
hospitals and sanatOriums.
Not the least gratifying feature Of tho report
is the recognition given to work done In New
York City and State. An account is given OF the
provision for incipient cases on Blackwells ISL
and and advanced ones on North Brother Island.
and the predatory remark is made that this city
has the best municipal accommodations In Amer
ica The report recommends that annual lect-
ures be given to school teachers In Baltimore in
regard TO tuberculosis, similar to those now so
admirably conducted In NewYOrk The anti
splitting ordinance Of the metropolis naturally
receives hearty approval. In that section Of
the exhibition devoted to governmental SANTA
ton, the most extensive and complete repre-
"sentation was that of the New-YOrE Health
Department" Aside from the contributions
made by Baltimore, apparently the only exhibit
relative TO tenements. factories and sweatshOps
came from this city. 1t embraced twenty plans
Of model tenements ninety photographs that
illustrated the evils OF imperfect ventilation and
OvercrOWding and an instructive set Of statisti-
cal charts. This collection was prepared Jointly
by the New-York Tenement House Commission
and the Charity Organization Society. Models
of several private and public sanatoriums in
the State were shown, and, In discussing the
durability Of consumption, the commission sum-
Tnarizes the results attained by DR.. Trudeau in
the AdrOndackS.
Preventive measures are much the most ef-
fectlve in the war against tuberculosis. but
remedial treatment Is also necessary, and there
is a growing disposition to provide it under
State auspices for persons OF limited means
That fact lends Importance 10 an article in the
October number Of Outdoor Life" by a New
York physician lie estimates that the cost OF
housing a patient at the State institution opened
at Ray Brook last July is 81 900 or more. He
then describes cottage which he thinks would
be equally serviceable for six or seven months
which could be built for 81 200 and which wOuId
accommodate half a dozen or more persons. Bv
way of experiment such structure was erected
on an island In the Adirondacks a few months
aEo and it is possible to draw accurate financial