The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-06-17
BENEFITS OF A TUBERCULOSIS
SANATORIUM
Property Increased in Value, and
Health Conditions Bettered by II.

'IOlI COHCeInlng the possible dam
ger and detriment of locating a
tuberculosis sanatorium or camp
near an inhabited dwelling or val
liable property, the National As
oclatlon tor the study and preve'
ton of tuberculosis issues a
ment today, which shows that il.
the great majority of cases such an
institution has a beneficial effect,
not only upon the sale of property
but also upon the health of the
community.
In a recent investigation con-
Quoted by the National Associa-
ton, AZ institutions located in %
different states in all parts of the
country were considered. Accord
ing to information received from
sanatorlum superintendent, real
estate dealers and various disinter-
ested parties, 66.5 per cent. of
these tuberculosis sanator.ums have
had a favorable influence upon
surrounding property, and have
been a benefit to the community
in which they were located.
In the case of %, or 62.2 per
cent, of the institutions, the pres
ence OF the sanatorium helped to
increase the assessed valuation of
surrounding property. In only
one instance has property decreas-
ed IN value and there il was due to
ignorance of the facts. In p out
out OF the 81 cases, the presence
OF sapatorium has even been help
tul IN the recent sale of land and
in only four places has any detri-
mental effect on sales been shown.
In 51.3 per cent. of the cases, resi-
dents have been attracted to the
community by the sanatorium, and
IN only three localities have resi-.
dents been repealed.
Some examples show the increase
IN the value of surrounding prop
erty. In the vicinity of a sanator.
lum in Portland, Oregon, land has
more than doubled in value ir>
three years, and is in demand close
to the sanatorium. At Aiken, S.
c. property in the neighbort-~s
OF the local sanatorium ha.
creased 400 per cent. since the II
stltution was built. At Hebron,
Maine, surrounding property has
increased 20 per cent. as a direct
result OF the presence of a thbercr-
losls sanatorium. A similia r effect
upon land value has taken Blaze in
o'HeI Io"ns' snch as Luzerepe, Pa;
Liberty, N. Y; Saranac Lake, N
- FI"slora' w.; Mt. sSnon,
Mo; and Silver City, NM At
Asheville, n. c., vacant lots( near
one of the sanatoria in that civ
sell at four times their price in 1000
anu those Iarther from the lnStitu-
ton but nearer the citv are lace
valuable. Not a single instance
was reported where the presence
Ola tuberculosis sanatorium, camp,
or d'spensary in large city has
had a detrimental effect on the
value Of surrounding property.
The courts of Massachusetts,,
North Carolina and Virginia have
decided that a tuberculosis sana-
forum is not a menace to the
health Of community, and that
1t does not decrease the value of
land IN its immediate neighbor-
hood.
The presence of a tuberculosis
sanatorium has been a benefit also
to the farmers in its vicinity from
the fact that it affords market for
their produce, and gives more work
to the unemployed. The mer-
chants, too, have testified that the
sanatorium is a stimulus and help
to trade.
The tuberculosis sanatorium
has been of value to the commun-
ity in the raising of health stan
dards. III almost every city or
town where such an institution has
been opened, public splitting has
decreased, more windows
been opened, and greater cleanli-
ness in life has resulted.