The broad ax., 1909-06-19
BENEFITS OF A TUBERCULOSIS
sANAToRIUM.
Property Increased in Value, and
Health Conditions 5ettered by It.

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concerning the possible danger and
detriment of locating a tuberculosis
sanatorium or camp near an inhabited
dwelling or valuable property, the
National Association for the Study
and Prevention Of tuberculosis is
sues a statement to-day, which shows
that in 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 conducted
by the National Association, 81 insti-
tutions located in % different States
in all parts of the country were con-
sidered. According to information re-
ceived from sanatorium disinterested
parties, 67.5 per cent. Of these tuber-
culosis sanatoria have had a favor
able 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 presence Of
the sanatorium helped to increase the
assessed valuation of surrounding
property. In only one instance has
property decreased in value, and
there it was due to ignorance of the
facts. In % out Of the 81 cases, the
presence of a sanatorium has even
been helpful in the recent sale Of
land, and in only four places has any
detrimental effect on sales been
shown. In 51.3 per cent. Of the cases,
residents have been attracted to the
community by the sanatorium, and in
only three localities have residents
been repealed.
Some examples show the increase
in the value of surrounding property
In the vicinity Of a sanatorium in
Portland, Oregon, land has more than
doubled in value in three years, and
is in demand close to the sanatorium
At Aiken, S. c., property in the neigh
borhood of the local sanatorium has
increased 400 per cent since the in
sutton was built. At Hebron, Maine,
surrounding property has increased
20 per cent. as a direct result Of the
presence of a tuberculosis sanatori-
UNI. A similar effect upon land values
has taken place in other towns, such
as Luzerne, Pa; Liberty, n. Y; Sara
mac Lake, n. Y; Pittsford, Vt; Mt.
Vernon, No, and Silver City, n. NJ.
At AsheviIIe, N. c., vacant lots near
one Of the sanatoria in that city, sell
at four times their price in 1900, and
those farther from the institution but
nearer the city are less valuable. Not
q single instance was reported where
the presence Of a tuberculosis sana-
torium, camp, or dispensary in large
city has had detrimental effect on
the value Of surrounding property.
The courts OF Massachusetts, North
Carolina and Virginia have decided
that a tuberculosis sanatorium is not
a menace to the health Of a com
munity, and that it does not decrease
the value of land in its immediate
oefghohrhood
The presence Of a tuberculosis
sanatorium has been a benefit also
to the farmers in its vicinity from
the fact that it affords a market for
their produce, and gives more work
to the unemployed The merchants,
TOO. have4estihed that the sanatOrium
is a stimulus and help to trade.
The tuberculosis sanatOrium has
been Of valEe to the community in
the raising Of health standards. In
almost every city or town where such
al institution has been opened. pub
Tic splitting has decreased. more vim
dows have been opened. and greater