Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-02-17
WHITE PLAGUE
WORK HAS
BEEN OUTLINED

Trenton, Feb. 17:-Under date OF
Monday, Governor Fort transmitted
to the legislature a report of the
State tuberculosis Commission, with
this recommendations:
The state of New Jersey should
foster in every way possible proper
institutions for the treatment of per-
sons afflicted or threatened with tu-
berculosis, and the recommendations
contained in the report of the COM
mission herewith submitted are
commended to the favorable consid-
Grafton of the legislature.
The report of the commission,
which is addressed to the governor
and legislature, follows:
1nasmuch as your commission
finds that the existing hospitals and
sanitaria in this state are made
quate; that the state sanitarium for
incipient cases accommodates but
121 patients; that additional mu-
nicipal and county sanitaria make
a total provision for only $50 incip-
lent cases; that there is municipal
and county provision for only SIM
liar number of advanced cases, and
that there were last year 3,749
deaths from tuberculosis in this
state, your commission recommends:
One-That the facilities at Glen
Gardner be increased by the addition
of moderate priced shacks That
provision be made at Glen Gardner
for arrested cases, as at Eudowood
Sanitarium, Maryland, by converting
one of the farm houses into resi-
dence for them, or by the erection of
inexpensive buildings for their ac-
commodation, the patients to do
farm or other work in connection
with the institution, thereby being
self-supporting until a cure is as
sured
That an appropriation of $4,000
be made for the erection and equip
ment of separate shack at Glen
Gardner for the care of tuberculosis
children, of whom there are at pres
ent in the institution seventeen un-
der sixteen years of age. Also that
provision be made for school instruc-
tion for these children.
When Patients Should Pay.
That the board of managers of
Glen Gardner, in order to save the
state unnecessary expense, be ad-
vised to authorize a most careful in
vestigation of the financial status of
every patient admitted, with a view
to making every one, able to do SO,
pay according to his own or his fam
ily's ability.
Two-That the legislature appro-
pirate $4,000 for tuberculosis work
in this state, the agent for carrying
out the work to be the State Board
of Health, the appropriation to be
available by the said board.
Three-That the State Board of
Health shall use this appropriation
for educational and practical pur-
poses:
In the publication and distribution
of literature regarding this disease.
In the creation and maintenance Of
state tuberculosis exhibit, which
shall be at the disposal of all COM
munities in the state applying for it's
use locally.
In the maintenance of special tu-
berculosis inspector, whose duties
shall be to enforce existing laws con-
cerning registration of tuberculosis
cases, to advise local boards of
health concerning disinfection, to
inspect hospitals and sanitaria treat
ing tuberculosis patients, to report
on same to State Board of Health,
and to perform such other duties as
may be ordered by said board.
Four-That the State Board Of
Health take up the question of the
need of rural nurses to do educa-
tional and practical work in COM
munities specially designated.
Five-That the State Board of
Health, if granted above powers, ac-
cept the cooperation of the New Jer-
sey Association for the Prevention
and Relief of tuberculosis, and that
these bodies work together
Six-The commission favors the
establishment of county hospitals for
advanced and incipient cases at
county expense, as has been done in
New York, according to provision of
an act of the last legislature, and the
establishment of municipal hospitals
and sanitaria for advanced and in
cipient cases at city expense. 1t
does not favor single state hospital
for advanced cases.
1t recommends that the need of
further provision for advanced cases
be carefully considered by the State
Board of Health, and that the place
and number of hospitals be desig-
mated by that body.
The commission recommends, on
the part of the municipalities, pro-
vision for arrested cases and those
discharged from public institutions,
such provision to be in the form of
inexpensive shacks in which patients
can live comfortably at moderate
cost and continue their usual pur-
suits of life.