394 MAN'S IMPROVEMENT OF HIS ENVIRONMENT 



tains a sanitarium at Otisville in the Catskill Mountains. Here 

 people who are unable to provide means for getting away from the 



The best cures for tuberculosis are rest, plenty of fresh out-of-door air, and 



wholesome food. 



city are cared for at the city's expense and a large percentage of 

 them are cured. In this way and by tenement house laws which 

 require proper air shafts and window ventilation in dwellings, by 

 laws against spitting in public places, and in other w r ays, the boards 

 of health in our towns and cities are waging war on tuberculosis. 



A sanitarium for tuberculosis. Notice the outdoor sleeping rooms. 



