:>s TUBERCULOSIS AS A DISI \H OF I'll! 



Bathing 

 Facil 



Regularity 

 of Meals. 



Overwork. 



Child-labor. 



where modern bathing facilities cannot be easily installed, 

 there should be public places where, for a moderate price, 

 p.-oplr ,-aii enjoy tin- rlraiMii.L: and ivfivshinj: luxury of a warm 

 <>r cold bath. Thank- to tin- t in-loss labors of I )r. Simon Hnruch. 

 a number of such public baths have been established in New 

 York, Chicago, and other cities of the Union. 



In factories, workshops, big stores, etc., there should always 

 be a sufficient number of well kept spittoons, preferably < l< -vatrd 

 and of unbreakable material. \Vhnw.T >uch precautions are 

 taken and some conspicuous signs put up forbidding expectorat- 

 ing on the floor, and if necessary making it punishable by law, 

 promiscuous spitting will soon cease, and an important point 

 in the combat of tuberculosis will be gained. 



All employees, men and women of whatever class, should be 

 allowed ample and regular time for their meals. These should 

 never be taken in the workshops, but special rooms should be 

 kept for that purpose. Opportunity should be given to the 

 workers to rest or walk in the open air for a little while after 

 their meal. It is also of importance for the health of the 

 laborer to wash his hands thoroughly before touching food, 

 and proper conveniences should be provided for that purpose. 

 Factories, workshops, large or small stores, etc., should, of 

 course, be well ventilated, but it is particularly necessary that 

 they should be thoroughly aired after working hours. These 

 precautions apply not only to large establishments, but to the 

 smallest concern with one or two employees as well, and every 

 employer should bear in mind that a healthy laborer i- of 

 greater value than one who is overworked, underfed, or badly 

 housed. Lastly, employees should not be overworked. There 

 should be reasonable hours for all, so that the laborer may 

 enjoy the bodily and mental rest which is essential to the preser- 

 vation of health. The germs of any disease, but particularly 

 those of tuberculosis, will always find a more congenial soil for 

 development in an overworked and enfeebled system. On Id- 

 labor, that is to say, the employment of children under four- 

 teen years of age, in factories, workshops, mines, etc., should 

 be prohibited by law. The child is more susceptible to tuber- 

 culosis than the adult, especially when its delicate growing 

 organism is subject to continued physical strain. 



Before ending this chapter 1 will speak of another matter, 

 most important in the prevention of tuberculosis, in which no 

 one can be more helpful than the well-meaning employer. I 

 refer to the careful examination of every one before being 



