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Over- 

 crowding of 

 Prisons, 

 Asylums, 

 Lodging 

 Houses, etc. 



Emigration 

 from City 

 to Country. 



| trisons, asylums, almslmiiM-s. >chonk barracks, 

 public homes. lodging hou-es. etc., must also receive the atten- 

 tion of tin- -anitary authorities. The .-rouded and 

 unclean boarding houses must not he overlooked. 

 KnouLzh cubic space per individual, more systematic ventilation. 

 ami the i-olation of tuberculous invalids an- tl. .-. hich 



Ship-builders, ship-owner- . and captains should U-ar in mind 

 that the excessively crowded quarters !<> \\hich the ailor 



:ilined during his hour- and >lecp are absolutely 



detrimental, and even the outdoor life during the lion; 

 cannot counteract tlie <leleterious influence \\hich the vitiated 

 air of the forecastle r\er(s on the health <>f the seaman. Of 

 e are aware that the >jace ^iven to each individual on 

 board ship must be, of necessity, limited; still there can U 



improvement, and the ventilation can he made IIKM 

 For the very reason that sail- five in crowded juar- 



ters the >f infection on board ship i- very 



tulxTculous sailor still at work is almo-t certain to infect his 

 comrades. But shipboard is not the only place where sailors 

 d to the disease. When on shore they mostly fre- 

 quent and sleep in houses where the accommodation.- 

 bunks and straw, and where sanitation is so neglected that 

 in still greater danger of contracting disease. To 



:it the spread of infection among sailors then' is but one 

 remedy, and that is the regular periodic examination of every 

 sailor on board ship and the exclusion from service of individuals 

 suffering from pulmonary tuberculc 



Lastly, the physicia- esmen, and philanthropies inter- 



oted in the solution of the tuberculosis problem have, be.-ides 

 working for the better housing of (he poor and the creation of 

 d institutions for the treatment of consumptives, an addi- 

 tional mission to perform. The tide of emigration from village 

 to city should l>e r . If tuberculosis has made its appear- 



ance in a family living in a large city, the physician >hould 



all his influence to induce especially the younger members 

 to migrate to the country and seek outdoor occupation 



-hould protect the interests of the farmer, so that farming 

 will have more attraction to the rising generation than it has 

 had in the last few decades; and philanthropists should aid the 



men by endowing institutions for instruction in scientific 

 and profitable agriculture, and also by providing healthful 

 amus' u r ood libraries, and other educational institutions 



