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THE CUBA REVIEW 



of buildings were erected for that pur- 

 pose. Here medical attendance is given 

 to the members absolutely free of 

 charge. About forty physicians, den- 

 tists and oculists are employed. Many 

 cases are attended at the homes of the 

 patients. There is a special building 

 in the hospital grounds for people suf- 

 fering with fevers, and an isolation 

 word, well screened, for yellow-fever 

 patients. This ward has not been used 

 for two or three years. The operating 

 building is complete in every detail, 

 and as the number of patients at the 

 institution averages between five and 

 six hundred, several surgeons are kept 

 busy in this building. There is even a 

 place for the insane, who are taken 

 care of for life if necessary. A long. 



shaded walk leads to the hospital proper 

 and here every day the convalescents take 

 the air, resting on the rustic benches 

 under the trees. When a member of 

 the club is found to be suffering with 

 tuberculosis, he is sent to the Canary 

 Islands to recuperate, the cost being 

 borne by the association. Funeral ex- 

 penses of the members are one of the 

 benefits of the club. 



Other societies patterned after the 

 Clerks' Club have been formed in Cuba 

 to care especially for the laboring classes, 

 and so successful have they been that 

 one of the immigration laws of Cuba 

 requires all immigrants to become mem- 

 bers of one of these beneficial associa- 

 tions before they may land on the isl- 

 and. — C. R. Miller, in Leslie's Weekly. 



The Tamayo Dispensary. 



The Tamayo Dispensary in Havana 

 was opened November 12 with appro- 

 priate ceremonies. Governor Magoon, 

 Governor Asbert and a number of other 

 officials were present. The institution is 

 the result of a decree prepared by Dr. 

 Diego Tamayo in July, 1900, when he 

 was acting as Secretary of the Interior 



under General Wood. It provides med- 

 ical attention to the poor and deserves 

 the hearty support of the government 

 and the people at large. The govern- 

 ment has contributed to its support since 

 the original institution was opened in the 

 Arsenal grounds. The new building 



was erected by the Havana Central Rail- 

 way in recompense for the building in 

 the arsenal. 



A beautiful road for automobilists on the way to Batabano. 



