Tuberculosis in Massachusetts . e still curable, will make greater efforts to detect thedisease in its early stages, and will avail themselves more fullyof opportunities to have sputum examinations made in doubtfulcases. The Associated Committees have already had a good effect inhelping the medical men in Massachusetts to co-operate in theimportant field of preventive medicine. 7. Commission to investigate Measures for the Relief of Con-sumptives. — In the spring of 1906, in accordance with a legisla-tive resolve, Governor Guild appointed a Commission to investigatemeasures for the relief of c
Tuberculosis in Massachusetts . e still curable, will make greater efforts to detect thedisease in its early stages, and will avail themselves more fullyof opportunities to have sputum examinations made in doubtfulcases. The Associated Committees have already had a good effect inhelping the medical men in Massachusetts to co-operate in theimportant field of preventive medicine. 7. Commission to investigate Measures for the Relief of Con-sumptives. — In the spring of 1906, in accordance with a legisla-tive resolve, Governor Guild appointed a Commission to investigatemeasures for the relief of consumptives and sites for state hospi-tals for consumptives. After a careful study of the conditionsthroughout the State this Commission embodied its observationsand recommendations in a report, of which the following is asummary: — 1. As to the number of persons in the Commonwealth who are suffering frompulmonary tuberculosis, or consumption: — That the total number of cases of pulmonary tuberculosis reported to the Com-. CABOT. 7 mission is 7,779; of these, 6,376 are private patients of physicians who answeredthe circular letter sent out by the Commission, and 1,403 are in either private orpublic institutions located in the State. The number of incipient cases reportedis 2,792; the number of advanced, 2,339; an^ tne number of far advanced,2,648. 2. As to appropriate and available sites for a hospital or hospitals for the treat-ment of such sufferers: — That many appropriate and available sites, such as have been described in thetext, can easily be found in every county and in the neighborhood of nearly everymunicipality in the State. 3. As to the probable cost to the Commonwealth of erecting and maintaininghospitals adequate for such treatment: — That the probable cost of erecting such hospitals would be about §500 per bed;and of maintenance, from $7 to $9 per week per patient. 4. As to the advisability of the undertaking by the Commonwealth of the careand treatmen
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