Tuberculosis in Massachusetts . have been greater thanwas anticipated. The obvious requirement of proximity to arailroad, both for economy of administration and to provide easyaccess to patients and their friends, greatly limits the in construction, necessitated by the small appropriation,makes it imperative to select land that is level and well high and dry plateau, where water can be obtained cheaply andwhere sewage disposal can be safely arranged, is not easily satisfactory site has been obtained and the plans for thefirst hospital are well under way. The
Tuberculosis in Massachusetts . have been greater thanwas anticipated. The obvious requirement of proximity to arailroad, both for economy of administration and to provide easyaccess to patients and their friends, greatly limits the in construction, necessitated by the small appropriation,makes it imperative to select land that is level and well high and dry plateau, where water can be obtained cheaply andwhere sewage disposal can be safely arranged, is not easily satisfactory site has been obtained and the plans for thefirst hospital are well under way. The act creating this Commission is designed to eventually putunder its charge all of the state sanatoria and to consolidate allthe state anti-tuberculosis work under one Board. While the Commission has been searching for sites and planningthese hospitals it has been issuing bulletins at short intervals, eachbulletin dealing with some phase of the tuberculosis bulletins have been distributed to the newspapers through-. CABOT. 9 out the State and have been generally published, or in some casesmade the basis of an article or leader. The Commission has also constantly urged the importance ofand assisted in the establishment of tuberculosis dispensaries orclinics, day-camps, anti-tuberculosis associations and visitingnurses in various parts of the State. 9. Health Districts and Inspectors. —-The Legislature of 1906-07,following the recommendations of Dr. Walcotts commission, or-dered that the State should be divided into districts, and that ahealth inspector, appointed by the Governor, should be assignedto each district. The work of the inspectors is considered atlength in a subsequent chapter. 10. The Massachusetts Federation of Womens Clubs. — Withinthe past year the Federation of Womens Clubs has taken an activeinterest in the matter of tuberculosis. It has had public meetingsin various places, with the purpose of educating the community inregard to tuberculosis, a
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