Tuberculosis in Massachusetts . cumstances that must prevail in such institutions. The Gardner Colony has a limited number of patients, mostlymen, and only a few deaths occurred there last year; but as morethan one in four of those who died had tuberculosis, the percentageis The insane department at Foxborough has been receivingpatients but a short time, and previous to the present hospitalyear had had no deaths due to tuberculosis. For the past year represents the percentage of deaths frompulmonary tuberculosis, when all the inmates of Massachusettsstate institutions, hospitals and
Tuberculosis in Massachusetts . cumstances that must prevail in such institutions. The Gardner Colony has a limited number of patients, mostlymen, and only a few deaths occurred there last year; but as morethan one in four of those who died had tuberculosis, the percentageis The insane department at Foxborough has been receivingpatients but a short time, and previous to the present hospitalyear had had no deaths due to tuberculosis. For the past year represents the percentage of deaths frompulmonary tuberculosis, when all the inmates of Massachusettsstate institutions, hospitals and asylums are considered the combined population in the five state hospitals, thepercentage is In the year 1900 Dr. A. H. Harrington collected statistics onthe subject from hospitals for the insane throughout the UnitedStates. In his published reportl he does not single out theMassachusetts hospitals, but does group those in New England, 1 Proceedings American Medico-Psychological Association, igoo, 7, ha a J3 3E-i 3 3* «O WH<!B H <H MOhWO BH <!A PAGE. 87 and shows that per cent, was the average of tubercular mor-tality in the whole group. Compared with that statement, thestatement is warranted that Massachusetts insane hospitals nowhave a better average than that for all New England. Dr. Har-rington also found that the percentage of the total death-rate -dueto tuberculosis in the New England hospitals, when comparedwith the records of other groups of hospitals representing condi-tions in different sections of the country, was the lowest of fact, the death-rate increased in the directions of south andsouthwest as follows: New England States, per cent.; Mid-dle States, per cent.; Western and Southwestern States, cent.; Southern States, per cent. In order to understand to what extent Massachusetts hospitalsare responsible for maintaining conditions which favor the spreadof tuberculosis, the hospital residence
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