Tuberculosis in infancy and childhood : its pathology, prevention, and treatment . of Grancher in Faris,attempts have been made to deal with children belonging to tuber-culous families by boarding them out in the country. As yet noopinion on the results of these measures is possible, as, so far, this planhas only been tried on a small scale. So as to accustom the children,dismissed from the childrens health establishments, to muscular work—to awaken their interest for nature, and possibly to give them aninclination for gardening—a farm-colony has been established in the l5 226 TUBERCULOSIS IN
Tuberculosis in infancy and childhood : its pathology, prevention, and treatment . of Grancher in Faris,attempts have been made to deal with children belonging to tuber-culous families by boarding them out in the country. As yet noopinion on the results of these measures is possible, as, so far, this planhas only been tried on a small scale. So as to accustom the children,dismissed from the childrens health establishments, to muscular work—to awaken their interest for nature, and possibly to give them aninclination for gardening—a farm-colony has been established in the l5 226 TUBERCULOSIS IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD neighbourhood of Berlin. The boys are here employed in gardening,and the girls besides in household work and the raising of small live-stock (Fig. 17). A definite opinion on the results of this establishmentcannot yet be given, the undertaking being too new. The war against tuberculosis in Germany has by no means come toa standstill. Everywhere an advance with new and keener weapons isquietly, but not the less energetically, going on. The importance of. [7. TUBERCULOUS CHILDREN ENGAGED IN GARDENING AT HOHEN-LVSHEN. arresting the spread of the disease, especially during childhood, has tillrecently not been sufficiently realized. Now, however, it is being takenup with ever-increasing zeal and knowledge. We may therefore hopethat before long it may be possible to show a marked diminution in thesickness and mortality rate of tuberculosis among the valuable lives ofour children—our Empires coming men and 1 For those desirous of studying in further detail the various enterprises now atwork in the German Empire for the Prevention and Treatment of Tuherculcsisamong Children, the following references may be of service : Reports of the German Central Committee for Combating Tuberculosis(Jahresbericht des Deutschen Zentral-Komitee 2ur Bekampfung der 9, Berlin) Reports of the Association for Childrens Sea-side Resoits (Jahresb
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