. The Cuba review. 20 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 fi
. The Cuba review. 20 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
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