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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA
DATE 1938 DOC NMA107
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION NYT - Say Hospitals Lag on Tuberculosis
SAY
HOSPITALS
By CRAIG
THOMPSONSpecial
New
York
Times
1857
LAG
ON
TUBERCULOSIS
THOMPSONSpecial
to
THE
NEW
YORK
TIMES
Jun
24
1938
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
The
New York
Times
1851
-
2003
SAY HOSPITALS LAG
ON TUBERCULOSIS
Association
One in
24
Experts Assert Only
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of General Group
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Is Equipped for Patients
NATION STUDY VOTED
Report Holds Addit ofi Wo arn ds
in
Existing Institutions
Is
'
Most Economical Process
By CRAIG THOMPSON
Special to
THE
NEW
YORK
TIMES
LOS
ANGELES
June
Assert-
ing
that
too
few
general
hospitals
in
the
country
are
equipped to
h"n-
dle
tuberculosis
patients
the
tional Tuberculosis
Association
Naend-
ed
its
annual
session
here
today
by
starting
a
program
designed
to
cor-
rect
the condition
Through
the
State
and
local
as-
sociations
which
are
a
part
of
the
national
organization
a
study
of
local
hospitals
are
4,200
clas-
sified
as
general
hospitals
be
undertaken
to
determine
which
might
be
most
effectively
enlarged
or
altered
to
provide
tuberculosis
wards
or
pavilions
and
to
under-
take
educational
and
publicity
cam-
to paigns
bring
this
about
This
program is
separate
from
the
the
one
approved
by
the
association's
board
of
directors
Monday
for
con-
trol
of
the
disease through
construc-
tion
by
Federal
and
State
govern-
ments
of
additional
hospitals
at
cost
of
some
. 140,000,000
with
a a
maintenance
and
finding
ex-
penditure
of
35,000,000
a
year
to
go
with
it
The
construction
pro-
gram
advanced
by
Homer
Folks
executive Charities
secretary
of
the
State
Aid
Association
of
New
York
has
been
endorsed
by
Surgeon
General
Thomas
Parran
Jr.
The
program
put
forward
today
is
the
result
of
study
by
a
commit-
tee
headed
by
Dr.
Charles
J.
Hat-
field
former
managing
director
of
the
association
and
now
with
the
Henry
Institute
at
the
Uni-
versity
of
Pennsylvania
Features
of
Hatfield
Report
Dr.
Hatfield
declared
that
the
ad-
dition
of
tuberculosis
wards
to
gen-
eral
hospitals
would
provide
a
sort
of
clearing
house
would
tend
to
in-
crease
the
number of cases detected
would
provide
physicians
and
nurses
with
a
more
internes complete
knowledge
of
would
make
the
disease
available
the
and full
equipment
ally
found
of
a
hospital
not
gener-
in
special ;
tuberculosis
sanatoriums
While
he
said
th^r^ had
been
evident
for
some
years
a
growing
tendency
on
the
part
of
the
hos-
pitals
to
include
tuberculosis
wards
in
their
plant
this
trend
had
appar-
ently
been
changed
1935
the
number
of
hospitals
so
equipped
had
actually
become
less
;
since
that
time
=
In
many
parts
the
United
States
the
resolution
which
was
adopted
stated
notably
in
the
rel-
atively
sparsely
settled
areas
beds
for
tuberculous
persons
can
be
most izing ities
economically
provided
by
util-
existing
general
hospital
facil-
or
by
adding
wards
or
pavilions
to
such
institutions
Experience
has
proved
that
ade-
treatment
can
be
provided
for
tuberculous
patients
in
general
hospitals
with
no
injury
to
the
rep-
utation
of
the
hospital
and
with
:
great benefit
to
the
patients
Cites
Present
Small
Ratio
At
the
present
time
Dr.
Hatfield
found
only
177
of
the
general
hos-
pitals
are
prepared
to
care
for
tuberculous
patients
a
ratio
of
about
one
in
every
twenty
Dr.
A.
J.
Lanza
and
Robert
J.
Vane
Jr.
both
of
the
Metropolitan
Life
Insurance
Company
in
New
York
presented
a
mass
of
statis-
tical
and
case
study
data
which
led
them
to
the
conclusion that the
haz-
ards
in
industries
in
which
work-
come
in
contact
been
overrated
as
a
with
dust
have
cause
of
tuber-
culosis
.
Silica
dust
from
which
the
dis-
ease
silicosis
gets
its
name
is
the
major
cause
of
lung
disturbances
among
the
dusts
although
asbes-
tos
dust
also
causes
sometimes
fatal
said
such
as
a
lung
conditions
Dr.
Lanza
Both
were
he
added
He
recognizable
as
defined
silicosis
definite
clinical
entity
A.
person
with
silicosis
may develop
tuberculosis
he
said
but
it
does
not
follow
that
the
dust
conditions
caused
the
tuberculous
one
Dr.
Lanza
stated
as
a
belief
that
much
of
the
tuberculosis
which
it
has
been
assumed
is
associated
with
various
dusty
occupations
is
prob-
ably
more
closely
related
to
the
general
economic
status
of
the
earner
concerned
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