The Montefiore Home Country Sanitarium for Consumptives, at Bedford Station, NY


 

Publication Date: May 1902

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Henry Herbert

Research Area: Health

Keywords: Communal Organization; Social Services; Health

Type: Book review

Coverage: New York

Abstract:

The author begins with a description of the devastating impact of tuberculosis on American Jews, and then describes the sanitoria approach to treatment and containment. He introduces the new Montefiore Home Country Sanitarium for Consumptives, founded for the local treatment of afflicted New York residents, and reports on its first year in existence, including information on intake procedures, facilities, operations, and outcomes.