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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.