Letter from M. G. Overlock to Theodore Roosevelt
M. G. Overlook, State Inspector of Health in the Eleventh Massachusetts District, has started a movement to have manufacturing companies pay the hospital bills of their employees who are being treated for tuberculosis. Because tuberculosis was often associated with poverty, many patients were unable to pay the hospital fees per week. Overlook has spread this movement world wide, but asks Theodore Roosevelt for words of commendation to share to manufacturers who have not joined in the effort.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-05-22
