Delaware Code Title 16. Health and Safety § 151. Powers and duties of Department of Health and Social Services

(1) Promote a careful study of conditions regarding tuberculosis throughout the State;

(2) Educate public opinion as to the causes and prevention of tuberculosis;

(3) Arouse general interest in securing adequate provision for the proper care of tuberculosis patients in their homes and by means of sanatoria;  and

(4) Send such tuberculosis patients as require treatment to Emily P. Bissell Hospital for such treatment.