The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-06
WALLINGFORD SANATORIUM
SUMMARY OF TWO FEARS RE-
 SUITS.

Had No ReIief---14S Patients Dis-
 charged Since Opening-COnsump-
 lives Need Not be Sent Far From
 Home-VaIue of Work in EducatiOn-
 al Way.
 The report of the New Haven County Anti-tuberculosis association, which has just been issued, shows that the work of this association at their sana- &orium in Wallingford has been even more prosperous than during the previ- | ous year. This sanatorium is situated on the highest point of Cook hill, where l it gets the purest air in the country, with all the breezes during the sultry months. The methods of sure are | those in use at all up-to-date sanatoria, and include sleeping out of doors, plen- ty of Well-cooked, nutritious food, rest ing, exercising within limits prescribed l by the physician in charge Not only art results being obtained in the sana- torium, but the patients, when they go
 
 friends, for they carry the knowledge they have obtained of the nature of the l disease, how it is communicated and l how it may be induced by living in i dark and ill-ventilated dwellings. The influences of the work are being felt in offices and factories where there is more attempt to prevent indiscriminate splitting, and also to provide better ven | tilation. One hundred and forty-six patients have been discharged from the sanatorium since its opening two years ago, and these constitute just one hundred and forty-sX more workers in the endeavor to restore normal methods of living. Not all of these have been sent out cured The sanatorium has been conducted on the plan of "the greatest benefit to the greatest num- ber" and not to establish a reord, and many cases received there have been taken, although their cure was very questionable, because of the good pos sible through their care and training in order to prevent further spread of the disease among their families
 The records show fifty-nine per cent. of all cases, favorable and unfavorable, returned to active, useful life, and half as many more greatly improved In | fact, the results of the treatment under the local climatic conditions, both here and in the Well-known distant resorts. One important feature of the work which the report does not show is the very moderate financial circumstances Of tha noio nf ba eeived. Were there not this institution open to them at it's low rate (which is considerably below the cost of mainte- nance) many of them would be entirely without means of obtaining the chance of renewed health and usefulness it of fera.
 From its opening on September 20, 1904, up to the present time, one hun dred and forty-eight patients have been discharged from the Wallingford sana- torium. The results obtained with these have proven that 1t is not neces- sary to send people of the state far from home for treatment; but that un- der a proper regime results can be ob- tained here fully as good as those of any well-knwn climate or health resort. The state of health of these one hun dred and forty eight discharged pa- tients on November 1, 19O6 was as fol- lows:
 Apparently cured and arrested (with ability to worl), 7S or 49 per cent.
 Continued improvement, 27 or IS per cent.
 Disease progressive, 28 or 195 per cent.
 Died, 19 or 12.8 per cent,
 Discharged as not tubercular, or T per cent.
 This includes all eases, even several far advanced ones that were admitted l (though incurabel for few weeks in order Ito teach them how to prevent spreading the disease among the mem- bers of their family.
 Though the great majority have come from New Haven county, every county in the state has been represented there by several patients, for the sanatorium is open to all citizens of the state who cannot afford the rates of private in stftutions. The boon it has been to these is shown by a glance at the list of occupation represented among the patients. Bookkeepers, buffers, car tpenters, factory hands, salesmen, tail ors, waitresses, teachers, nurses, steno- More than this, their people have been able to visit them, see the place and the life they lead, and learn from per- sonal observation the value of a normal healthy mode of living, Aside from it's immediate results, which compare fa- vorable with those of distant resorts it's educational value alone, through its location in easy access to friends and families of the patients, is sufficient to justify the most generous support from the people of the state.
 The results of local treatment at the sanatorium at Wallingford have fully justified the faith of its founders, and should command the attention of all who have the well-being of the state at hear
 Of all the patients whose condition on admission was such as to justify the hope of favorable result, fifty-nine per cent have been discharged with the ! disease arrested and able to take up active life; twenty-three per cent. more have left in a greatly improved condf- tion.
 i The first patient admitted to the san- atorium, and discharged as an arrested case, has worked at his trade, of orna- mental plasterer in New York city for the past eighteen months, with no re- 1 turns of any symptoms of the disease