Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-30
ESTATE HOUSE,
State Board Of Health
Issues a Bulletin.
Number an Interesting One and
Contains Valuable Matter.
Fire Warning Cards 10 Be Posted al
Certain Railroad Stations.
srATEHOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council
Tuesday, April "a, at 10 A. M.

has been received from the printer. and
iA nnw being circulated from the otIic
| Of th- secretary Of The board at the
capitol. II makes 4 panphlet of 30
PAGES. ana IS filled with interesting,
mailer Among other subjects taken
En by iii" board is that bt SMALLPOX
y men ewes 4 report oi the number ui
cIarS which nave occurred in The State
during Tire ".intrr. ana he text or
which is AS follows:
Larry III tit- season il was found that
m1lipox was quite prevalent i'll SOM.
parts Of N.-W brunswick, particularly
in the region around Fredericton
junction, :r.d what endangered us
| more than the PROXIMITY Of Tie place
nas The failure of The local authorities
| Z" do any Kind Of efficient work. In
1,'tiDtlS persons ana houses We're not
Tuarlnti.Ird ana many Of thuS, houses
h.it" gone 10 this day without disin-
f'rilon. Incidents Of thai kind show
'h" need Of putting into Tie hands Of Il
central STATE ~ provincial authority
>ut!irtnt power 7" suppress promptly
all such exhibits "f "utlawry. This is
no reflection upon The Provincial
board. W. only wish iht. Irnvinrial
%"vtrmmtn, would strengthen itS cl
bow, II il is crippled by limited IpiIrO-
priati"ns or Inadequate. aut thorily as We
fear il is.
10 protect ourselves al Inspection
scrvic" was pun on al Nanctbnrn This
work vas promptly taken over by the
{. $. public health and marine hos
p:tnl service. as III III" interest Of All
M. Mac I'n,Il,,pI az
"" in this State have Jared fairly
Wtll under the circumstances small
luy III one lumber camp OF How.
Hr'nk III another near the Dxtnw 4
third III Ludlow. ANA n very few cases
in the following towns. /" wit: II"nl
ton, |; II"dsdnn 7; Cary -; i.inn"ua,
I; Ludlow. ]; Island Fails 3; Port
land. ]: Eiddcforh. :.
The int"crion in All of these border
Towns ramt from The lumber camps,
but there is reason 10 b,.li, " that i'll
f"ction was also carried from c;ry 10
How" Brook.
'iiIr lumber camps in thc first two
| places inrnr.onei. boih in nnor@anlZ.i
| townships, Mtr'' taken care Of by the
| state oarh. ana tenn! olIirv h.lp in dis
| injecting Was "ivcn e. Gary which hId
| thr most >,ti"is i"u ~ h'r bands
| other i:i"rtatin'; matter is, Il brief
reference ~ I'll, Mann. .I.ilittuliiiin at
| Hebron, IN :hr Way nf an hi:.u"Irtl
| outline nt tln. institution. i 81. ~, f:ur.
work j. being done III tl..- treatment nf
| flii-rcular troubles. am! which is
,i'.. tnrd to h.-'nrnt- one nf lie famous
| institution ~ ih.. kind ia III. East IN
| speaking &c liz aana,"rnm thn hnllt.-
lin %ayS
An Of us who have amy interest in
! the general movement Of ?aNing say
:Ih" lives. thereby directly b-neiiting
| the state by saving them. but Indirect
! ~ Irottins through lie good rtput" Of
doing 50. are Watching with interest
the progress Of events at the Name
| Sanaturiln. As the state board Of
| health took the first fruitful action
! toward III" orglriZal ion Of the aSsncia-
| tiun which now las chars- Of the
| work. il takes A ra:rIohIb- pril in
| noting that things are Going pn
| Greenwood !nonntiin IN Hebron: fur
| the crrItiv. work ANA thr rducativt.
| work there going on under tile gllld-
| an"t az Dr. NhrEols. the medical dIrcc-
| tor is one Of the greatest uf anxiI-
| iar,S in tho tIS., Of reducing. a. tie.
| vani9hing point. Ihe prevalence ..
| tuberculosis. The assnci;.ti n WA
| legally organized in December. 1900.
| What has been done since then may
| briefly b- rt'ciritulated as follows:
| Three hundred ana twenty acres of
| land have been uought where the
scenery is inspiring. ana where the
| climatic conditions are unexccll,d for
making cures Of incipicnt eases OF
| tuberculosis in eastern persons who
| wish 10 remain in our New EngIand
| states ANA remain cured. a good pur,.
| spring water supply is in abundance.
| About II acres of the land is good
| arabl, land. An orchard Yields about
| 100 barrels "f apples. mostly Raldwins
| The rest il woodland ana pasture
| There Were three Sltperannuatad harns
on III" land. a fairly good farmhouse.
and another dilapidated house. former
| ~ a resort for persons who wished IL
| drink in salubrious draughts uf ,hr
| clear. pure air and Of tile water of
Greenwood spring which VAS 1T one
time uron the market.
The farm is stocked for the produc
tion of milk AMI cream and eggs for
! the patients and with eiIirian, farm
teams. Within une cummodjous
| building erected last year, the cows
| horses. farm implements. wagons ana
carriages are housed. Ca,aciuua
mows ana a good silo make room for
the feed, produced under modern i'm
proved methods which are rapidly in
| crrasing the yield of the acres.
This farm work is dwclt upon a lit
Tie bit because il is one Of the suhston-
tial advantages Of this sanatorium from
$. veral points of view.
In November. 1904. the first building
for the reception Of patients was ready.
That thus far has served also as an
administration building. II is Il we'll
constructed wooden building. ana /,
good one FOR its purpose-but its ca
racity was for IS patients only Ii will
remain one Of the permanent buildings
Next June the association expects
to have completed its permanent ad-