The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-25
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accommodation of twelve patients,
six on each floor All rooms have
direct light A private porch is pro-
yided for every two patients and the
doors are so arranged that the beds
may easily be wheeled directly onto
the porches for there the patients
sleep at night Each cottage has a
sitting-room with fireplace on each
floor in addition to the patients
rooms and the toilet and bathrooms
The buildings are lighted by cleo
tricity and contain complete system
of call bells and telephones. The com
plete furnishings of the buildings
which is both artistic and convenient
is practically the sole work Of Miss
Proctor, the senator's daughter.
Senator Proctor bore the entire
cost of the construction and equip
ment of the building amounting to
$4,000 and in addition gave to the
institution an endowment of 100000
1t is estimated that without paying
interest charge upon the original
sanatorium and its equipment, the eX-
pense of maintenance and care of
patients amounts to $l2 each week,
but the price per week has been
placed at 81 for each patient, his
weekly charge includes board, room,
service. laundry and medical atten-
dance, all of quality unsurpassed
IN many private institutions.
Many applications for admittance
have been received from people out
side the state, but none of these can
| lao aHp,fttnH ananrdft,sr 10 fbD rtt1nc nf
the institution. The trustees, attempt
as far as possible to receiyespatients
in fair proportion from all parts of the
state. While the institution is well
equipped for the treatment OF tuber-
culosis, it is intended for incipent
cases only, and patients are further
limited 10 those who are unable to
meet the larger expenses of other san
atoria
The capacity of the building is at
present limited to thirty-two patients,
but the kitchen, dining-room and gen
eral facilities were designed to meet
the needs of a much larger number
with the idea that as need required
sleeping shacks could he built on the
grounds to accommodate additional
patients. 1t has been found already
at the end of six months, that the mum
Der of applications warrants the en-
largement and preparations are on
foot for the erection of the proposed
shicks in the near future,
The institution was formally opened
on the tenth of last December and
since then has received more than
forty patients The results have thus
far been very gratifying. Not only
have the cases received, generally
speaking. responded readily to treat
ment hut the sanltorium has already
gained an enviable reputation for the
air of happiness and cheerfulness
which prevades it. Not only are the
beauty of the surroundings and the air
of the buildings calculated to promote
happiness, but there Is a hOmelike at
mosphere about the institution. The
CHEEKY presence of the matron. Miss
Ida Il Dodd of the Montreal General
Hospital and the genial influence Of
the superintendent and medical drec
tor, Or. II. ID. Chadwick formerly
health officer and bacterioligist fol-
Waltham. Mass,) inspire optimism
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absence of anything depressing anC
the general air of hospitality and posi-
tive cheerfulness cannot fail to i'm
lpress even the transient visitor
Quiet amusements are provided fol
the patients and from time to time
simple entertainments have been fur
: nished by interested friends in The
community. The clergymen of tn,
vicinity, including the pastors of tn,
Congregational and Methods
churches the Catholic priest in Pitts
ford and the rector of the Episcopa
church in the neighboring town o
Brandon. have arranged for the hold
ing of religious services. Ever.
, Sunday afternoon one of the clergy
men has charge OF a service at tn,
sanatorium. Far from being pre-
, JUDGED against the existence of tn,
institution the town of Pittsford ha
cooperated with the management
from the very beginning and the PEG
ple of the community exhibit
, friendly interest in the welfare of thu
, institution. The townspeople hay,
already shown their interest by as
sisting in providing musicals, lee
lures and other evening amusements
, The members of the Proctor famil.
take a vital interest in this last publ,
benefaction of the late senator. Gov
ernor Proctor is member of tn,
, board of trustees, eX-oflicio and hi
. brother and sister are permanen
, members of the board The sanator
ium is essentially an educational in
. stitution which aims to teach tn,
, simple laws Nof hygenic living to tn,
r patients within its walls and through
, them to spread such knowledge
. abroad. Thus it is of especial valu
because public education along thes
l lines is regarded by thoughtful mel
= to be one of the greatest weapons il
the prevention of tuberculosis Flo
. these reasons the Vermont Sanator
. ium is of more than local interes
. and is likely to become widely know
4 as the foremost institution bot
, intellectually and in point of med
cal administration.