The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-01-09
SANITARIUM MEASURE is
RECEIVING MUCH SUPPORT
Or. ,. a. oHEHT ENCOURAGED
IN His FIGHT AGAINST
THE WHITE PLAGUE.

Dr. J A. Client % Seattle. the
member % the state legislature Who
~iil Introduce blil az the coming
session ai Olympia providing Tor
TIE establishment ~ state san
iiAginm Tor the prevention aud cure
u tuberculosis. IL receiving letters
from al parts ~ tho state IA sup
port % the measure.
Or Client has lonE had such a
meaanre IN mind. and has prepared
BIS bill With ~ eye 20 every con.
ilngency For the government 81
the hospital b. has provided
board of i've trustees. Who are 10
Be appointed b. the governor. the
fifat board not later than the first
.of neai April. and who Rre 10 serve
terms ~ six Years after the frat
four years. Up 10 that time only
one trustee will bold office for the
full term. the ether two holding Tor
four and two years respectively. to
give tho necessary rotation. 40 that
Al no time Ntii an entirely new
board come In.
Physicians on Board.
Two o. the board must be prae.
iiciug physicians. and At no time
can there be less than that number
.of physicians On the board In or.
der ~ avoid the noise ana heat 81
The city. the btu contains proviny0n
for the appropriation ~ ais 600 FOR
the purchase of not less than 30
acres IN some rural district. Tor
conversion into a suitable park Tor
the use Of the patients aud a. a
site for the cottages aud tents
which will make up the hospital
Being q state Institution. the bill
provides that the hospital and It's
equipment shall pe open 70 an real
dents OF the state suffering from
tuberculosis IN any form. and to an
other persons whom the board on
trustees sees fit to grant aapla
sion. y being the intention Of this
provision that no one be kept out
on account 81 poverty The build.
lnEs and grounds must be Inspected
twice a year by each Of the trus.
tees. who receive no salary for
their services other than expenses
and 81 per day for the time they
are actually engaged In the bust
ness Of the sanitarlum
Cost Of institution.
One hundred and fifty thousand
dollars ~ asked for In the bin as
the total appropriation necessary
for the erection Of the hospital. and
lt IL thought that II will to some
extent be selfsupporting Tho
buildings at first necessary must
be completed and ready for occu.
pants BY March Is. 1911. This will
give the contractors sufficient time.
as the bin contains an emergency
clause
DR.. Ghont has himself visited
many institutions Of this kind In
several states. and has carefully
consulted the governing bodies with
regard to their methods Of govern.
ing such places. and his plan. as
embodied IN the bill. ~ the result.
He was but recently a visitor At
the Portland Open Air sanitarium.
near that city. which IL conducted
on much the same plan az that pro.
posed for this institution. The hos.
pltai proper will consist OF an ad.
mlnistrntion building proper, for
the accommodation OF the auperin.
tendent and other officers. and
many tents and cottages for the
use Of patients.
Tho need for such an institution
has been growing IN this state for
several years past. until the demand
for the isolation OF those infected
with the contaglon has become I'm
peratlvo.