New-York tribune., 1909-06-25
CHILDREN's sANATORIUM.
con7alesoent Home, the Gift of Mrs. Ander-
son. OPENS Monday.

When the Chidren's Afd Society opens its sum
rr7er homes on Monday there viii be one among
them which will close al the end Of the season
and which has mapped out q new field Of work
This is the Chappaqua Convalescent Home. or sana-
toriurn made possible by the gift announced last
spr1ue Of $500 600 from Mrs. A A Anderson The
sanstoriun will receive crippled and ailing children
and keep them. rot for limited time as is the
custom in summer homes, but as long as they need
fresh air and care. The mothers will he received
along with the babies and if there are other chill
dren and Il is inconvenient 10 separate the family
they can 20 along too party Of thirty viii assist
a. the opening Monday. but the capacity Of the
home hundred and other parties viii be re
cetred almost daily until the limit IS reached.
4 good many Of the patients viii be sent by the
social service department al Bellevue, and no one
resoices more over the opening Of the sanatorium
than the physicians charged with the responsibility
Of looking after patients discharged before their
valescence is complete They have informed the
secretary Of the Children's Aid Society, Charles
Loring Brace that they send 10 Chappaqua as
many convalescenc children as the sanatorium can
provide for and Mr.. Brace remarks that facilities
viii be increased as soon as sufficient additions 70
the endowment are forthcoming to meet all de-
rnands upon it
The Vanderbilt Clinic for Crippled Children will
also use the sanatorum a summer and winter
home for its little patients and the Chidren's Aid
Society Itself will be constantly the lookout for
children and others who are in need of the rest
and care that the sanatorium affords. So there is
little danger that il will ever lack work
The children recommended for admission by the
Chdren's Aid Society workers VIII be chiefly those
who are anemic and suffering from adenoids or
from nalnutrition. From the hospitals will come
many cases OF infsntie paralysis and the various
forms OF bone tuberculosis: for the latter special
department will be established.
The building occupied by the sanatorium was
formerly Friends boarding school and stands
on the slope OF the Chappaqua Mountain. in West
chester County. The grounds cover seventy acres
and the house is surrounded by verandas fifty feet
wide Here the bedridderi patients lie in their
cribs and the stronger will play while for the
more active convalescents there will be tennis
courts baseball diamond. field for general
sports and the range Of the wooded mountain
slopes a gymnasium has also been fitted up and a
certain amount OF instruction will be given to the
children vino are well enough 10 receive It.
The society Will also institute line of work
al its health home for women with sick and ailing
infants at Coney Island Heretofore the home has
cared only for babies accompanied by their
mothers This summer a new ward has been
opered with accommodations for babies so I'll that
81 is necessary 10 separate them their mothers
These will be chiefly cases Of intestinal disease or
OF Illness due malnutrition. a diet kitchen for
nursing mothers and their children has been estab-
lished in connection with this gard and the matron
hopes that some benevolent person will give her
also tent large enough 10 accommodate 200 babies
50 that they VIII the full benefit Of the air
BY night as well by day.
Eeside= the very sick babies many mothers and
silinr children-sS5 women and 2I7s children last
vesr-spend from one 20 four weeks at the home.
while a large number enjoy day outings on the
beach and IN the surf The first party OF the sea
son consisting Of 200 mothers and babies VIII go
down on Monday