The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-11
START TREATMENT EARLY.
Is The Advice Of The Vermont State
tuberculosis Sanitorium.

From Dec. 10, 1907, the day the sani-
tcrium opened to Jan. !, 1909, covering
period Of 81 weeks and days, i0S
patients were admitted. The total
number OF weeks board Of all patients
tor that period was ,202 weeks and q
days, or an average of a3.s patients for
the whole time. Two patients were adj
milted the first day and the number
oi patients has grown steadily. The ay
erage number of patients for the first
six months was 10, for the first nine
months 21.5, and for the first year
23.s.
The number Of patients at the SAM.
forum Jan. /, 1909 was 80, exactly the
normal capacity. BY provisional ar
ranpoments two or three extra are now
being cared for, and by April LIST IL is
expected that the new building which is
hting given by Mrs. Proctor will be
completed and make the normal capa-
city 40.
The average cost per week per patient
the first year was 1880. This simply
covered the cost of provisions, medical
attendance, nursing and the current ex
penses Of running the institution, with
out any rental or interest charge. The
charge to patients has been $500 per
week for room, board, medical attend
anoe and nursing, and so cents for laun-
dry and other ineidentals, leaving the
ret cost for each patient 5000 per week
over and above the receipts from pa
tiants.
The deficiency over and above the eur
rent income from the endowment fund
Was about $500; but the sanitorium
WIS able TO meet this out of the endow-
mont income which had accumulated
before the saniterium was opened With
the incoming average number of pa
tients 1t is confidently expected that
the average cost per patient this year
Will be reduced and the deficiency be
considerably less.
Az the present time the sanitorium
has no free bed fund nor any funds i'm
der its charge available with which 10
pay any part OF the regular charge to
patients. That must either be paid by
the patients or by their relatives or 10
cal friends. During the past year the
board OF several patients has been paid
BY persons in their communities who
were glad TO make that contribution to
the work in other cases local societies
and churches have aided. and in a few
csscs towns have helped.
From the statistics recently given ont
by the medical director it appears that
patients have been received from every
county except Essex As is not unnat-
ural. the most patients have been re-
ceiyed from the two nearest counties,
Viz; % from Rutland and 10 from Adj
olson. The counties from which the
next largest number haze been received
are, Chittenden 10, Washington l2,
Windsor ~ and Windham 9.
1t is 20 be remembered that the
sanitorium was established for the
treatment of incipient tuberculosis. The
first year, boweer, for the want of in-
esplent cases almost az many moderate
IL advanced cases have been admitted
as ineipient ones. and 4 considerable
number ii far advanced cases. The re-
sults emphasize the advantage 0f early
treatment in this disease, OF the 80
inefpient cases admitted and diseharg.
ed last wear 10 were discharged appar-
entity cured 10 with the disease arrest
ed. 3 improved and only one unimproyed
w tftE 40 tuuhNtdhSlB AufHMNrW Ndrtn
admitted and discharged only 1 was
discharged apparently cured. 10 with
TIE disease arrested. 2 improved and 5
OF the Is far advanced
eases admitted none were discharged
cured. We're discharged with tile dis
ense arrested. ! improved and 6 mim-
proved. 1t i the purpose 81 the trlis-
tees To adhere more and more closely
II ineipient cases IS the number Of APP
plietations increase.