The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-12
VERMONT sANIroRlum
News Notes from the institution a
Pittsford.

Pittsford.
From December 16. 1897. the day
the sanitorium opened. 10 January ].
1903, covering a period Of 81 weeks
and Two DAYS les Datients were adj
mitted.
The total numher OF weeks board OF
all patients foc ria, period was 1882
weeks and six iays. c. an average Of
2S,S patients for tis~whals ,ims.
Two patients we're admitted the
first day aud ,he RUNNER Of latients
has grown steadily The average
number Of pauea.s for the nrsr six
months was - FOR the first nine
months 2'.5. and for The first YEAR
2S8.
The number of patients at the sani-
forum January a, 1909 was 81. oxact.
" the normal caparny. BY provision
.al arrangements two ~ three extra
a.e being car j for. and h.; Ap.il
1T il 's expected thaC the new lulld-
ing which Is b "a; given rv Mrs.
J roc 'r will be co ar'0ted and make
III u nal capa. : A.
The AVERAGE est rcr week per lat.
i'hf ne first year was sl}A9. This
sihp'' covered IT, c1st Of pro, .sions.
medical attenda &C. nursing and the
cu~fr. expenses running The iisti-
"a ion, witho It an rental or interest
haiFe. The cha.c 10 patients has
been $500 per week FIR room. board.
medical attendance and nursing and
80 cents for Laundry and other ncid-
entails, leaving the nci cost for eacn
patiagt 5000 per week over and above
| The ceipts from ~ i3a's.
the deficiency )vsr and aHpte The
curl-ul income-irom the mdoW ment
fund was about $310l but the sani
terrain was able TO meet his out Of
he endowment income which bad ac-
cLrlla cd efore he sanijorium was
Open d. With thf INCREASING average
mum cr Of patients it is confidently ex-
pected that the a 'eftse cost per pat
tent n'o year will he reduced and the
def iency be consif-rl,r loss.
AT the present time The san.torinm
has no free bed fund nor any fluids
under its charge available with ghh h
to pay any part of the regular cha pc
TO patients. Th}t must either he paid
by the patients or BY tLeir relatives CT
local friends. During he past year
the board of several patients has been
paid by persons in then communities
who were glad to make hat c0ut'ibu-
ton to the work, IN other cases lacal
societies and chunhos have aided ana
in few cases towns have helped.
From the statistics recently given
out By the medical director II appafrs
that patients have been received rom
every county except Essex rs is no;
natural, the most pa.iengs have be,n
received from the twu nearest tcun-
ties. viz: % from Rutland and 10
/ from Addison The counties nCm
which the next largest numbers have
been received are, Chittenden. l3
Washington IL, Windsor ~ and Wind
ham s.
1t is to be remembered that the san
itorium was established for the treat.
ment of incipient tuberculosis. The
first year, however, for the want Of
incipient cases almost as mary mod
erately advanced eases have beer I'D.
mitted as incipient ones, and A consid-
Serable number OF far advanced cases.
! The results emphasize the advantage
Iof early treatment In this disease OF
the 80 incipient cases admitted and
discharged last year 10 were discharg-
ed apparently cured. 10 with the dis-
ease arrested, three improys ID and only
one unimproved or the "a moderate.
ly advanced cases admitted and dis.
charged only one was discharged an.
lparently cured l6 with the disease ar
rested, two improved and FIVE unim
proved Ofthe 10 far advanced cases
admitted none were discharged erred
six were discharged with the disease
Iarrested one improved and six 1nlnt
proved It is the purpose OF Che trus-
tees to adhere more and more c.osely
to incipient cases as the number Of ep-
plications increase.