Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1910-06-30
CONSULTATIVE
RETREAT READY
TWENTY-FIVE ACRE TRACT or
LAND SET APART NEAR
RICHMOND,

IL - Win something Almost AKIN /
90 n thrill 81 pleasure that the 200 4
OF more members OF the Tuberculosis /
Camp Society are looking forward 20 I
the day when the camp for consump- /
tives Is opened On the city farm In 4
Henrico county about three miles I
II all goes well. this asylum for the I
soreiy afflicted ought 70 be able TO
begin its work about August 1st /
though the institution. OF course viii
have TO start In most unprotentious
way.
II is confidently believed. however.
that once the public realizes the ma
t0re OF the camp and the ends OF the
society back OF IL. the responses viii
be liberal and the funds FOR mainte-
nance abundant.
The one thing that today makes the
promoters OF this c0mmendable
scheme uneasy, Is the lack OF $4,000,
which SOM how must be raised In or
der 20 pay contractors and start the
camp in its I'd lendid undertaking.
This much-wanted sum IS a com
paratively small figure for a town OF
Richmond size.
AS DR.. +. e. Levy. the Chief Health
Officer OF the city, remarked today.
almost every case OF tuberculosis.
sooner or later. costs some body S4.-
900. He recalls the case OF one man
who checriuly spent $4,000 in order
20 free himself from the grip OF this
Want 20 Interest All Claims
Although the persons constituting
the present membership OF the Tu-
bercuIosis Camp Society are the fore
most citizens Of Richmond. IL is the
aim of the organization 20 interest all
classes in its projects.
People OF unprctenticus station or
limited means should bear in mind
the fact that the camp Is designed
primarily for the aid and relief or the
poor.
when the rich or the prosperous
ind themselves threatened by con-
sumption. they have the means 10
combat the disease, but the poor and
the humble are differently situated.
They not only find themselves un-
able 90 minister 60 the needs OF their
sick. but are themselves menaced by
contact with the sufferers, and are
more than likely 20 cath the awful
contagion.
The new asylum Is 20 De known as
pine Camp pleasantly suggestive
name which owes its origin 20 the fact
that the institution viii have It's home
In a beautiful pine grove located on
"a tWcnty-hvc-acre tract OF land.
The ground has good elevation.
and is readily accessible from the
west end az the city. The site is only
half a mile from the Ashland car
line and about the same distance from
Brook Turnpike A fine well has been
FOR the present viii supply the pa
ticuts with water.
Open Air Treatment.
As everybody knows. open air treat
rnent is the thing above all others
most beneficial Co mptives. and
the main object "a an such institu-
lions is o. induce tue sufferers 20 live
outdoors as much ass possible
This plan. ot course. viii be follow
ed to the iailest possible extent at
Pine Camp. Already the contrac-
tor has pun up a commOdious shack
or lean-to. which is Co be equipped
with every d. ssihle convenience and
as built aloU- The most approved lines.
In addition go this structure. there
VIII Doe an administration building.
containlng dining room, waitiug
room. doctor office. kitchen and
pantry.
But after au il is the shack" that
Will be the most important feature
OF the plant. The most striking fea-
rure OF This long. thrce-sided build
ing Isl as immense porch. which has
depth 90 90 icet and is well covered
by roofing.
Here the reds OF the patients viii
be placed. and here they Will pas.
the greater part ol thcir lives.
a canvas covering viii anOrd then
protection from the elements uher
the weather is roo violent. though 81
ts purpo~ed 90 compel the consump
dives Co GET an the atr possible.
The shack VIII nave "a loungini
room in tIuat AND separate dress o..
rooms for Che two sexes in the rear.
Dc is said tnat the structure. thougl
plain and uupreteutious. ls not with
our pictureS4 lcucss. while il IS mos
substantially built
As GAR as Possible. the Inmates VIII
Doe made Co take their meals undo
the canopy ot heaven, though no har
ana iast rule CAS- Co this VIII Dee en-
forced Much VIII depend upon IN
condition ot the patient
AND apropos OF meals, 20 should b
said that tnc consumpUyes VIII Do
given good. wholesome food such a
milk and eggs and viii have every az
tenuon. III viii cost about one dolla
"a day 20 maintain each one or them.
The physicians OF this city hav
promised their services free and eac
OF the hospitals has agreed 10 deta
nurses for service at Pine Camp"
IL is am open secret that the institu
ton-certaiuly during the first yea
OF its history-wlu devote its edorr
chiefly 10 the more advanced case
OF Observation-Disclosures that are IN
greatest menace 90 society.
Good. Nutritious Food.
This purpose will make the objec
of the society an the more charita bi
and viii remove from contact with tt
outer world. "a class OF people WI
are looked upon with the utmost drea
by those interested in HYGIENE wOr1
Unfortunately for humankind, mar
such cases exist among the poo
where there are no facilities for the
treatment. and the sufferers OF cour.
do untold harm 20 their fellow mo
tails.
The statistics on this subject are Ii
tie short OF appalling. Richmor
probably is no worse on in this r.
spect than other large cities but Il