Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25
ANTITueERcULoIs ASSOCIATION
The Annual Meeting Makes an En-
 courasina Showing.

The annual meeting of the New Ha- ven County Tuberculosis association was held at Gaylord farm, on Cook hill. in Wallingford yesterday, after noon. There were over fifty persons present, many of whom came long dis tances in automobiles. The new chair man of the executive committee. Ar thur Reed Kimbau of Waterbury. de- voIed large part of his remarks to an appreciation of the work done by his predecessor pr. J. P. C. Foster to whom, more than to any other man. was due the establishment and devel- opment of the sanitarium. Other trib- utes to Dr. Foster were made by Prof Irving Fisher, the recording secre- tary; by pr. $. A. Knopf the dis tinguished New York specialist in tu- berculosis, an honorary director of the association, as well as by the other officers, who made reports. MT. Kim ball praised Dr. Lyman the medical director. for his business ability, and Mir. Futile, the farmer, for making the working. He also referred to the problem of the water supply, which has been satisfactorily solved. He called attention to the need of an in hrmary, a need which pr. Foster had emphasized the year before and also of a children's ward The president of the association, Dr. Francis Ba con, made some introductory remarks of
 
 other reports were read by Prof. Irv- ing Fisher, the secretary, pr. Oliver T. Osborne. the chairman of the medi- sal board. Dr. David R. Lyman med icaI superintendent, W. Perry Curtiss, the treasurer, Max Adler chairman of the finance committee, and Frank Standish. who has been representing the association in it's dispensary work in cooperation with the Visiting Nurses association. Most of the sev- en directors whose terms expired were re- elected.
 The finances of the association show a total expenditure during the year of $56,509. The funds to meet this ex- pendfture were obtained partly from contributions and partly from the fees paid by patients. The latter amounted to about s22,000, the contribution of the state of Connecticut to SIO,0O0, Among the special contributions was the remainder of the Lucy H. Board man agency. making $6,25o.
 The average number of patients un der treatment during the year was 59. { which is more than a year ago and | 12 more than two years ago. The total | number of patients treated during the | year was 117 and they came from 25 l patients, Bridgeport Is, Stamford 6, | and New Britain ,. The number of | different kinds of occupations repre- sented by the patients was 30.
 
 bed fund. From this fund S4,O00 was l expended during the year, g patients | having been helped by it. Sixteen hundred dollars was contributed to the | free bed fund by some Wallingford | friends through their opera year ago, l and $500 from the annual lawn fete of | the Misses Young and Smith of Pine 1 Orchard.
 Up to date, 1,007 applicants for ad- l mission to the sanitarium have been l examined; 668 accepted. During the | last year 62 patients remained at the !! sanitarium less than three months. Of | this 50 left the institution distinctly | improved; 104 patients remained more l than 3 months Of these, 23 were | ncipient cases, of which 21 were dis | charged with the disease arrested and l the disease moderately advanced. Of | these 51 were discharged with the dis 1 ease arrested; eleven improved. Six 1 patients came with the disease far | advanced. Of these cases the disea SC | was arrested in two and the condition 0f two others improved. Of the entire l04 patients who remained at the in stitution more than three months "A were discharged with the disease ar rested and 14 more were distinctly i'm proved. This is regarded as an as .onishing record, if indeed it is not the pest which any institution has yet made.
 Ninety out of IDA gained an average of IS pounds in weight. although the method of the sanitarium is to avoid forced feeding
 These results indicate that as great success can be attained in treating tu- oercuIosis Near the place where it is a s by sending them to Col Orado or other climates
 At the close of the meeting the fol- lowing directors were elected: Prof Irving Fisher. J P Moran and J. Ed ward Heaton of New Haven. Rev. Rob ert A. Ashworth and pr. P. T. Brad street of Meriden John P. Elton of and Charles F. Brooker of Ansonia-