Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-15
LESSON FROM NORWICH
 TUBERCULOSIS sANAToRIUM.
Danger in Spread of Contagion Is a
 Groundless Fear.

It is pleasure ter find from ar l editorial comment in the esteemed Norwich Bulletin that the people oi Norwich think highly of the tuber- l culosis sanatorium which the state
 commission has established in thai l town and that there is no longer 2 ] local objection to the site of the inSti- | tution. The Bulletin says:
 l Nothing is more expressive of the 1 value and worth of the tuberculosis sanatorium located here by the state l for eastern Connecticut than the an- l nouncement that it has 80 patients and can accommodate but 12 more. The accommodations of the institution are such that only women patients can now be accepted, the mems ward being full. with three on the waiting list The fact that 1t is located at an adVan- tageous point for all parts of the two counties, bringing the patients much nearer home than any other similar state institution. is resulting in a much greater use of such advantages than would otherwise be made. How many of the patients would have sought benefit in any other institution had this not been available is difficult to estimate"
 It is safe to assume that The Bull letin in it's editorial statement. gives expression to the sentiment of the people of Norwich 1t is the iustifica-
 
 culosis commission when it refused to yield to the request of people in NOT Wlch to change the location. The board then consisted of the late !-S. Knight, who was the chaIrman; Dr. Maher and MT Gunshanan A delega- tion of prominent gentlemen from Norwich waited on the commission and urged the abandonment of the site and the selection of another place in the town for its location. The gentlemen were urgent in their request and the members of the commission appreciat- ed their attitude. but in the interest or those who would be treated in the in stitution they could not yield to it. The commissioners saw that there was an unreasonable fear in regard to the spread of contagion and that the abandonment of the location would be a surrender to an impression that had not the sanction of science and which was erroneous. The commis sloners remained firm and erected the institution on the site which they had selected There were some hints that the matter would be taken to court by property owners who felt aggrieved but it is doubtful if such a course was ever thought of by the property own CTS interested At any rate, the com m1Ss1oners were prepared tQ defend their action in court.
 There is 8 pressing need for the es- ldDllSHmeHl O1 tuDefcui0SIS inStlIu- ton at the seashore for the treatment of those who are afflicted with tuber- culosis of the bone. The commission recognizes the necessity for such an institution and efforts have been made to secure site, but the efforts have failed on account of the opposition of owners of property in the neighbor- hood. The general assembly, at the last session, refused to give the com mission the authority to secure land for a site by the power of eminent domain. However, there is reason to think that the commission will ulti- mately succeed in securing a site near the shore for tuberculosis institution, Hartford Times,