The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-10-16
NEW SANATORIUM WE'LL UNDER
WAY
Foundations and Part of the Walls
Are Already In Place.

are ALREADY In race.
The new Chase Memorial building
for the Fairfield sanatorium is now
well under way. The foundations and
part of the walls are already in place
and, in the course of the next two
months, this section of Maine will
have as good a sanatorium for tuber-
culosis as can be found anywhere,
providing funds can be raised to
carry the work to completion. The
new building will be 112 feet long and
IS feet wide and will provide abso-
lutely first class facilities for treat
ment to over 80 patients. The build
ing was designed by Messrs Miller
and Mayo of Portland. The site on
Atwood hill, just north of Fairfield
village, is unsurpassed and commands
view of 20 or 80 miles to the east
and south.
The New Building
The main entrance will be at the
southern end of the building and will
open directly into the beautiful re-
ception hall, 80 by 25 feet, from which
doors lead to the open yerandas on
either side of the building, where the
patients beds will be located These
outdoor sleeping pavilions, as they
are called, are covered over by roof
extension and protected from rough
weather by storm doors. Beyond
these are the open porches. ten feet
in width, where patients spend their
time in reclining in chairs during the
day. By an ingenious arrangement
the covered sleeping payilions are
divided into sections, each section to
contain two beds. Such an arrange
ment will give practically the ad-
yantages of a private room, without
in any way interfering with the free
circulation of pure air which is es-
sential in the treatment of this dis
ease.
Next to the reception room is the
office, extending the entire width of
the building itself. This Office will
be used by the medical director and
the nurses. Beyond the Office are
the locker rooms for the patients.
Each patient is to have a roomy lock-
er for clothing and other belong
ings. An elevator is provided to run
from the basement to the trunk room
above Then come the lavatories,
with tub and shower baths. At the
northern end of the building, and fac
ing the north, is an infrmary with
accommodations for four patients, en-
tirely separated from the rest of the
building. The inf1rmary is intended
for patients who might be suddenly
taken seriously i'll and who might
disturb the other patients The nurses
quarters are so placed that she can
easily see what is going on both in
the sleeping pavilion and in the mfr
mary.
Both sides of the building are eX-
actly alike and the same aecommoia-
tons are provided for the men as for
the women and yet entirely separate
except in the reception room or as
sembly hall
At the southern end of the building,
adjoining the reception room. is pro-
yided a small dining room and kit
chenette where food can be prepared
and served for patients who may be
too i'll to walk to the main dining
hall, which will be housed in separ-
ate building, with the administration
and nurses quarters.
The erection of this splendid build
ing marks the beginning of new
chapter in the history of the Central
Maine Association for the Relief and
Control of tuberculosis and of tuber-
culoss work in Maine.
Bit of History.
In the fall of 1910 a number of
prominent professional and business
men of Waterville, Fairfield and Oak
land, realizing the urgent need of ac-
tive efforts to reduce the death rate
from tuberculosis, came together and
formed the Central Maine Association
for the Relief and Control of Tubercu-
losis. This association opened at
Fairfield a day camp, where tubercu-
losis individuals could be during the
day and derive the benefit of rest in
the open air. The camp was moth
ing more than rude shack, built with
rough boards and each night the pa
tients had to return to their homes.
Nevertheless, it was the means of
restoring to health number of per-
sons who otherwise would have had