Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-16

A private fire alarm box, which is to be No. 137, is to be installed at the p4ew New London County Tuber- culGS3is sanatorium here, thus affording tn 2 frame buildings of the institution p fotection through the Norwich fire department. The superintendent, Dr. Hugh E. Campbell consulted with Chief H. L. Stanton about having the isanatorium under fire protection from this city and the fire commissioners voted at a recent meeting to allow the box to be installed The state pays for the box and the whole! cost of equipment. Chief Stanton has the box ordered.
 The sanatorium is half a mile be- yond the city line, but the eommis isioners decided that they could not do less than put the. buildings, which are all of frame construction under special fire protection from here. As the box is private, 1t will be struck only for fires in the sanatorium it. self, and not for anything in the sur rounding neighborhood-
 Hydrants have been set in the san atorium grounds, which show a sta- tic pressure of 25 pounds at the high est point Poles for the telephone and electric light wires are now being set. There are to be ten of these needed for the line to reach the buildingI.
 State Commissions Report.
 The state tuberculosis commission in the two years ending Sept 30 last sex- pended for board construction and other accounts for the county homes for treatment of the white plague suf- ferers $152, ,26Q, and an additional S199,- O40 for maintenance of patients. The commission had $42. 157 on hand in closing the accounts The biennial re- port has just been made to the gov ernor. There are several striking things about the report. A dearth of woman's kindness is pointed out be- cause women have not actively shown their interest in the work of amelior- atine the condition of tuberculosis pa tientst They may have contributed much money for the cause, but they have withheld sympathy
 More Motherins Needed.
 The report says: Occasionally a church choir, or a few actors or ac- tresses moved by their love of their kind have appeared at one or other of the sanatoria and made pleasure for the patients. But the institutions have not been properly 'mothered.'"s
 Food waste in the Kitchens of sana- toria reached a shocking point, accord ing to the report, and efforts were made to lessen it. The fault does not lie with the officials or servants 1t lies in the nature of the institution. Fire danger is ever present in the buildings owing to their construction. Unruly patients, especially those who persist in drinking large quantities of need restraint. It is suggested that eventually the state will have to erect a sanatorium for persons who have been committed to penal Institutions, and then bad patients can be sent there for restraint.
 Sanatoria Ample.
 The report indicates that the san atoria are amply able to care for all patients who apply for treatment There have been empty beds in the Meriden sanatorium and these will be increased as well as empty beds made elsewhere by the opening of the Nor wich institution.
 Living in the open air and eating good food and drinking much milk is declared to be the best way to treat l the disease. Drugs and nostrums are 1 of no avail. Costs of food and labor | in 1911 were greater than had been es-