Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-28
SANAT0RIUM STAFF HERE FEB. 1
Superintendent Campbell Orders Them Report that Date He Will Come Sooner-Sunday, February 9th, to be Day For Public Inspection n-Commissioner Gunshan- ans Views on Needed Legislation.

sion unless separate quarters are pro- vided, they have been admitted -on their promise to do better, only to be discharged at an early date for the violation of the rules which govern these institutions. It is not fair to the organizations, which are fighting this great plague in the state to allow these careless consumptives to roam the streets. Nor is it fair to the self , respecting. poor to have them confined in our a1rnhouses.
 A State Farm
 If the state would become inter- eSted in the scheme of a state farm for inebriates, which, Commissioner Gun Shanan said, he understood friends Of the temperance movement were work ing for and were making a determined effort to have legislation enacted along that line, these people could be pro- vided for in a separate building on the farm.
 Liquor Brought by Their Friends. You might ask said the cornmis- sioner, how these people obtain liquor in the state sanatoriums. We have discovered on numerous occa- sions that the liquor was brought to them, by friends and hidden in the stumps of trees in the groves which surround our sanatoriums. The com mission is also in receipt of many complaints from self-respecting work ing people that these people take ad- vantage of the free lunch in saloons, which is one most dangerous method of spreading this disease, and an eff fort will be made to legislate along this line. An effort will also be made to see that the homes are thoroughly fum1gated in the small towns of the states where consumptiveS have died. In many of the towns of the state at the present time there is no effort made, owing to the slight expense en- tailed to protect the healthy inhabi f1r nj fro, I3a rn1 1aCc mi @
 Splitting Law Dsregarded.
 MT. Gunshanan said the present law prohibiting splitting on the side walks is totally disregarded, and he would urge the health board in the cities to have the police be more ac- tive against this filthy habit In Boston, he said each policeman was instructed to arrest not more than two ell-dressed people whom they had found violating this law and it was arranged that they would be fined $2 by the court. The result was that many so-called self-respecting people found themselves before the bar of justice and the agitation which was created through the public press by this action of the police has resulted in making Boston one of the clean est cities in this respect in this coun try.
 Other Necessary Laws.
 Another law which should be en- acted is one that would prevent con- sumptive working people from being employed in the preparation of food stuffs. Still another matter which the state will have to take up is how the dependents on a consumptive can be provided for while the afflicted person is taking the cure. From an economic standpoint the commissioner believed it would be cheaper for the state to appropriate a fund for this purpose to encourage the worker to take the cure when he is in the in cipient state of the disease instead of, as is very often the case, waiting until the disease is moderately ad- vanced, or hopeless. Medical author ities seem to agree that the average incipient case can be cured in six months. while the more moderatedIy eases live in our sanatoriums on an average of from two to five years.