The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-18
Daily Average Number of
Persons Treated Was SO
Total Was 1903
LARGE PERCENTAGEOF
YOUNG PEOPLE NOTED
Regretted that So Few Incipient Cases
Apply~-No Place i'll State for Chron-
by Friend as Usual

The annual meeting of the board OF |
trustees Of the Vermont Sanatorium !
was held in January and the following. |
were present: Miss Emily ID. Procto or
of Proctor. Governor Fletcher, d. y.
Burditt of Pittsford. pr c. s. Caverlv |
of Rutland. Frank c. Partridge of
Proctor aud +. II. Brooks of st. Johns
bury. The report OF the medical di- |
rector was read aRd showed that dur
ing the year los were treated; - were
admitted and - were discharged, the'I
daily average being 4 little over 33.
The number Of applications fled for
admission was Ia and Of this number
about | ) were not accepted, on ac-
count OF their unfavorablc outlook. OF
those patients admitted il was shown
that Ii were in an ineipicnt or begin
ming stage while - were moderately
advanced or in the second stage. and
seven were far advanced.
Few Incipient Cases Apply.
1t is to be regretted that in an in
stitution OF this type few ircipient
cases apply for admission and it Is to.
be hoped that the family physicians
will watch their patients most careful
~ and advise them to leave home be-
fore they nave completely broken
down. Statistics have shown over ana
over that the early ease of tuherculo-
sis can be cured If put under treatment
at once The local examiners Of the
sanatorium report that they do not see
as many early eases as they did few
years back. General statistics. how
ever, show that while the death rate
from tuberculosis in Vermont is he,
ereasin9 yearly. there still remain seN-
eral thousand eases untreated. and il
is reasonable to suppose that many
of these eases could be found in the
first stages.
one-Half Between q and 80.
y study of the weight tables shows
that a large number OF patients, II in
1 all, gained m average Of 1871 pounds
each. 1t j. also shown that about one
4 half of the patients treated nj the
sanatorium last year We're between the
! ages of , and 80 inclusive. This is n
striking fact as II shows that patients
I break down Just at the period when
+ they are entering Hpom their greatest
usefulness.
The occupation table shows that the
greatest number come under the head
i of housewife. but rs his Is laesi-
!
men fall there probably il some other
factor than this work which inhuenccS
/ their breakdown. Among the men.
granite and slate cutters head the list.
The residence table shows that the
greatest number of patients come from
tie county of Washington. while Rut-
land, Bennington, Windham and Chit
tenden follow in the order named. Thus
it will be seen that the granite indus
try contributes largely 70 the occu
pants of the sanltorum
The average length Of stay Of the
eases discharged during 1913 was l9l
days, the longest residence being three
years and the shortest only four days
Hereafter. cases will be allowed to re-
main at the Sanatorium - months on
". it being felt that by this time the,
are in opposition to take care of them
selves and protect their friends an,
families when they return home.
State Hospital Needed.
One interesting feature Of the reporr
is that concerning the appropriation
made recently by the legislature, Tn,
Governor Il empowered to dcSionat,