Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-26
HAMBURG IS THIRD
STATE OPERATION
Great Sanatorium Adds Luster to
Pennsylvania Humanitar-
ian Enterprises
MUCH PRAISE FOR DR.. DIXON
Opening of Institution Attracts Ma
tional Attention to What
He Has Done

Doors of the States third great tu-
berculosis sanatorium were opened to
patients at Hamburg to-day. The
magnificent institution, which has
been in the course of construction for
the past year, is now ready. The in
stitution was inspected Saturday by
Governor Tener and DR.. Samuel G.
Dixon, Commissioner of Health, under
whose direction it was planned and
constructed.
The enormous demand and need
for sanatorium treatment by the TO-
600 patients now being treated in the
State tuberculosis dispensaries has
made the construction of this new in
stitution necessary. There are thou
sand sufferers on the waiting list in ad-
dition to the 1,15O patients being cared
for at the Mont Alto Sanatorium and
the 400 in the institution at Cresson.
Five hundred and fifty can be accom-
modated in the new Sanatorium, which
has been provided with every possible
facility for the comfort and scientific
treatment of the sufferers from this
disease.
The general architectural treatment
of the buildings is in the mission style.
They are constructed of hollow tile
and concrete.
The administration buildings occupy
the center of the group and form a
Greek cross, which is flanked on either
side by great ward buildings which
are connected with the administration
! buildings by covered and glass en-
closed passage ways. At either end OF
the wards are glass-protected solaria
An ingenious arrangement of the
wards permits the care of either ad-
vanced or incipient cases, as the de-
mand may dictate. The roofs of the
wards, some $4,000 square feet in
area, have been paved to permit pa
tients to enjoy rest and recreation in
the open air without leaving the build
ings. The buildings are so arranged
as to provide the maximum amount
| of sunlight and air.
| Beautiful views in every direction
are obtainable from the institution
owing to its commanding location.
The grounds surrounding the sana.
torium comprise some 81 acres, the
greater portion of which is under cul.
tivation and will supply much of the
poultry, eggs and vegetables required
\ pure mountain stream, which
| flows through the States property
provides an adequate water supply and
| a complete sewerage filtration plant
has been installed.
Hamburg. like Mont Alto and Cres-
son, will provide for those patients
attending the dispensaries who are in
need of sanatorium treatment. Since
| the llTSl WAS Openeu over
! 1900 patients have been treated. OF
I these over 1900 have been cared for
at Mont Alto.
While no hard and fast rule will be
adhered to in admitting patients, gen.
orally speaking. those from Philadel-
! phia and the eastern portion of the
State will be cared for at Hamburg.
Cresson will care for those from the
west and Mont Alto those from the
central section of the Commonwealth.
In speaking of the tuberculosis work
| DR.. Dixon says:
I'VE believe that our dispensaries
are doing a great work and that they
are justifying their existence by tan
gible results, even though the greatest
part of their value lies along lines
which can be made apparent only
after the passage of years Between
July, 1907, and March 81, 1914, our
dispensary physicians examined sc, 6,697
applicants for treatment. OF these
6S.1 were found tuberculous and
enrolled as patients. and those ad-
mitted to treatment made 729,915
visits to the dispensaries. Our nurses
made 695,129 visits in the homes of
patients. During that period 11,S11
patients were sent to sanatoria and
4,196 were discharged from the dis
pensary service with the progress of
the disease arrested. Many of these
cases were more than arrested and
have become actual cures. Many more
patients are still being held on the dis
pensary roll in order that the arrest
may be made more surely permanent"