Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-11-18
Tx c. OIL.
Ii Dunseith
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Drugs Cost 100 Per Cent More
Than They Did Two Years
Ago
0PEN-A1R SCHOOL REAL
BOON TO LITTLE FOLKS
Youngsters Learn While Ozone
Effects It's Work - Many
Cases Helped

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tuberculosis sanitarium, at Dunseith.
DR.. J. G. Lamont, the superintendent,
in his biennial report to the state
board OF control, notes, as among the
increases, the following: Gasoline,
GO per cent; coal, Is per cent; hay,
30 per cent drugs, 100 per cent. Food.
stuffs of. every description have avi'
ated, and in spite Of this fact, the
sanitarium has reduced its charges to
SO the week for pay patients, and 81
the week for county charges. /.
The superintendent regards 1t as
probable that during the ensuing bi-
ennial period the tsanitarium will car
ry its full capacity Of PATIENTS: ap.
proximately 100, when the overhead
expense per capita may be expected
to be somewhat lower. tI.sa,s,s,
Cottage For Children. IA sst
It has been found necessary to ar.
range fora separate cottage for chill
dren, and the cost is estimated at $l2,.
600. The superintendent believes that
through this extension there may be
saved the lives of many youngsters.
who can be cared for at the cottage
and educated in the open air school
maintained by the North Dakota An.
ti-TuberculOsis association. =
Cash donations to the sanitarium
during the tWo-year period totaled
$62l.12, while other contributions in
cluded large amounts of special foods
and supplies, library and school books
on6 a hohv Uron1 n;nnO Soy ts~
Red Cross Seals Help.
Through the Sale Of Red Cross
Christmas seals in 1915, the Anti.Tu-
berculosis association was enabled to
found the open. air school for younger
patients. This department was open
ed January I, 1916, and has been COP.
Quoted by Fred Humphreys, dr. him.
self a patient. !, The school opened
with eight pupils. During the past
year not day was missed because of
cold weather. Che pupils are kept
comfortable under, the, most severe
conditions, each being supplied with
warm blankets, a hot water jug, and
a reclining chair. The same text
books and studies are used as in the
North Dakota public schools, and the
educational advantages are open to
every patient, young or old.
Patients Treated.
The patients Jply |, 1914, numbered
40. There were ,admitte I during tho
ensuing year 210 patients, and July l.,
1916, there remained in the institu-
ton ~. OF the 1853 patients discharg.
ed, 80 we're incipient. Through treat.
ment the progress of the plague was
arrested in 53.l2 per cent of the
cases; improvement was shown in
1925 per cent; G.25 per cent were not
treated, and 93S per cent were re-
ported as quiescent. OF so patients
whose cases We're far advanced upon
admission, IA per cent were not trea,-,
ed; 30 per cent show improvement,
no improvement resulted in % per
cent, and an equal percentage died.
Principal Benefits.
The principal benefits derived IRON,
the institution are felt to come from
the missionary work which is done by
discharged patients upon their return
to their home communities. While at
the sanitarium they become familiar
with proper methods of living and
sanitation; they acquire a new ap.
probation for the merits of fresh air
and bodily cleanliness, and when they
60 home, pleased with the improve
ment they have made, they spread the
gospel among their neighbors. North
DakOta's climate is not one favorable
to the advancement of tuberculosis.
A very great number Of all the cases
which come to the sanitarium orig
mated outside the state, or are due
to improper methods Of living in the
state. Even the pure wine of North
Dakota's ozone cannot help when it is
excluded by mailing tight windows,
caulking, cracks in the doors, and
plugging the keyhole.
From Many Counties.
Cass county sent the greatest mum.
, Der OF patients during the biennial pc.
riod, 10; Williams sent 10, and Ward
az. Grand Forks sent 4 Burleigh l.
Practically every county in the state
had at least one patient in the SAM.
tarium. None except those named
had more than five.
FLASHER WANTS TRAIN
STOPPED so
CAN HAVE EARLY DINNER
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