The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-07-06
STATE AIDS IN ITS SUPPORT
Report to the State win Show Thirty
Patients Have Been Admitted and
State Must Pay Part for Care Of
Twenty-three of This Number.

Willowbrook sanatorium will send to
Madison for the consideration of the
State Board of Control tomorrow, the
first annual report of this institution
to the state This is made with a view
of claiming state aid in the mainten-
ance of the institution and on the re-
celpt of the report Kenosha county
viii be credited with five dollars
week for the support of each patient
committed to the institution under the
orders of the county Judge of the
county. The state makes no payment
for the support of pay patients receiv-
ed at the institution.
The first report will show that since
the first of March thirty patients have
been admitted to the Willowbrook
sanatorium and at the time the report
is sent the sanatorium will have
total of twenty-three patients, only
one less than its equipment provides
for. Two patients are to be received
before the end of the week, this MAX
ing the total in the four months thirty
two All are not Kenosha county
patients as several patients have been
received from other counties in the
state and more patients have been of
fered but there has not been room for
their reception. In the four months
three patients have died at the insti-
tuition and four have left it to return
to their homes or to go to other insti-
buttons. The total receipts from paw
patients up to the first of June was
$485.87 and with the receipts for the
month of June added the total amount
will be considerable over the five
hundred dollar mark.
No report on the financial expendi-
lures of the institution is required by
the State Board Of Control and none
viii be made by the superintendent and
the Board Of Trustees until the County
Board meets in regular session in No
vember. 1t is certain that the appro-
priation Of eleven thousand dollars
made by the County Board at the last
session will be ample to provide for
all Of the expenditures of the institu-
tions for the present year and it is
possible that there will be a. small bal
ance left over. In addition to this the
county will receive from the state the
five dollars week for each INDECENT
patient cared for in the institution.
1T has been shown pretty conclusively
that the ten dollars a week charged
for the care of the patients is not suf-
fcient to meet all expense connected
with the management and operation of
the sanatorium. This is the charge
that is being made in all other sana-
forums under county management in
the state and for this reason it is not
thought that it viii be possible to
make any increase.
Expenses for the first year of the
operation of the sanatorium have been
made considerable larger than they
will be in future years on account Of
the necessity of purchasing much
equipment for the institution. Many
bills for smaller items of equipment
have been paid out of the fund set
aside for maintenance purposes by
the County Board.
The successful management of the
institution has been attested by favor
able reports, not only from the State
Board of Control, the members Of
which have made several inspections,
but also by other organizations in the
state interested in the battle against
tuberculosis.
Just now plans are being made for
the utilization of the porches as rooms
for patients as it is certain that the
demand for care is going to be greater
than can be supplied at the present
time with the present equipment.