The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-22
% PATIENTS TREATED
At Vermont tuberculosis Sanatorium in
Pittsford Last Year.


The ninth annual report of the Yer
mont sanatorium is being mailed to-day
and shows that 92 patients were admit
ted during the year ending Dec. 81, 1916
The total number of applicants was l3l,
as many as Il cases being rejected on
account of their unfavorable condition.
1t has been the policy of the sanatorium
to admit only those cases which offer
some hope of permanent improvement.
In the tables showing the result OF
treatment in 30 tuberculous patients who
were discharged during the year, they
have been divided into classes according
TO the length of residence into periods OF
"less than one month" 'more than one
month, more than three months" and
"more than six months residence" A
careful study of each division shows the
benefit to be derived from long resi-
dence at the sanatorium and should i'm
press all with the advantage of going
into an institution while the disease is in
it's early stages rather than waiting until
one is unfit for work Sixty seven pa
tients gained an average of l21a pounds
each, while four were stationary and IL
lost an average of four and one-half
pounds each. Most of the patients adj
mitted have been between the ages OF
Is and 49, Rutland had the largest num-
Der of patients, rs in ALL while Chitten-
den had 10, Windsor i, Addison 8, and
Windham county s, The average num-
Der of patients treated per day during
the year was 80. OF the 90 cases stud
led, it was found that So of them gave a
family history of tuberculosis, over one
half of these coming from families where
there were open or Lucrative cases in
the household of the patient during in
fancy or early childhood. 1t is well to
recall at this point that the present
teaching is that most cases are infected
in early childhood and we should use
every effort to impress this fact upon all
of our people The sanatorium has com
pleted it's ninth year and total OF 9ll |
has been made since its open |
ing.
Methods of treatment continue as in |
previous years, the greatest reliance be-
ing placed on rest. All patients are kept |
in bed until they have a normal pulse
and temperature In the matter of food,
practically all patients take three regu-
ar meals per day. Meat is served only
twice day and liberal amount OF
fruits and salads is provided. Milk is
served at each meal and a large number
If the patients are also served with a
ylass of milk at 10 a. m, P. m, and
p. m. Coffee is served for breakfast
md tea or cocoa for supper We do not
Use raw eggs as routine treatment.
Patients are required to sleep out of
loors at night and probably 20 out of
he "a hours is spent on the porches
During the past year "A patients have
,een supported by the state of Vermont
While two have been supported by the
Wary Minerva Ormsbee fund, and the
Red Cross society has extended aid in the
ase OF one patient.
The physical condition Of the sanato-
ium is good The grounds have been
.ept up. During the year fumigating
hamber has been constructed and the
ressing room Of "The Shack" has been
nlarged so that it will now accommodate
light people more comfortably than it !
ormerly did while changes have been
made in the West cottage so that three 5
lore men may be accommodated. This !
rings the total capacity of the institu-
ion up to A. A Kny -Scheerer X-ray APP
aratus has been added to the medical
quipment and installed in the basement
The total cost for maintenance of pa
tents during 1916 was S27 ,279, which Is a
ost of $3.50 per patient per week. Last
ear the rate charged the patient was
My $3.50, so that there has been a def