Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-07
.SANITAR|UM HEADS
ANNOUNCE POLICY
OF NEW INSTITUTION
WEDNES AFTERNOONS SET
ASIDE FOR CLINICS AND EXAM
NATION OF PERSONS BELIEVED
AFFLICTED WITH TUBERCU.
LOSlS.

/ Opening the dispensary each Wed
nesday afternoon, beginning April o.
at 2 p. m for the purpose Of eyamin-
ing persons for tubercular maladies
was announced this morning in a cir.
cular sent out by the directors Of the
La. Sale County Tuberculosis SAM
tarium.
The circular, comprehensive in it
/ arrangement. gives the policy which
will be pursued in operating The new
$4,000 institution devoted entirely to
the fight against the white plague.
I 1t says:
The La Sale County tuberculosis
iaanitarium board are pleased to an
nounce that the machinery which the
law has provided for the solution o
the tuberculosis problem in this
county is now organized and ready for
operation.
The sanitauum was opened fol
the admission of patients on Marca
), since which time seventeen have
been admitted, the majority of whom
, are far advanced cases. for whom
nothing more can be done than to
give them humane care for the short
time which they have to live While
this is one OF the functions of the
sanitaritgu, the main purpose of the
law is to reach these invalids before
they become inCurable, or. better stilI
before they need institutional care
This must be done for the most par
in the homes, at a time when these
victims are not aware they have tn
berculosis. or where they have beer
known 10 have been exposed to the |
infection and proper precautions
taken to prevent its spread. To meet
these conditions the law has provided |
for the establishment Of a dispensar! |
and the employment of a communit, |
nurse.
The function of the dispensary an,
Of the community nurse is primarily
for diagnosis and instruction. We
have secured the services Of DR.. J. W
Petit, medical director of the Ottawa
Co.ony, to take charge
OF the dispensary. DR.. Petit has
agreed to organize the work of the Ii
pensary and continue until such time
as more permanent arrangements Cal
be made He very generously donates
his services, He will be assisted by
Mrs. Bertha NJ Logan, community
nurse, formerly of Rockford, H.. who
las had a large experience in various
branches Of tuberculosis work
The dispensary will be conducted
at the sanitarium and will be open fol
the examination of patients on Wed
nesday, April 3. at 2p. m. and eaci
Wednesday thereafter at the same
hour The services of the dispensar.
and community nurse are free TO al
citizens of La Sale County, who are
not only invited but urged to avai
of its facilities We in
tite the cooperation of all physicians
public health nurses, tuberculosis
workers. and everybody who is o
should be interested in eliminating
his terrible scourge from our midst.
1T is not our purpose 10 supplan
)r duplicate the efforts of those who
ire doing efficient work. 1t is our de
sire to cooperate with other agencieg
md in so far as possible assist in co .
)ruinating them to the end that We
nay have harmonious action anC |
greater efficiency in the prosecution
II the task to which we have com l
nitted ourselves.
Mrs. Logan will personally inter
'iew all those actively engaged in the
work as rapidly as possible. In the !
meantime not only they but anyone
is invited to call upon or
with her about any case
which needs her immediate attention
md she will respond to these calls as ,
,romptl yas possible. Her address is ,
hrs. Bertha NJ Logan, La Sale ,
county Sanitarium. Ottawa, Ill.
The sanitarium can be reached .
rom the south direct by interurbar
md by the local street car line every
la4f hour from the City OF Ottawa, or ,
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