Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-09-02
PLANS RECOMMENDED
FOR PREvENTOR|UM
Directors Of tuberculosis AHso-
citation Favor Building abuut
80 by los Feet in Size-To Be
Erected at Pittsford. as Mem
Orial to DR.. Caveriy

was taken Friday when the directors
of the Vermont Tuberculosis association,
assembled in Burlington, thoroughly In
spected and recommended tho plans for
the new tuberculosis preventoriurn to bs
built at Pttsford. This IL the prevention
ium for which Mise Emily Dutton Proc
tor and Redfield Proctor have given tina
45-acre site and $4,000. They VIII now act
upon the recommendation of the director,
! Of the Tuberculosis association, and. II
| they uphold this recommendation and ap-
| prove the plans. the detailed spectfica-
| tons will he drawn up at once and bids
opened for the work. 1t Ia now so late in
! the season that there Ia little hone Of
completing the building this fail. but 70
/ is possible that the foundation may be
! put In that work may begin early Ia
the spring
The meeting Of tho directors Of tho ver-
mont Tuberculosis association, at which
the recommendation Of the plans took
! place was held at II o'clock Friday
morning at the new headquarters Of the
/ tuberculosis association, 233 Peart street.
! Those present were: Thomas Wagner IT
/ Burlington. president; Harold w Slo-
| cum of Burlington. secretary; the archi-
/ tects, Scopes and Feustnlan Of Saranac
! Lake: and the following directors, DR..
K. J. Rogers Of Pittsford, Harry Cutler ~
, MON pflteT ana Ut, - Ii. BeeC1ef, j. Ii.
Southwick, NJ D. Chittenden. Guy ".
Bailey and Harry 8. Howard Of Burling-
ton.
The plan which was Friday reconn-
mended by the action Of these directors
! has been under consideration for some
time u provides for building about Al
by 105 feet, which will accornrn odete g
| children, with provisions for extending
the limits to take care Of a still larger
number. IT Is planned 10 construct this
| building of brtok veneer. II win bs pre-
sented to the Tuberculosis association by
the Proctors a memorial to the lats
DR.. Charles g Caverly of Rutland. for
many years president OF the Vermont
State Board Of Health, and IN ardent
worker for the prevention Of tuberculosis.
The preventorium will be named after
DR.. Caverly
| In tie arrangement of every part Of
the rreventorium, the main things under
consideration IN the plans have been the
bringing Of plenty of fresh air and sun
shine to every part Of thu building. Tho
plan has been worked out to eliminate
dark places and dead air pockets.
In this building there will be four
sleeping rorches. each II feet by II feet
two inches. accommodating eight children
on each porch. the porches for the girls
being on one side Of the house and those
for the boys on the other side. An equal
number Of boys end girls can be taken
care Of. OFF from each sleeping porch
will he a dressing room, bath and tofle<.
also attendants room so arranged thas
the attendant can sec the entire porch
All the porches face the south.
These sleeping porches. with the rooms
which GO with them. form the wings OF
the main floor of the building. IN the
n large open air school room, 81 by -
feet. where the children viii 60 to gohoo3
all the while that they are In the pre-
ventori,rn Back Of these rooms. on tho
main floor will be found tho Kitchen.
which will be "a feet, SIX inches by r.
feet, eight inches: the dining room, "A
feet six inches by % feet eight inches:
the cooler and the business rooms and
staff offices. reception room and DOCTORS
office All Of these rooms are so arranged
In the plan that the children have ac
cess to the dining room and the dressing
rooms from the sleeping rorches. without
> tracking through any other rooms,
! on the second floor are found the In
firmary or isolation ward the eerine
quarters 81 the older children, and thA
| ACCOMPANYING dressing rooms. etc. The
infirnary IS an absolute unit within IT.
self. including bath, nurses quarters.
wards etc, in order that it may he en-
tlreiv cut off from the rest Of the build.
, ing when necessary. This is for the Cht'-
, dren when they first arrive at the pre-.
ventorium. They will he kept IN tho in-
Urinary for about 10 days or Two weeks
to discover whether or not they have any
conta gious disease which might be carried
to the other children. If any disease de-
velops, the child will he quaranrined un-
! til the danger is over. In this way this
health of the children in the preventoriun1
will be protected.
, The proposed staff of the preventoriur%
[ will he made up of a matron, who will bs
2 graduate nurse: a matrons asss tant,
20 have charge of the infirmary: two at
y tendants who with the help Of the chii-
dren Will have charge of the general
= house work: two school teachers: cook
A and an assistant cook. and one man ~
. take care OF the fires, the stock. etc. With
the exception Of the cook and cooks as.
/ sistant the female help of the staff VIII
$ sleep IN the rooms directly off the sleeps
D ing porches.
The small details Of the buiming have
been left with committee made I'D o6
q Harry Cutler Of Montpelier, Dr. F.. J..
$ Rogers and Daniel Burdltt of Pttsford.
Children ranging from four TO Is years
l Of age will he accepted for treatment in.
e the preventorium. The average length
r of stay for a child will be about six
& months. The children will get the Same
z kind of treatment that Is given 10 tho
v older people who go 10 the sentteriuru.
r Fresh air. sunshine good food, rest perts
0 DDS. taking of temperature at regular IN =
$ tervals, with proper care at all times-<
these are the things which form the baha
5 OF the treatment. In this case. the aim =
/ to prevent tuberculosis before II gets star<s