The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-03-05
NATIONAL TUBER
ASSOCIATION

ASSVA ION
5sI Fourth Avenue New York
Sanatorium Construction Advisory
Service.
Report on
Proposed Sanatorium for Lake County.
Indiana
o the Joint Committee.
county Medical Society &
County tuberculosis Society.
Gentlemen;
IN accordance with your request. 7
beg to submit the following report
upon the plans FOR the proposed County
Sanatorium, to be erected near Crown
Point, Indiana The report Is based
upon careful examination OF the
plans submitted by Nr. J. \. Coleman.
the architect, conferences with your
Committee and the County Commits
stoners; inspections Of the site: and
general considerations involved.
I. THE SIZE or THE PROBLEM.
The following figures. furnished by
YOUR County Medical Society. give the
deaths from tuberculosis in Lake
County for the past FIVE years.
1915 1915 1917 1918 1919.
131 40 1SS 1e1 120
Returns incomplete.
Il IS usual 10 base the estimate OF
TIE number OF beds required in a san
atorium upon the number Of deaths
from tuberculosis in community. A
conservative estimate IS one bed for
each death. although it has been found
that N places where the field orEeniza-
lion is thorough and active and all
agencies arc working together IN the
fight against the disease. the proper
tion Of beds to deaths should be two
20 one during the carly Syears Of
campaign.
It Is probable that the large in
crease IN the number OF deaths in 1917
snd 1918 was partly due TO influenza.
hut the returns from all over tho coun-
try indicate that there was some in
crease in the number m those years
apaft from the epidemic Tt seems
therefore. wise to assume that on a
Conservative estiamte the immediate
neodS % th- County call for an insti-
tuition o. at least 10 beds. = tho nor
maj Increase in the wears 1a15 and 1915
ne taken IS the rate OF progression in
the succco ding years
The rapid growth OF the several i'm
nortant Industrial centers. included in
Jake County demand forward look
ing policy, therefore. the probability
'' * HdlAHltIt oHQu4U % KEPT II nina
and the ultimate accommodation nee
cssary shown on the plans or the gen
~fal layout. This brings up the ques-
tion a. 20 the best size Cbed accom-
inodation) OF a tuberculosis Sanator-
tum. The consensus OF opinion among
Sanatorium authorities i'm this country
TODAY IS that to obtain the best results
no sanatorium should be larger than
$50 beds, although few of the many
authorities consulted would 20 as
high as 500 beds
T. is therefore. recommended that
the general plat plan provide for an
ultimate capacity OF ESQ patients. not
including children (see later under
proventorium).
=. SITE.
or the several considerations in
VOWED in the selection of sanator-
ium site. the following are the prin-
clpsl:
Cap Topography. II possible. site
should be slightly ABOVE the level OF
the surrounding country and provided
with natural shelter from unpleasant
winds: either by rising ground or
thick belt OF trees. or both
tb) Soil and Drainage Facilities
The soil should be open 50 that sur
face water rapidly disappears and ade-
quate facilities for sewage disposal
can be provided without prohibitive
expense.
tc) Water supply. An abundant
and unfaning water supply for IRE
protection, baths and domestic pur-
poses is an absolute necessary.
Cd Accessibility. Not only for the
sake Or the patients and their friends.
hut also for the sake Of tho STAFF and
the delivery of supplies site should
be not too far from a center OF popu-
lation to which access is easily OBJ
tainable.
tel Landscape Attractions. mas
much as many patients must remain
for long periods in the institution
sanatorium site should he laid out in
an attractive manner and wen plant
cd with trees and shrubs
80 Electric Power. it is most de-
sirable that power bee obtainable from
some Public Utility Corporation. ori
other outside source. as this saves con
siderable initial plant and equipment.
also, trouble and expense of msinten-
ance
In applying the foregoing standards
TO the site selected for the Lake Coun- /