The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-18
URGES MORE SANAToRIUMs.
Fo Teatment of tuberculosis Patients
in Vermont.

Burlington, March lS.--At the meet.
ing OF the executive committee of the
Vermont tuberculosis association held
in this city Tuesday evening, II. w.
Slocum, the executive secretary, point
ed out that there was every proba i.
bihty that within a few months the
tai accommodations for tuberculosis
| patients too far advanced to be admit
ted to the sanatorium at Pittsford. Up
to the present time Vermont patients
have been placed in a hospital in Mas
sachusetts or in one in New Hampshire
| Last December both of these states
made big drive for funds to fight tn.
| berculosis
The increased activity against tu-
berculosis made possible by these funds
! has already resulted in a large number
Of patients entering the hospitals of
these states and in the coming months
both of the states will doubtless need
every available bed for patients in their
own state. Mr.. Slocum said that he had
taken this matter up with the chair.
man of the Washington county hospi-
tai commission.
Washington county has voted to
bond itself $4,000 for the construc-
ton and equipment of a county tuber-
eulosis hospital and the site for this
hospital has been purchased However,
during the war the government OPP
posed using material for the construc.
ton Of the hospital and since the war
the pice of building material has in.
creased TO such an extent that the So.
600 will not build the kind of institu-
ton proposed. There is a farm house
ON the site purchased for this hospital
and as soon as the snow goes off, f. g. |
Rowland OF Barre will call meeting
of the county tuberculosis hospital |
commission and a representative of the |
state board of health and of the Yer
mont Tuberculosis association TO in |
vestigate this building with the pur-
pose of making such alterations as will !
make it possible to accommodate about |
twelve patients.
Mr. Slocum further stated that this !
matter had been taken up with the |
state board of health and the follow !
ing plan had been approved by the
board: First. that under the law en-
abling counties to construct tuberculo-
sis hospitals agitation should be be.
gun at once for four different counties
to bond themselves for enough money
to purchase a suitable residence near a
large village which can be changed nta.
a tuberculosis hospital for some eight
or twelve patients; that each of these
hospitals should be in charge OF reg
istered nurse and care .taker. and that
by special arrangement with the ply.
sician Oh the nearby village a physician
should call once every day and oftener
when needed.
1t is estimated that the expense in
such hospital would be
between ten and fifteen thousand dol
lars and that while there would not be
the facilities for special treatment that
a more elaborate hospital would have,
the patients would be made comfort
able and the danger Of injecting other
people removed Moreover, when \
county builds its more
elaborate hospital. cases requiring spe I
,ial treatment could be admitted to J
That hospital.
Since It Is necessary that this mat q
er should be voted on bv each town ;
N the country a. the town meeting It !
will probably have to 90 over until a
next spring On the other hand. Mr. II
Slocum stated that he had authority
o say that if suitbsle building prop t
,rly located were offered the money Ia
or making the necessary alterations 5
md equipment would be forthcoming. b