Nurses, kitchens, grounds and the central laundry

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merly  resident  physician  at  state  sanatoria  in  Pennsylvania.
The  present  head-nurse  is  Miss  Anna  M.  Walsh,  w^ho  has
held  similar  positions  at  the  famous  White  Haven  sana-
torium in  Pennsylvania  and  at  other  institutions.  Under
Miss  Walsh,  are  sixteen  ward  nurses  and  eight  orderlies.
Andrew  Osborn,  the  Steward,  has  served  the  State
efficiently  for  many  years.
The  kitchen  force  consists  of  one  chef,  two  assistant  chefs
and  a  pastry  cook,  and  about  ten  waiters.  In  order  to  super-
vise and  care  for  the  buildings  and  grounds  an  engineer,  a
carpenter,  a  farmer,  a  night  watchman  and  laborers  are
employed.  This  list  does  not  include  the  part-day  services
rendered  by  certain  cured  patients  as  laboratory  technicians
and  male  and  female  nurses.
The  number  and  character  of  the  subordinate  help  at  all
the  sanatoria  is  approximately  the  same;  it  will  not  be
necessary  to  enumerate  them  again.
At  Cedarcrest,  is  in  operation  the  big  laundry  that  cares
for  three  sanatoria  west  of  the  Connecticut  river.  Ever
since  its  establishment  five  years  ago,  the  laundry  has  been
managed  for  the  state  by  Mr.  Ernest  Little.  On  the  laundry
payroll,  are  always  a  dozen  or  more  employees.
Our  next  objective  will  be —
LAUREL  HEIGHTS
This  institution  which  at  its  birth  bore  the  joyous  name
of  "The  Fairfield  County  Home  for  the  Care  and  Treatment
of  Persons  Suffering  From  Tuberculosis,"  and  later  was
known  as  The  Shelton  State  Sanatorium,  now  for  the  last
few  years  is  called  Laurel  Heights.  It  is  delightfully  located
on  the  hill  to  the  west  of  the  River  Road  between  Shelton
and  Stratford.  It  houses  one  hundred  and  sixty  patients.
Dr.  Edward  J.  Lynch,  the  superintendent,  is  a  native  of
Connecticut  and  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Pennsyl-
vania. He  has  been  in  the  service  of  the  State  Tubercu-
losis Commission  about  15  years.  He  has  been  superintend-
ent at  Laurel  Heights  for  eight  years.  Associated  with
him,  as  assistant,  is  Dr.  George  Bunnell,  a  graduate  of  Yale
and  Columbia,  and  of  the  United  States  Army  medical
service.  The  head  nurse  is  Miss  Katherine  Kessak,  for-
merly of  Phipps  Institute,  Philadelphia,  and  of  Uncas-on-
Thames.  The  housekeeper  and  dietitian  is  Mrs.  George
Bunnell,  for  many  years  one  of  the  most  valuable  nurses  at
the  institution.     The  secretary  is  Ralph  B.  Rogers.     The