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The state sanatorium in the 1911 directory

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The national tuberculosis directory lists the New Haven County State Tuberculosis Sanatorium at Meriden with the date January 1, 1910, capacity 122, and superintendent Dr. J. B. Dinnan. Its introductory note explains that parenthetical dates ordinarily indicate opening dates.

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Source: Philip P. Jacobs, compiler; National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, A Tuberculosis Directory (1911), p. 19; Columbia University Libraries / Internet Archive. Public domain in the United States.

The state sanatorium in the 1911 directory
Philip P. Jacobs, compiler; National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, A Tuberculosis Directory (1911), p. 19; Columbia University Libraries / Internet Archive. Public domain in the United States.. 1911. Open the full image to inspect small print.

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SANATORIA  CONNECTICUT MERIDEN NEW  HAVEN  COUNTY  STATE  TUBERCULOSIS  SANATORIUM  (January  i, 1910): For  all  classes  of  cases,  both  medical  and  surgical.  Capacity: — 122.  Rates: — There are  no  charges  for  indigent  cases;  other  patients  from  $4.00  to  $10.00  per  week.  Superin- tendent:— Dr.  J.  B.  Dinnan.     Application  should  be  made  to  the  Superintendent. SHELTON FAIRFIELD  COUNTY  STATE  TUBERCULOSIS  SANATORIUM  (August  10, 1909): For  all  classes  of  cases,  both  medical  and  surgical.  Capacity: — 102.  Rates: — There are  no  charges  for  indigent  cases;  other  patients  from  $4.00  to  $10.00  per  week.  Superin- tendent:— Dr.  W.  M.  Stockwell.     Application  should  be  made  to  the  Superintendent. BRIDGEPORT LAKE  VIEW  TUBERCULOSIS  PAVILION  (May  18,  1907): For  all  classes  of  cases.  Capacity: — 30.  Rates: — There  are  no  charges.  Superin- tendent:— M.  C.  Cowles.  Application  should  be  made  to  J.  V.  Brennan,  Superintendent  of Poor.     Applicant  must  be  a  resident  of  Bridgeport. CROMWELL MIDDLESEX  TUBERCULOSIS  CAMP  (August  22,  1910): For  incipient  and  moderately  advanced  cases.  Capacity : — 14.  Rates : — $1.00  per  day. Matron: — Annie  E.  Roxborough.  Medical  Director: — Dr.  James  Murphy.  Applica- tion should  be  made  to  the  Medical  Director. FALLS  VILLAGE DR.  SHANNON'S  SANITARIUM  (November,  1906); For  incipient  and  moderately  advanced  cases.  Capacity: — 25.  Rates: — $25.00  to $35.00  per  week.  Superintendent: — Dr.  Thomas  I.  Shannon.  Application  should  be made  to  the  Superintendent. GREENWICH NATHANIEL  WITHERELL  MEMORIAL  TUBERCULOSIS  PAVILION  OF THE  GREENWICH  GENERAL  HOSPITAL  (not  yet  in  operation) : Late  in  1910,  Mrs.  Nathaniel  Witherell  donated  to  the  town  of  Greenwich  a  sum  of  money sufficient  to  erect  a  tuberculosis  pavilion  which  will  be  built  in  1911. HARTFORD FORESTERS  OF  AMERICA  TUBERCULOSIS  SANATORIUM  (not  yet  in operation) : The  Supreme  Court  of  the  Foresters  of  America  authorized  the  appointment  of  a  com- mittee at  its  annual  meeting  in  1910  to  examine  proposed  sites  for  a  National  Sanatorium for  Tuberculosis  and  Other  Diseases,  to  prociure  estimates  as  to  cost  of  building  and  main- tenance and  to  report  at  the  next  meeting,  in  August,  1911.  John  F.  Cosgrove,  36  Pearl Street,  Hartford,  Supreme  Chief  Ranger. THE  PREVENTORIUM  OF  THE  HARTFORD  SOCIETY  FOR  THE  PREVEN- TION OF  TUBERCULOSIS  (July,  1909): For  children  with  closed  tuberculosis.  Capacity: — 30.  Rates: — 5  cents  per  day  when able  to  pay  it.  Superintendent :— Dr.  Henry  F.  Stoll,  75  Pratt  Street.  Application  should be  made  to  the  Superintendent. 19

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Silent Grounds Collective, Undercliff Sanatorium, SGC-UC-015, UC-004, “The state sanatorium in the 1911 directory.” Source: Philip P. Jacobs, compiler; National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, A Tuberculosis Directory (1911), p. 19; Columbia University Libraries / Internet Archive. Public domain in the United States.. https://archive.org/details/tuberculosisdire00jaco/page/n22/mode/1up. Research edition, accessed 2026-09-08.

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