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spring . POWERFAX 93 4 N the year 1921 the City of I Detroit obtained a 1200-acre tract of land in the most hilly INTERESTING and wooded section of the county INTERESTINGfor the purpose of building a chil SAVINGS IN AN n INSTITUTION dren's tuberculosis hospital. The location is Northville, Michigan, where the altitude is very desir able for the treatment of tubercu losis. The original unit consisted of an 80-bed infirmary and a small Revamping Power Plant of Maybury Sanatorium, Results in Savings of $11,000 to $12,000 a Year By A. CAPUTI, Sales Engi neer, Elliott Company, De troit, Michigan ' office building. As the importance of early diagnosis of this disease was recognized, the city appropri ated additional money for exten sions. Within a short time the ca pacity of the sanatorium was in creased to 130 beds, making it pos sible to care for adult patients as well as' children. school age is maintained each honor of the man who recognized From this time on, the Maybury year, extending over a period of the necessity of such a sanatorium Sanatorium has gradually grown six weeks for girls and six weeks and persuaded the City Council to a present capacity of 800 adult for boys. Any children that the to appropriate the required funds patients in the main hospital unit Detroit School Department finds to start the construction. Although and 200 patients in a separate have any symptoms of the disease millions of dollars were put into unit known as the children's unit. are sent to these camps for obser the construction, Mr. Maybury Both units together are made up vation. If any are found needing saved considerable amounts by of about fifteen buildings housing attention, they are cared for at himself functioning as architect, all conveniences for the patients, the sanatorium. engineer, contractor, and fore including a 6000-volume library, Originally the institution was man. He gave his life to this cause school buildings, laundry, research known as the Spring Hills Sana when, in November 1931, at the laboratory, dairy farm, etc. torium. Later it was renamed the age of 72 he died from the effects A summer camp for children of W. H. Maybury Sanatorium in of tuberculosis--defeated by the very disease he had devoted his life to fighting, and in the very sanatorium which now bears his name. The institution is now operated under the management of the Board of Health of the City of Detroit. It is one of the finest and best equipped institutions of its kind, and the members of the Board of Health do everything possible for the comfort and care of its patients, using the most modern and economical methods. All patients are given the fresh air treatment and, in addition, a very modem treatment with ultra violet rays. A room forty feet square, with ceiling and walls built 18 * * * CRIMDEBN00000212