Contributed by Maine State Archives
Description
Margaret Verrill of Mechanic Falls wrote to Dr. Estes Nichols, medical director of the Maine State
Sanatorium at Hebron, following up on a letter of several weeks earlier.
Verrill had asked that the doctor take back a patient, Agnes, for a reduced rate. Here, Verrill tells the doctor that they can pay only $5 a week for Agnes, plus $1 for washing.
The rate was $12 a week, plus patients had to pay for laundry service and provide their own thermometers, sputum cups, fur coats (because they slept outside) and heavy blankets.
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About This Item
- Title: Plea for reduced sanatorium rate, Mechanic Falls, 1908
- Creator: Margaret Verrill
- Creation Date: 1908-08-17
- Subject Date: 1908-08-17
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Locations:
- Mechanic Falls, Androscoggin County, ME
- Hebron, Oxford County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: 2613-076, Box 1/1908, August 16-31
- Object Type: Text
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Sanatoriums--Maine
- Invalids
- Western Maine Sanatorium
- Sick persons
- Tuberculosis hospitals--Maine
- Hospitals, convalescent--Maine--Hebron
- Maine State Sanatorium
- Tuberculosis--Maine
- Verrill, Margaret--Correspondence
- Nichols, Estes--Correspondence
- Letters
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(207) 287-5790
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