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The patients came from thirty of the forty-eight states, the District of Columbia and Canada.

New York as in past years, leads the list by states with 63 patients, followed by Illinois with 16, New Jersey, 15, Massachusetts, 13, Pennsylvania, 11, and the others with smaller numbers.

The general health of the patients while at Warm Springs has been excellent with no outbreaks since the influenza epidemic in January.

Since July first a compulsory physical examination of all new patients by Dr. Johnson has been required before they are allowed to go into the pool or take treatment, and this has proven to be very satisfactory.

The Staff

On January first the Staff comprised the Surgeon-in-Chief, the Director of Physiotherapy and eight physiotherapists. The rapid increase in the number of patients in January, and the prospect of a still further increase during the winter and spring, together with the resignation of one to return to school in February, made it necessary to secure three new physios in January and February, and another in June to take the place of one more resignation.

In the fall, one of our staff announced that she expected to return to school February first, in order to complete her course and secure her degree.

We were able to secure the return of the one who left in February, and who was very efficient.

At the close of the year there were twelve physiotherapists, one of whom is employed as a teacher of swimming and a substitute exerciser when any of the others are unable to go in the pool.

On December first. Dr. Frank Brostrom, who has had extensive institutional experience, and was for two years at the Children's Hospital, Boston, was appointed Assistant Surgeon, Dr. Brostrom brings to the work of the Foundation youth, splendid technical experience, a pleasing personality, and enthusiasm, which I am confident will make him a very valuable addition of the staff.

Dr. J. A. Johnson of Manchester, the attending physician, has held clinics three times a week for examination and treatment of patients, and has rendered a very valuable service in preserving and restoring the health of both patients and staff.

The long illness of Miss Mahony during the winter and spring, necessitated a leave of absence and required our securing the services of a trained nurse. Miss Cora Binford has filled this place most acceptably, and her technical efficiency, untiring zeal, and personal interest in every patient and employee have made her beloved by everybody, and a most valuable addition to the staff.

During Miss Mahony's absence we were fortunate in securing the services of Miss Alice L. Plastridge of Chicago, a physiotherapist with years of special training in polio work, and who had been to Warm Springs several times and was familiar with the methods and aims of the Foundation. She carried on the supervising work with skill, enthusiasm and vigor.

Miss Mahony returned in the fall much improved in health and has since carried on her work with all her former vigor and efficiency.

STAFF OF PHYSIOTHERAPISTS

Mary Lucille Daniels,
Halls, Tenn.

Phyllis de Brick,
Bluefield, W. Va.

S. Frances Holmes,
Valdosta, Ga.

Janice Howe,
Gadsden, Ala.

Mary Hudson,
Albany. Ga.

Helen Lauer,
Washington, D. C.

Mamoi Little,
Warm Springs. Ga.

Elizabeth Ann Lowe,
Equality, Ala.

Mrs. Martha Parker Mays,
Warm Springs, GA.

D. Louise Mims,
Thomasville, Ga.

Margaret Moore,
Algood, Tenn.

Sinclare Norton,
Rome, Ga.

Vera Rickman,
Nashville, Tenn.

Amy E. Shipley,
Cooksville, Tenn.

Mrs. Elizabeth W. Thomson,
Nashville, Tenn.

Nancy Watson,
Whitehaven. Tenn.

Ruth Womelsdorf,
Catersville, Ga.

Improvements and Additions

The two outstanding improvements and additions to the plant in 1929 were the installation of the new water system and the building of the Infirmary. The former was put in operation in July, and while the latter was not entirely completed in 1929 it will be ready for occupancy early in 1930.

The water of the spring is now pumped by means of rams into a concrete reservoir on the hill about 1 00 ft. above the Inn and distributed by gravity to the Inn and cottages. The pressure is sufficient to throw four large streams of water to the top of the Inn, thus securing better fire protection than we have ever had.

While the water of the spring is pure and is protected from surface contamination, it was deemed advisable, as additional protection, to install a chlorinating plant; so that we now have an abundant supply of pure water for domestic consumption, and the swimming and exercise pools are made more sanitary.

The Infirmary

One of the most important needs of the Foundation has been an Infirmary or isolation unit, in which patients, who have any illness, may be segregated. Whether the illness is slight, serious or contagious, it is to the advantage of both patient and colony that he be segregated so that he may receive proper medical attention. The need for such a building was emphatically felt in January, 1929, when Warm Springs experienced a slight epidemic of influenza.