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Death rate reduced at Sunny Hill
Sunny Hill annual report for year ending Aug 31 1954 shows the lowest death rate in the sanatoriums history. Three of 11 deaths had tuberculosis with silicosis present in the TB cases. Deaths: cancer three, myocarditis three, bronchial pneumonia one, silicosis alone one. No deaths under age 40. 139 patients treated. 93 men 46 women. 72 discharged. Procedures included 472 pneumothorax and pneumoperitoneum injections, 14 thoracoplasties, one pneumonectomy, two lobectomies, five other resections, ten bronchoscopies, nine phrenicotomies. Trustees listed as L. J. Fredericks, Dr. Gayle N. Hufford, Dr. Arthur Fahrner. A halfback on the North Texas
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Francis Prock
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