Describes the enlargement of one ward building at the Columbia campus to house both male and female tuberculosis patients, making 100 beds available. By 1951, LaBorde no longer housed TB patients.
The Treasurer read a letter from architects Lafaye & Lafaye stating that with a few exceptions the T.B. Pavilion was ready for acceptance and that, to guarantee the completion of the said building, $531.00 of the contract price was being retained.
Records bids received for building the Tuberculosis ward at the State Hospital and the decision to accept the lowest bid, proposed by Mechanics Contracting Co., of $22,981.
The Board examined drawings for the proposed ward building for State Park and Tuberculosis building for Columbia presented by Mr. Robert S. Lafaye of the firm of Lafaye & Lafaye, Architects, and instructed Mr. Lafaye to procure bids for a special…
Dr. Arthur P. Herring recommends to Governor Manning that there should be "special provision for the tuberculosis patients" at the South Carolina State Hospital for the Insane.