The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-06-27
BOARD OF HEALTH.
The Question OF Increased Hospitai
Accom- m modations.

A regular meeting of the board was held
Yesterday noon, at the office of the registrar,
in the City Hall. Alter discussing some other
matters, the consideration of the present hos
pital accommodations of the city came up,
aud DR.. Pelzer reported that at a meeting Of
the board of trustees Of tine Roper Hospital,
held Oh the preceding day, the latter had
offered to lease to the city the Roper Hospital.
with all Its appurtenances, for the term OF ten
years, at the rate OF five hundred dollars per
annum; two thousand dollars of the whole
rent to be applied to repairs upon The hospital.
With this outlay, the doctor thought, the Roper
Hospital could be made comfortable and
commodious building, and that the old build
ing In the City Hospital could be fixed up so
as to afford ample accommodation ior the
maintenance and support Of the insane of the
city.
DR.. E. Geddings, after considering the
proposition, suggested that when such an
amount was to be expended it could not be
done better than applying it to the remodel
ling of certain portions oil the City Hospital,
and permanently improving the building for
lilo accommodation of -insnna--In- tha
present condition Of the back wall Of the
building he thought the bakehouse should be
entirely removed, the whole building reno
waited and devoted to hospital uses, and dis
tinct one story building be erected on dif.
ferent part of the premises for the bakeshop.
He also discussed the feasibility of making
the hospital seli-sustaining. and suggested
that In the improvements small wards should
be fixed up for the accommodation OF such
patients as could pay for 1t.
DR.. Chazal concurred In these Views, but
opposed the idea OF forming permanent
Iunstic asylum at the hospital for the insane OF
the city. The building was too cramped. and
could not afford the necessary accommodations
for the proper treatment Of any number OF
insane.
The Mayor concurred In the suggestions OF
DR.. Geddlngs, and on motion the same were
ordered to be reported in writing at the next
meeting of the board, with petition append
ed In proper form, to be brought before
Council at its next meeting.
In regard to the purchase OF the chloride OF
lime flom Messrs. Collins & Co., the chairman
of the committee to whom 1t was referred
being absent, there was no report.
The petition of William Marscher to open
drains from his lots on Queen street to the
sewer In that street was granted.
DR. Pszer reported that the printed pro-
ceedings of the board at the meeting held on
the 7th of June were now ready for distrlbu-
lion. They contain the valuable reports OF
the city registrar and city inspectors, which
were submitted at that meeting and reported
at the time in TIE NEWS, and also the re-
marks of DR.. Eli Geddings, In which he took
occasion to compliment the city authorities
upon the faithfulness and success of their
labors, and to acknowledge the 1attering allu-
sions to the members of the medical commit
tee of the Board of Health. He added that he
had been a resident of the city for nearly half
century as a practlclag physician, and that it
was ln better sanitary condition at present
than he had ever seen 1t before.
There being no further business before the
board, the meeting adjourned.