Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-09-18
The City Hospital.

ITS COST OF pURcHAsE AND MAINTRNANoE--IN-
MATEs-rAssAaE OF THE HOSPITAL ORDINANCE
DISMISSAL OF ALI. sUPERNuMERARIEs ASKED
FOR.
The Committee on Hospital of City Council,
M. L.. Lichtensten chairman, presented re-
port to that body last evening, covering the cost
and maintenance Of tho institution, and show
ing the number of inmates admitted, discharged,
absconded and obw within it. The report was
made in accordance with resolution of Council,
annexed to the report, and is as follows
Your committee, to whom the above resolu-
tion was referred, beg leave to report that in
their Judgment the building used at the present
tune as a City Hospital would not answer the
purposes Of House of Correction.
We beg leave further to report that since the
opening Of the City Hospital there have been re-
ceived as inmates 40 perHons-32 males and
females. OF these IA were natives of Delaware,
8 OF Pennsylvania, 2 of New York. of New Jer
sey, Of Virginia, of Maryland, of California,
Of Ireland, of England, l of Germany, of
France, ] of Sweden, and 1 of Denmark.
Admitted for the first hnlf year, % dis
charged II remaining to second term, 8. Ad-
mitted second term and to date, l5. Total 23.
Absconded and discharged, 16 remaining at
present, 7.
or the 40 patients, "a were cured absconded
6 left with health improved, died, and re-
main.
The following are the expenses connected with
the City Hospital
Cost of building. S17, 800. 90
Repairs ON same. ................,.... 12o.04
Total cost $17, 500. .04
Furniture, bedding, &c., 72l.90
Suporintendent's salary, medicine,
nurse and medical attendance, ...@. 1907 II
Miscellaneous expenses, .............. 5O5.67
Expense to city for board. ............ ,37X 53
OF which amount B240 has been repaid by pa
md to ha hp tba of
Temperance.
REoApIrULATIoN.
Cost Of Property, ,...................tl7 tl7 $40. .04
Furniture, ,.......,.....,..... 42l.9U
ro.a, sxasases po,sl, "a sso Il 1891 Sa
| Less cash re-
| ceiyed $246
| and to be col
lected $780,, .,.............. 406.0n
| Expense pro-
| per of City
| Hospital, .............. 2,9S4. o.
| Total cost to date, .............. s2l. 326 .45
| When the motion to adopt the report was
pending Mr.. McIntire called the attention OF
Council to tho act incorporating the City Hospi
| tai, to show that the provisions of the act were
dsregarded 1st. BY the admission of three
incurables, who had no right there and End.
| by a greater annual appropriation than the
amount authorized -S2, 900. He further stated
| that the institution could not be converted into
a House of Correction or be used for any other
purpose than that designated in the act Of in
| corporation.
Mr. Iichtenstein remarked that the state
ments OF Mr. McIntre were not germane to the
subject, the conn ittee being instructed to sim
ply prepare the report which had been present
| ed.
The report was then adopted.
Subsequently the ordinance providing for the
appointment Of Superintendent for the Hospi-
tai and fixing his salary, postponed from the
previous meeting while the adoption of the
enacting clauses was pending. was taken up ant
passed.
Still later in the session, Mr. McIntire intro
duced the following resolution, action on which
was postponed one week
Resolppd, That the Committee on Hospital b'
instructed to discharge all persons except those
who may require relief during temporary sick
ness pi'opided, that nothing in this resolution
shall apply to the Superintendent or Assistants