Telegram-herald., 1891-12-22

director ef peor with the names there
IA. ths cosnEa.t.Se took tae saa.g ~ thr
drag stofs al Waite d WhAs sna
ie&raea by comparison With The pre-
scupllans oa Tie tnxs = large samb~r
u prescriptions sefe fiilod foI psrsous
whose n3mes sil moi appear ia Tie
book. The COMMITTEES then retoflod
tie hook 10 toe cirector of the pooE.
and MAS informed bv him that certain
names had been omitted The book
xss then left in the once Of the dlsee-
TOT Of the poor with insIructlons 10
enter taeroon ths nance Of eli CITY
charges appearing upon ell The books
in his offies al every kind, and u wss
again returned 70 the committee ss
completed. BY comparison OF tie
- me sltn the city prescriptions IA
store OF White d White which cone oar
son your connaittee has caused ~ b~
made by en- empsvys of the city. Il ap-
pears thai tae lat hereto attached
marked "Exhibit A" contains the
names of those for whom prescriptions
have heen filled and charged 20 the
city whose nsmes do not appear in the
book Aforesaid.
An examination Of such list dlscloses
the fact that there are ss such nance
that Ia very many instances no initials
appear ~ tie names upon the pTescnp'
tian; Tor instance, 'Poodles." Moss"
~Neathers," "fell - stewart" etc.
Tns eourse your committee regard ss
unbuslness like and unsatisfactory, and
tending 10 enbarras an inyestlgs lon IA
determining whether such persons are
OF not city charges
Your committee requested the firm
x,f 20 Il xfs t.
ment OF liquors ana morphine furnished
upon prescriptions OF SAID city physi
cian and charged To the city during The
period last aforesaid. giving the names
in each instance appearing upon tie
pr,s sription, aud attached hereto ls the
llst 80 furnished marked Exhibit n"
lt wall be seen that during that period
SIX and one Ralf quarts of GIN, tao hun
dfed and tbirteea aud oDe-hAif quartz
OF whisky, one hundred and eleven
quarts of wine. one hundred aud two
quarts OF brandy and eighty drsns
of morphine have been furnished. OF
the liquors. between Decem.er .. 1880
and December l6, 1891. axiy quarts OF
fifteen gallons of brandy were furnish
ed 70 one man. averaging consldera sly
more than one quart week. To
another thirteen aud one-half quarts
of whlskey and nine quarts of brandy
and fifty and one-hslf drams Of MGR
phine were furnished. Your committee
is Informed that from one-eighth TO
one quarter of . grain ID the ordinary
prescription OF morphine for patient.
One dram equals ~ least two hundred
and forty doses, nifty drains equals
1900 ordinary doses of morphine.
To another twenty-eight aud one-hslf
drams of morphine we're furnished. and
TO another Two drxms. 90 that out of
che total of eighty-one drsns of NOR
phlne supplied 10 AL the city charges,
sevsniy-nlne drams, or the total except
two drams, WAS furnished 10 two
people.
Your committee also attach hereto
and mark Exhibit G." statement Of
monthly purchases OF drugs and liquors.
| showing . marked reduction since the
investigation OF the committee on poor
began.
Your committee further believe that
the services OF the assistant physician
! were continued al the expense Of The
| city much longer than MAS necessary.
En-. o'DoNNKrI,
l.. q. DuNTos.
| FRANK Il. CARPsNrun,
Com. on Poor.
| EpwIK y. CBL,
Mayor.