St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-12
The Board of Corrections and
Charities Want to See
Eastern Hospitals.
The Objest Is to Adopt I'M
proved Plans for PPopoS-
ed New Buildings.
New Officers and a New Board
Elected by the Firemen's
Relief Association. E8
Democratic Organizations In
dorSe Several Candidates
for Official Positions.

When it comes to the point of build
ing the new city hospital, the members
of the board Of corrections and chart
ties are determined to have plans for
the most improved and modern hospital
building in the country. At the meet
ing held yesterday, it was DECIDED to
have certain of the members look into
the matter of railroad transportation,
and a route through thu East and East
ern cities, with the idea in view OF hay-
ing the board take trip around and
examine the various large hospital
buildings of the country. The matter
will be reported upon at a meeting TO
be held next Tuesday afternoon. 1t is
likely the board will decide to visit New
York, Boston and Cincinnati, and pos
Slbly other cities where the hospitals
are of 4 superior build.
The committee appointed to investi-
gate the charges of neglect and abuse
of patients at the city hospital, pre-
ferred by w. Ii. Jones, made Its report.
The report stated that Jones was adj
mitted to the hospital Feb. II, of the
present year, as charity patient, and
that he had also been an inmate or the
hospital year ago. both times for rheu-
matiSm. Instead OF having been placed
in a room containing tWenty-eight beds,
as Jones stated, the report said that the
room contained but four beds. Jones
was a troublesome patient, and had re-
fused to submit to the rules and regu-
lations of the hospital. He had used
obscene and abusive language to the
attendants, and in fact. the report says,
that he was a great bother to the en-
tire hospital staff. The actions OF Or
derly Brent were not upheld, and on
the recommendation of the committee
he had been discharged. The hospital
itself was nice and clean, though the
management Iabored under great dis
advantage in having to operate III such
an old and dilapidated building.
The report of the committee was &C
cepted and placed on file, together with
the reports from other departments.
Supt. Snyder reported that during the
month of March there had been 552 APP
plicatiOns for help at the office OF the
poor department. He had relieved III
cases of want by giving groceries. and
had given out 226 loads of wood Alto
gether the poor department had given
aid to 27l families, including 295 adults
and 507 children. Forty-ive charity
patients had been sent to the hospital
during the month and people had
been sent to the poor farm, making in
all at the latter place IS inmates. Thir-
teen poor people had been furnished
transportation to various parts of the
country. The city physician and his
assistants had made 400 visits during
the month.
The report of Supt. Gross, of the
workhOuse, for the quarter ending
March 81, showed that the average num-
Der of prisoners daily at the Institution
had been 1863 males and IS females, and
the total cost of keeping them for the
three months S1,176.63. The cost per
capita per diem was S.06.34; per week,
SASS, and for the quarter, S5.77.
The matter of who should attend the
patients at the quarantine hospital
came up, and was finally referred to
President ClOutier and Commissioner
Woodward, who were instr ucted to con-
fer VITA committee from the health
board.
Supt. Gross asked for two additional
guards at the w0rkhOuSe, also for hymn
books for the prisoners. The latter re-
quest was granted, and go set aside for
the purchase of the books. The com
mittee on WOrkhOuse was instructed to
Look into the matter of guards.