The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-11-16
OPPOSED TO A HOSPITAL
IMPORTANT MEETING or THE COM
 ALITTEE ON ORDINANCES.

Yale University Win Not be Permitted to
 Erect n Hospital for Contagious and In-
 feotlous Diseases on Prospect Street.
 Other Ordinances Drafted.
 The committee on ordinances held a lengthy session last evening and trans acted business of more than usual im- portance. The plans of Yale college to erect a hospital for contagious and in- fectious diseases on the lot on Prospect street in the rear of the, present infirma- ry was the cause of petition being sent into the court of common council for the drafting of an ordinance pro hibiting the erection or maintenance of any such institution within the city linn it's.
 A large number of the residents and property owners on Prospect, Mansfield and neighboring streets were present at the meeting, as were also pr. c. A. Lindsley, secretary of the state board of health, and Health Officer Wright Dr. Lindsley was the first speaker of the evening and during the course of his remarks said II am an advocate of hospital for contagious diseases, provided they are properly conducted. Isolation is certainly for the public safety, and in an outbreak of an epi- demic the care of the first case is the most important and if properly conduct- ed might be the means of saving an en- tire community. What Is needed is a public hospital and the whole subject depends upon isolation and disinfec- tion. It Is not the persons, but the things, by which disease is disseminat- ed. Under private management there is great danger that such an institution would become a veritable pest house. What is needed is a place where pa- tients can be cared for in the most sci entific manner. The expense of such an institution would probably be too great for private enterprise"
 The doctor also said that such an in stitution should have a disinfecting plant, a resident staff of physicians and nurses, and should be kept open at all times He said further that such an in stitution could be maintained in the city without any danger of contagion, under certain regulations.
 Health Officer Wright also favored a public rather than a private institu- tion.
 Several other citizens also opposed the hospital
 Professor D. Cady Eaton said that he was opposed to the erection of a build | ing by Yale college for any such pur- pose. He also told the committee that when the project became known pe- tition was put in circulation protesting against such an establishment This was signed by ex-Governor Morris and a number ofFother citizens and present. ed to President Dwight. The latter, the speaker said, agreed to bring the matter | before the corporation, but as far as is | known no action has been taken by the | corporation on the matter. He then referred to the corporation as a relic of the middle ages which couldn't un- derstand why any one should oppose anything it wanted. Continuing, he said: "A hospital for contagious or 1n- feetious diseases in such place would be injurious to the health of the people and the cause of marked depreciation | sNAANN ~ ready to serve an injunction just as soon as they move spade of earth" No one favored the hospital. and in executive session the committee decld- ed to recommend an ordinance prohib- iting the erection and maintenance of any private hospital for contagious or infectious diseases, to give leave to withdraw to the report of the commit tee on streets recommending the adop- ton of an ordinance regulating the tear ing up of permanent street pavements, as the matter Is thoroughly provided for in sections $40 to S49 of the city charter, and to refer to the corporation counsel to draft an ordinance regulat- ing the beating of carpets on streets and vacant lots.