New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-10
MUST ENFORCE THE RULE.
CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION TO THE MAN
HAITIAN STATE HOSPITAL

THE MANAGERS ISSUE A STATEMENT SAYING lhb
LAW cBILGEs PATIENTS TO HAVE NEW
CLoTHING-ssoo THEY SAY, WOULD
HAVE RELIEVED THE CROWDED
STATE OF BELLEVUE.
meeting of the Board OF Managers Of the Man
haitian State Hospital was held yesterday afternoon
No. 1856 Fifth-ave. OF the Board the foiiowi"s
members present: Ex-Judge Henry r. HOW
land, Isaac N. Seligman. Secretary G. f. Dodge
Colonel John McAnerney and Mrs. Eleanora IA
Kinncutt Deputy Attorney General Clarence V"
Francis was also present. The meeting was iohs
one. but the only subject of discussion was GA
the recent dispute with the Commissioners OF Char-
ties to whether the Manhattan State Hosp''al
should be obliged to take patients In the SORT o.
clothing they happened to have on. whether II was
clean and wholesome or foul and dirty
At the close of the meeting the Board gave out the
following statement:
In view of the possible existence Of misapPrehsa,
sion as to the relation OF the managers and the on,
unfortunate controversy regarding the clothing Oh Oh
patients committed to the hospital. transferreat
from the city to the State Hospital. the Board u
Managers make the following statement: ,,,,es
The regulation imposing upon the several
for patents sem ,rH ON taia Commss,on in Lunacy
under the powers conferred upon 1t by the statutes
of 1890 1t has in force from that time ana nas
four years and in the only instance in which 1t was
demurred TO by the Queens County authorities
When the bill creating the Manhattan state Hos
p!tal received the Governors signature thiry uay
remained for the Commissioners Of Charities to IA,
m.iiarise themselves with the duties required OF
them that OF providing the clothing among , ,ns q
sent to them By the State Commission at least ten
days before the law went into effect. no proi h,
was made as might have been done within that
period giving ample time for It's settlement with
the least possible hardship to the paes: sus
made TO conform the regulations in question even
to the a IF o %S S S sS'hnS
to the of the asylum. out OF wnGh P On mon Ore
than sncient to cover ali the expenditures by the
city for the clothing needed for wn6ie year dnTin
this last year at SO and fun suits for women at s.
and their clothing in summer at 50 for men ana -
Any delay that has attended OF may s,tend, IN, the
admission OF patients 70 the Manhattan STATE HOS
nital has not been laid TO the charge OF the man
ayers or officers. for they have offered 10 receive
them and would receive them within an nSur bpe
in force and obeyed by all the other county author-
nn ss Of The e part Of the commssoners Of Charities OF
the sum of less than 500 would nave prevented an!
overcrowding at the Bellevue pavilion. -,
The managers OF the hospital are obliged 10 obey
the law and enforce the laws as they ma mem npo
the statute books and they have been enforced
unnterruptedly since they were enacted
Ex-Judge Rowland said 20 Tribune reporter
after the session: THE officers OF TIE Manhattan
State Hospital not responsible for the present
condition OF affairs. They were Obliged under the
laws TO refuse patients unless they were PROVIDED
with proper and sufficient clothing. Many OF these
patients come to us wearing clothing that Is fun OF
disease germs It would he an injustice TO our
fellow-citizcns to receive them In that condition
understand too that the Commissioners OF Chaf'-
ties have gathered together all the iunAtics II was
possible TO secure at this particular time. thus IN
duc.ng the crowded condition OF Bellevue pavilion,
in order I, Is said to force to yield our point
hut we could do without breaking the ia"
we could not lawfully do otherwise than "" nave
done As ! have suggested before. the expenditure
Of $500 by the city would relieve Bellevue pavilion
OF its crowd. and the point IN dispute coua DC set
tied aftervard. g., o.,
Tho mandamus proceedings brought 10y the Com
mIssoners 81 Charities TO comp,l the Board OF Man
ayers OF the Manhattan state Hospital ~ receive
insane patients crowding Bellevue VIII com"
before justice NacTean today. tho Commissioners
not being ready FOR the hearing yesterday.