The morning news., 1899-12-31
DR. DANIELS STATISTICS.
He Compares Augusta Hospital RE-
ports with savnnnah,s

He Compares Augusta Hospital RE-
ports with savnnnah's.
The statistical argument on behalf of the
doctors, who are fighting for admission to
the hospital, at the hearing before Coun-
ell Wednesday night. was furnished by
DR.. j. w. Daniel Dr. Daniel commented
upon the failure Of the reports of the city
hospitals TO give definite information as 10
the number of city and county patients
cared for at these institutions and the cost
per diem. Taking the figures given In the
hospital reports he made the deduction that
Savannah is paying about 81 per day for
the care of charity patients, or about
twice what other cities of the same size
are paying. After critclsing the financial
management of the local hospitals, DIR.
Daniel gave a comparison with the hos
pital expenditures of Augusta He said:
Take Augusta, our neighbor. city
about one-half the population of Savan-
nah. We find in their official report for
1897 that the city and county appropriated
to the white hospital $3.50 and in return
had 40 public patients cared for 9,l0 days
This hospital also cared for 14S pay pa
TENTS $3.50 days and turned back into the
hospital fund Of the city $5646.47 fees re-
ceived from nurses and pay room. also
turned into hospital fund S565.69 from the
previous years funds, making $i,621 more
than city appropriated turned back into
hospital fund
Take the Augusta white hospital for
1893 We find the city appropriated S6,75i.6 60
and in return had All public patients cared
for S,265 days, So pay ward patients cared
for 951 days and 20s pay room patients
cared for 3,121 days making a total of 677
patients cared for -, 337 days. This year
the hospital turned into the hospital fund
s6,976.99 fees from nurses and pay pa
tents and $206 from previous years appro-
priation, which was $lSl62 more than the
city appropriated
Now, what is Savannah doing? A city
twice the population OF Augusta! 1t Is
appropriating, with the county, 81 200 per
year to the white hospitals and received
in 1897 only 1877 public patients, cared for
in St. Joseph's, with 1850 days OF treat
ment The Savannah Hospital does not
say in any of its reports how many city
and county patients are treated, nor how
many days treated. But, taking the ST..
Joseph as an average, we find that
Savannah and Chatham count APP
propriated 1897 ...................I,2 200 %
Total number of patients admit
ted ................ ................ 1890
City and county patients. ............ 39i
Number of days treated. d.............. 9,12O
Patients cost Savannah. per day. "a
Savannah pays, per patient....... IS q
Savannah have returned into City
Hospital fund from pay patients
ana nurses fees ....,............... 90 90
Savannah returned into City Hos
pital fund from unused appro-
priation of 1886 ..................... 90 90
City Of Augusta appropriated, 1881. S 500 90
Total number patients ............ SIS
City and county patients. 470
Number of days treated. ............. 9,i0i
Patients cost Augusta, per day.. 40
Augusta pays per patient. 0 IS
Augusta has returned into City
Hospital fund from pay patients
and nurses .......................... 5,sis A
Augusta has returned into City
Hospital fund from unused ap-
preparation of 1896 ................. 565 60
Now we win take up the colored hes
pital. As the Georgia Inhrmary has
made no report since 1893. we will use that
years report.
Savannah and Chatham county paid
Georgia Inhrmary, 1893. S. 250 m
Total patients admitted ..............,....43 .432
Number of days treated. Not given
Number of paid patients ........ Not given
Patients cost Savannah per day.Not known
Each patient cost Savannah ..........si2.13 .13
Savannah has returned into hospital
found from nurses and pay pa
tents ........................... Nothing
Savannah has returned to hospital
fund from previous years appro-
priation ............................ Nothing
Augusta paid Lamar Hospital 1897. 81, ,36l 01
Total patients admitted ..................49
Numbers OF days treated ..............10, 500
Number of pay patients ...................49
Patients cost Augusta per day.......... %
Each patient cost Augusta .............$67 79
Augusta has returned into hospital
fund from nurses and pay patients. .$222.Gl
Augusta has returned to hospital
fund from previous years appro-
prlations .$-Ol IS
II win be observed that DR.. Daniel gives
ST. 200 as che appropriation Of the city and
county to the two white hospitals. As a
matter Of fact This Is the amount OF the
city's appropriation alone. DR.. Daniel re-
marked in his statement TO Council that
he found no mention Of the county's ap-
propriation In the annual report OF the
| superintendent Of the Savannah Hospital
for 1897, and he therefore presumed that
the hospital had not received this appro.
prlation that year. Or. Duncan stated IN
reply that the hospital had received this
approximation, but that Il did not appear
/ IN Tho report for the reason that Il did not
pass through his hands, having been col
/ iected by the president. Mr. George j.
Mills The present appropriation Of The
city and county 10 the TWO white hospitals
Is Sil1oo.
III "a now announced that the German
Emper0rs brother. Prince Henry Of prus.
"a, whom most folk had probably forgot.
ieu was atill ia the Far Eaa, viii Start
"a a.