The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-10-16
THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
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the Thirteenth ward appealed from the
decision, of the chair, On vote being
taken the appeal was sustained.
Then Alderman Alcorn sent in writ
ten amendment covering the same
points as the amendment offered by AL
derman Miller. Mr.. Miller accepted
the written amendment, and Alder
man Alling of the Ninth ward spoke in
favor of it. On vote being taken the
amendment prevailed unanimously,
Alderman Miller then presented a
resolution providing that the amount
of bonds to be issued for the hospital
not exceed $500, and the resolution was
referred to the special committee.
The conference committee on the
matter of appointing commission to
revise the ordinances recommended
that the ordinance committee appoint
the members of the commission.
Alderman Alcorn, at the request of
Attorney E. J. Maher, moved to amend
to provide that the mayor appoint the
two lawyers on the commission and
the committee the laymen. The amend
ment was carried by vote of le to b.
The report as amended was theh
adopted.
Ex-A1derman Chillingworth's COM
munication concerning the contagious
disease hospital is as follows:
Your subscriber would respectfully
represent that he was duly elected and
faithfully served the city of New Ha-
ven as a member of it's honorable court
of common council.
His attention has been invited to a
communicate of the New Haven Med
ical association in which was embodied
the following:
"The members of this association be-
ing actuated by no selfish motives, con-
denim emphatically the members OF Tor
mer councils who, neglecting the public
good, and without adequate reason, but
actuated by improper motives, have
neglected to establish such isolation
hospital on land long ago purchased by
the city for such purpose" "That
hospital and Springside farm would not
fulfill the desired object because peo-
pie will not willingly allow their friends
to be taken to q hospita located next
to poor house and pest house,
The charge that members of the
court of common council were actual
ed by improper motives" unsupported
by any evidence whatever, Is not only
a reflection upon the members OF the
court of common council, but upon the
electors who elected them as such, but
it would be right for the present court
of common council who are likely TO
receive similar adverse criticism, to de-
mand of the New Haven Medical asso-
citation an explanation S to what improp-
e. motive the members of the previous
court of common council were actuated
by, and to specifically name the mem
bers who were guilty of being "actuat-
ed by improper motives
At this time 1t would seem right that
YOUR subscriber, who was member of
the court of common council of the city
of New Haven, to state the motive that
actuated him to oppose the construc-
ton of an isolation hospital
Sometimes municipalities learn from
the experience of other cities and
towns, therefore your attention is re-
spectfully invited to the experience OF
the city of Paterson, N. j., which has
population corresponding to that or
New Haven of 100000 to 100000 inhabi-
tants.
About five years ago, under an act of
the legislature of the state or New Jer-
sew. Paterson constructed an Isolation
hospital and located it IN the most re-
mote portion of the territory belonging
to the city of Paterson, upon It's town
farm and within fifty feet of the boun-
dairy line between the city of Paterson
and the adjoining town.
The hospital was erected upon an
elevated portion of the town farm, and
although two miles distance from the
heart of the city, no objection has been
raised because of that distance, as each
of the pavilions are provided with tel
ephones so that the patients may be
communicated with directly.
The location of the Paterson hospital
is upon bluff corresponding with the
east slope of West Rock upon which
Springside Home is located, and Is
found to be very satisfactory one.
Paterson's isolation hospital was
erected with the proceeds of $4,000
worth of bonds, the expenditures for
the maintenance of the hospital as
shown in the reports of the secretary
of the board of health, has been for the
last three years 81, 1886, $5,S79.65, and
S6. 2S5. 6S, making total for the three
years of $17,164.99, an annual average
of s5,72166, but these same do not In
olude the interest on the bonds.
If New Haven had constructed the
isolation hospital with the proceeds of
the authorized $4,000 worth of bonds,
and paid out no more per annum dur
ing the last three years than the city Of
Paterson has paid out for the mainte-
nance of it's hospital, adding $4,000 for
interest on the $4,000 worth of bonds,
the city of New Haven would have ex-
pended on account of the isolation
hospital during that period, 1923, 164.99.
New Haven without an isolation hos
pital according to the reports of the
board of health, has expended during
the last three years $492.S3, $5S9,47, and
S4i2.3O, a total for the three years of
81, 494 go, or an average annual expen-
diture of but S498.20 against Paterson's
average annual expenditure Of $5,7H.66.
The large expenditure by the city of
Paterson for the care of contagious dis
eases with an isolation hospital and
the small expenditure by the city of
New Haven without one suggests that
our city is so healthy and so favored
with capable physicians that the court
of common council in its past acts rec
ognized that it was safe to defer the
o4 a., Isolation, lpsniiQl and tn