The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-08-06


THAT is entirely out of my jurisdic-
tion.'
IF the food is not all right, what do
you do?'
Report to the warden
IF the trouble is not then remedied?'
Report to the board
By Mr.. Baldwin-"Were the maggots
in the meat brought to you by DR.. Jones
alive?''
"Yes"
"Then they must have been in the meat
before it left the kitchen?"
"I should say so.'
By Mr. Walker-''Were they maggots or
shippers in the meat?"
Shippers are not found in meat; they
generally are found in milk products"
By Mr. Buchanan-"Did DR.. Jones have
any duty to perform in reporting the
matter to your
Yes"
Should the supervisors reports show
if anything was the matter with the food
furnished?"
81 should say they should"
s'Did you hear directly or indirectly re-
ports from any other source?"
Yes
From whom?'
From the patients"
'-Then?'
mo; several days later"
do the medical directors have anything
to do with the food furnished?'
NO.
BY Go-ernor Voorhees-''What practice
prevails as to these dietary reports?"
In answer to this question DR.. Ward
replied that the supervisors make a daily
report to him in writing, which contains,
among other things, a report as to the
food furnished All deviations from the
prescribed dietary, whether, omissions,
substitutions or additions
'Then what is done with that report?"
continued the Governor.
ga transcript is made by the steno-
pher for each wing and this is sent to
the warden
Under the rules, if there had been long
continued violations, what course would
you pursue?'
go to the Board of Managers"
"Let me ask further whether there are
not sometimes reasons which would JUS
tify a change from the prescribed die
tary?'
'Yes, as I have just explained. there
are times when one can get articles not
ON the dietary, such as berries, melons
and the like, and / see no good reason
why the patients should not have them"
HAS such report been made to the
Board of Managers"
mo"
"No"
By Mr.. Buchanan-"These reports are
the means by which the warden obtains
knowledge of how the food is served?'
Zone MEANS
By Mr. Backes-"How many times have
/ you been in the dining rooms during the
past week?"
''Three or four times.''
s'How many times during the past eigh-
teen days?"
81 should say half dozen times"
s'Has it not been your practice to visit
the dining rooms and see what kind of
food was served?"
''Yes.'
Don't you regard it as a duty of the
medical director? Why do you not visit
the dining halls more frequently?'
st have officials to do that whom I
consider efficient"
"But you did not make an investiga-
ton after receiving the complaints?"
Eyes, by supervision"
Personally"
"No"
At the request of Mr.. Backes, DR.. Ward
picked up one of the supervisors reports
at random. The day was July II, the
| report being Mr.. Wynn's report from the
second floor of the west wing. DR.. Ward
| read from the report as follows
breakfast, cold corn beef and fried
potatoes served; potatoes not of good
| quality Dinner, potatoes the only vege-
! table served"
Ibid you make any inquiry as to the
| omissions and the charges that the pota-
| toes were not good?' asked Mr.. Backes
mo; reported the matter to the war
| Cen as usual"
| Another dietary report was picked up
| by Dr. Ward for July 49, This read:
Breakfast o. K. Dinner, soup, mutton
not served; cold ham served -
| An effort was made to interpret this as
meaning that soup had been served and
! only mutton omitted, but the effort was
| not successful, it being shown that both
| soup and mutton were on the prescribed
| dietary the supervisors making no nole
of anything but variations. Tne entry
| cold ham showed that this had been sub
| stituted for both the soup and mutton.
A report for July IA showed that pcta-
| toes we're the only vegetable served for
| dinner. while gingerbread was omitted
| from the prescribed menu for the evening
meal.
..How many complaints have you re-
| oe,ved during The year?' asked Mr..
| Rac,xes pursuing the inquiry.
| POSSIBLY half dozen, replied Or.
| Ward. 80 fa,ac .,
ssrThere were very few as to the quahty.
| h,,t =, great many as to the service