The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-08-13

ITO whom should the attendants repor
| if the food was not 'hight?'
1T was their duty to report to me-"
when they failed to make any repor
| to you before going to DIR. Ward what di'
you say-did you make any Comment"
| 81 spoke to several"
'If there is any dereliction to whom
should you complaint"
ITO the physician in charge or to DR.
Ward"
Ibid you ever make any complaint?'
"Yes"
'.To whom?''
.To DR.. Ward
"When?"
After the petition was sent in
BY Mr.. Walker-"Did you eat the same
food as the patients?"
Eyes, the same kind; it came from tht
same place.
s'Who else eats with your
HThere are five others, employees at the
hospital"
do you get your food at the same
time as the patients?"
mo"
"When?'
.'Well, the patients eat breakfast a
$50; we get ours about 7:1O."
"Is it true that sour milk was served
last Thursday"
eyes"
s'Did you examine it?''
Eyes. there were eight pitchers ane
two of them were sour
Ibid you examine the eggs that day?'
'All I could"
'How were they?"
"One of them was bad"
'How We're the others?'
"a good many looked stale; some Of
them seemed good.'
.Do you know of any sour milk actu-
ally being served?'
Eyes, sir, one pitcher, but it was after
wards changed for sweet milk"
BY Mr. Baldwin-Have you ever hao
any particular difficulty with any of the
attendants?"
mot any particular difficulty that
know off,
By Judge Thompson-"What sort OF
men are these attendants, are they care
less or do they attend to their business
Some are careless, but they are pret-
ty good generally"
'Have you had any particular com
plants to make against them?'
'How do you account for no complaints
having been made?"
81 cannot account for it,
How often do the physicians go into
the dining rooms?"
81 can't say how often. l have seen
DR.. Cort in the dining rooms"
BY Mr.. Walker-"Did DR.. Ward say
anything when you reported that the
meat was bad and the eggs bad?"
mo"
did you ever report that the food was
bad except in these two instances"
..Once in June it was said the meat was
bad and I reported it,
"What kind of meat was it?'
'Ham."
Did your report show this?"
81 did not report it at the time, but
spoke to DIR. Ward of it afterward."
BY Mr. Backes-'Were any of the din
ing. rooms of which you have supervision
served from the same kitchen?"
Those on the west wing"
How many are there?"
-Four
sDid you ever see any eggs discarded
by patients?"
Yes"
"Many?"
"No"
you've heard Culbertson say that a
lot of eggs were thrown away. Is that
true?'
mo"
Have you ever seen bad potatoes
served?"
Eyes
.swere they rotten or only spoiled?"
"They were not very bad until just
toward the last before new potatoes We're
served
..IIow long were they very badee"
'About week.
Did you report that to DR.. Ward
daily?'
.swell no." replied the supervisor, hesi-
tatingly.
did you ever report it?"
"Once I think"
A search disclosed single report III
which it was stated by the SUPERVISORS
that the potatoes served We're cad, yet
but a short time before on the stand
Supervisor Wynn had declared positively
that he was in the habit of reporting
every tine food of a poor quality was
served.
Mr.. Wynn was asked by Mr.. Backes
regarding the rice served the patients
which he said it was in evidence was
barely cooked through in water
do you think the rice was properly
seryed?" asked Mr.. Backes
ST think it was all right"
"Are any of the patients served witf
milk?"
mot regularly"
..It was not called for in the dietary?'
mo-
ssIf the canned beef served was i'll
smelling and Shiny. you knew it?'
"Yes"
.swas it served in that condition.
NO
"was there any rotten cabbage serv-
ed?"
mo"
"What condition was the prunes served
in, and is it true that they were unfit tc
eat all the timer"
IT would have put 1t in the report il
they had been unfit to eat"
Mr.. Backes called attention to the re
port of July IA showing that ham ane
not cold corned beef was served, saying
that complaint had been made concern
ing the ham. Mr.. Backes asked severa
questions as to why this did not appear
on the reports to which the replies were
not very satisfactory
1t was here that Judge Thompson
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