Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-15

upon pest house. We are not likely
| to experience another scourge of
smallpox perhaps for years, and 9TH
err diseases that require treatment in
an isolated hospital are happily very
scarce. / should think with light eH-
penditure, as occasion demands,
would keep the building in repair and
fit 20 use in cases of emergency"
DIR. +. ID. Paul: THE place as il is
is not fit for an isolation hospital and
should dislike seeing member of
my family or close friend confined
there. 1t seems to me better loca-
tioA can be found and a more suita-
bic building erected for $4,000 than
the abattoir can ever be made. \ de-
tention hospital should be of wood
instead of masonry"
DR.. j. f. Myers: II think there
ought to he some provision for a per-
manent hospital of detention and one
sufficiently commodious to meet all
needs L do not believe the city
should go to great expense in this
direction, however. The location for
such hospital should, in my opinion.
be on the bluff somewhere, outside of
the city limits, if necessary, but
where il could be easily accessible. |
should favor a permanent building by
all means, as there is no difficulty in
disinfecting safely after patient has
been housed"
DIR. f. II. First: "Itiis foolish to ex-
pend $4,000 on a detention hospital in
that place. 1t is not easily accessible
at all times of the year and il is I'M
healthy and unsightly always. The
fact that the Strengthening for the city
is all done in that neighborhood, that
the main sewer empties there and
that the city dumpboat is kept near
is enough to condemn the place as the
location for n hospital IN which to
combat disease. The hospital should
be temporary in its nature and should
be located somewhere back in the
hills. In my opinion $4,000 is enough
upon a detention hospital"
DIR. Emily Wright: Il do not like
the location of the abattoir for de-
tention hospital and / believe the sum
of money it is proposed to eXpend is
more than ought to be put into a
building for that purpose. The very
things that prevent objection to the
house by the owners of surrounding
property operate to make it undesira-
BILE for that purpose. 1t is low and
damp and the surroundings are not
calculated to promote recovery from
disease. While | am unable to say
where, within a reasonable distance
of the city, such hospital could be
located without encountering serious
opposition, it seems to me that high
err ground is greatly preferable and
that half the proposed sum would be
sufficient to erect building answer
ing the needs of the health depart
ment."
Dr. :. B. Hall: 1T is simply a waste
of money to invest $4,000 in such an
enterprise at this time. The location
is not Il desirable one for Il detention
hospital, and anyway that is the fac
tory end of the city, and it is impor-
tant that nothing shall be placed
there to permanently interfere with
industrial growth in that direction.
To meet present emergencies | think
ii might be wise to eXpend perhaps
81 900 or 81 500 in improving the place
so that it will do for the time being.
The proper place for the detention
hospital is near St. Anthony's hospi-
tai, so that it can be kept up in the
same manner as is done with st. Rob-
ert's hospital in Davenport. where
the sisters of mercy hospital take
care of the patients when there are
any"
DIR. J. f. Assay: II have not thought
much about the matter, but it strikes
me that the remodeling of the abat
toir as a detention hospital is a move
in the right direction. The city needs
of that sort. and know of
no better way in which To secure it
than the method proposed. l would
be pleased if some of the less virulent
or more common contagious diseases
such as scarlet fever. for instance,
could be treated at such place"
DR.. L. Bradford: ''The location of
the abattoir. it seems to me. could not
be improved upon for a pest hos
pital. The place is reasonably |
healthy, and there are no residents |
in the immediate vicinity who own
the ground upon which they live, and
who are therefore likely to enter any |
serious objection to its being used for |
that purpose. l know of no other |
place where trouble would not be
encountered in getting site. l be-
lieve the city ought to have perma-
nent place of the sort suggested, al
though / think the expenditure of |
as large an amount as is proposed is
not justified. The abattoir can be |
made to answer every purpose for a |
small sum. We are not |
likely to have great deal of use for
it as smallpox hospital. and that is
about the only disease that will be
taken into it. In regard to consump-
ton, anticipate that it will be long |
time before the city will be called |
upon to care for those afflicted with |