New-York tribune., 1902-10-17
HOSPITALS IN NEED OF AID
poARn Of ESTIMATE TOLD THAT CHAR
TTABLE INSTITUTIONS MUST HAVE
LARGER APPROPRIATIONS.

D 9 Potter, chief examiner of accounts on
institutions in the finance department. yester-
dav told the Board of Estimate that many
charitable institutions were bordering fnan-
etsI manic in recommending that the per capita
appropriation by the city for patients in such
places be increased Managers of hospitals and
children's institutions had stated. he said. that
they were confronting the necessity Of closing
their doors and turning their patients and wards
back n the ulercies of the city. He laid especial
stress on the conditions in various hospitals and
urged that the per capita appropriation for their
patients be raised from 6O 10 so cents a day
70 20 and 90 cents. He told of the burden borne
bv these institutions. especially in this time of
high prices for food and fuel. and their inabil-
itv under present conditions 10 meet the de-
mands made on them. He said in part.
In the preparation Of the budget for charitable in
sttutions for 1893 are confronted with a situa-
ton tS 62t5 5y o va of he nerease IN t ne
population Of the city-the great and unexampled
and the consequent demand their room and
sourcss-are in a condition bordering on financial
The rates paid to all the charitable institutions
coi1i5 he offered under the conditions prevailing
when the last budget was made. Indeed. many Of
these irstitutons have appeared in the examiners
Tnade nere6rai appeals and representations that
would indicate state almost bordering on despera-
ticularly those for children as they nave described
the increase IN the cost ot provisions and supplies.
the extraordlnary stHa!lon' non NAYS aGIpay TSpL, T
have stated in instances that they are actual
ly confronting the necessity Of giving up the work
ing the inmates Of their hospitals and homes back
10 the city authorities
The managers Of some Of the hospitals have been
no whit behind those Of the chidrens institutions
in making similar representatives. II Is fact that
present established TO protect ana care Tor the
some are crowded. The city institutions are wholly
From this necessity it seems indispensable that
these Institutions should he paid AT such a rate
for the services they perform as to enable IN them 70
est private hospitals in the city and country run
The daily average cost per capita for ward pa
tents;
Fressytsran 50 q Na.ssehgss,ss ;ss Genera. :,
Mount 81 so to s. E,oe5es,eT 81
ST. lfIfs Iohns dong Island L osi a. ,,+.., 214
rosnsr:, CITY o. 81 Boston s''ts'.''.'''. o.
When IT is borne in mind that the city is now now
50 cents for surgical cases it win ss seen that the
part Of the cost in the frst class hospitals in TIE
In ali TIE hospitals Of the city that g. SIS under tae
SfnTG. 5Iys q 81 h ob1s S. SS JosePhs and ST. Cath
crimes IN which the 10 the institutions Is
mate whatever Of the est OF the plant the interest
thereon or as said above the service % the enor-
take take care Of and manage these institutions
He said that the adoption of his plan would
mean an increase In expenditure over last year
on tie present and the anticipated increase in
hospital population for the coming year of
S51 500 90. Continuing he said:
Precisely the same conditions of increase In the
eSTns eS9 S f6r deSendeGt eBidrsn IN hS infant hos
pitals. asylums and homes and protectorles. Al
present the city Is paying al the rate ot Y a week
Yor the care of dependent children above two years
OF age II this rate should be raised 10 = % a
week. recommend. Il would mean an addl-
ton of about Se9 500 ~ 10 the budget
Inassnuch all that is said OF the foregoing ls
true OF delinquent children. and the burden or
their support and Iaainterance IN The insttutlons
particularly devoted 70 them, ~ would seem that
an increase of . cents a week. which would mean
an increase OF from Nl0 per anpum 70 Sl2S per an
num- would be no more than fai- thing 20 do
The doing OK q win add No SS ~ 20 the budget
This is also recommended he total 81 all these
increases will not exceed t2S7.ssi Is.
The report especially commends the mission
OF the Immaculate Virgin on staten Island, and
recommends that the city pay s. 80 per capita
week for eight hundred children. which the
mission calls for,