New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-12
SHOWS NEED OF HOSPITALS
MAYOR IN WEEKLY TALK SAYS S2-oou'V''
SHOULD BE SPENT FOR THEM

Mayor Low continued his talks YESTERDAY ue
voting the sixth in the series to the Dep0i -
Of Health. There was considerable
TO lust what reforms the Mayor would adNoca'e,
He mentioned particularlv the need OF increased
hosptal accommodations for treating II4eC'-O
diseases showing the city's deficiency III lilS iS
spect and recommended bond issue 10 raise iu"'1S
for hospitals
sfSmalpox." be said. might nave Deeh eAiO
IN the cir last spring except for the great acuNltS
of the Health Department The free VACCINE inns
corps performed seven hundred thousdhu NoO
lions in the first six months Of this year ds ds
three hundred thousand last year AS d i -!
threatened epidemic held in check II tLl''
connection if gives me pleasure to sa% that br-
Ieeere has visited the smallpox hospltaI Oh ~ =,
Brother Island almost every week since Janua. -
Diphtheria and consumption. SAID the NN@S %
ware Welding to modern medical attack ana ne
ouoted statistics concerning the examination %
cultures showing efficiency on the part Oh 't
Health Department and lowering OF the uea'H
rate He Continued:
This leads point out the great neet for the
riTv for more hospital accommodations LoI M
treatment OF Infectious diseases LONDON mas 20,
neos LOT S1e Ib civ of NeTv-York has only 80
sncs beds or one for each 900 OF population LIl
don is adding 500 beds 10 its present SuPEis5
Neu-York through an issue of bonds autnoIlzeo
this year is adding 23 beds IN s 3I diseases
,1earlv IS per cent We're treated IN hospt5ld4SSi
5 II scferce demands the increasing treat
-nent Of infectious diseases IN h9Spilats aat eIe
,nent Of safety -, --,osa this wear
there was absolutely provision mace
.Sisjnfecfing panrs for the treatment o.
-soJs disease il the borouGhS OF Ihe trolS-
and Richmond. having together a pcpulatl leI If
Fan 600 people. An issue OF bonds n I.S 49, ~,
SOS 600 9as authorized this spTins Tor these 80
eral n1,rposes and the most urgent neeuS SIe 800
met: but not less than s2eoeeeo ought 70 oe
fhe next three years Tor nLecIi'CS
F7osnta1s alone TO make good New orh altait
5efcencies IN this direction Inc TeCeIi oz-s
ne trustees of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals
also the great need Of the city Tor new anu 81
1srged hospitals for the cure OF the slch VIII N
moi suffering from infectious diseases -, - on
The alternatives open 10 the city are ~ ~ -
without these hospitals; % TO pay for them
se +ax levy or 81 increase the city
caoarirv so that the OF them may DC t1is'ii'
rfed over many years - z-o-ly ~
am erre that the conscience Of New orh -
say nothing Of its good judgment w NJ or
.he city 70 be less than one-htth as tholghu =! -
its sick poor and Of its own health as It SSH
Tondor / am equally sure that these 1O it+!1IS
cannot be erected through the TAX levy oeIeHE
81 10 be duty therefore Tor me cllS - s,;+o,,
.e1f IF he credit allowed 10 II by the
Of The State and place itself as raLlals a. -
sib,e in the front rank Of cities that nae 40
oafe provision fo! the preservation OF lli t9ao- Cf
expect next week 10 take up the s-oJeC1 u
charities