The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1905-04-14

S. Alling. Saturday morning, accom-
panied by the trustees, the committee
was driven to the hospital, where the
proposed additions we're explaineda nd
the committee allowed to inspect the
hospital as it now stands. With the
appropriation which it is expected to
get from the Legislature it is planned
to build two wards known as the north
and south B wards. These wards will
be L shaped and built back of the pre-
sent wards. They will accommodate $50
persons, the north ward for female
patients and the south for men. In
be The operating section which includes
all necessary equipment for operating,
as in general hospital. On the first
floor is the dispensary, with photo
graph, dark and X-ray rooms, an
operating room and room for anes
thetics. There is the doctors room
and toilet rooms, and this ward is
directly connected with all parts of
the present and future buildings of the
hospital. These two wards will be
chiefly receiving wards and hospital
wards, although until the other wards
are done they will have to be used for
the central portion of the hospital, the
patients will be taken there when re-
ceived and kept there until classified.
The receiving portion is divided into
dormitories having from one to twenty
beds in room. The hospital ward
will be used for those unable to be
about. These buildings have dining
rooms and serving rooms for those who
are able to be about, besides all
necessary toilet and locker rooms and
linen closets. All these features are
centrally located, being situated In the
angle of the wards. The wards will be
connected with the dining room build
ing by covered basement corridors.
The idea is to build portion of the
dining room building this time which
will include the kitchen and bakery
with store-roomS and cold storage
rooms in the basement, and all possible
will be done to forward the remainder
of the structure. There will be no
temporary quarters, everything being
built TO stay when constructed. An
endeavor will be made to build the
laundry with eight washing machines,
four wringers, large mangle, collar
and shirt ironer, dry room, handironing
rooms and sorting rooms. Ina portion
of this there will be quarters for the
greatly needed, as the present capacity
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They are also wooden buildings and
subject to fire, which the new ones
would not be. Near the railroad the
power plant is to be located with
tracks running into the building so
that the coal can be dumped directly
on the floor. The boiler, generators,
cold-storage machinery and machine
shop will be located here. 1t was
shown before the appropriation COM
mittee at the hearing that accommo-
dations for 300 patients would but care
for Middletown's increase until an
other appropriation would be available
almshouses of the state who are in
sane. It was shown that 80 per cent
of the acute cases recovered If received
in time and only five per cent of
chronic cases. A case which recovered
remained in the hospital on the aver
age but nine months and chronic
case for more than 10 years. 1t costs
in New York for each acute case cared
for less than $13O, and for each chronic
case more than $l700. The states
part of the cost of an insane or indi-
gent person who was not cured was
more than the average cost per bed,
that one-half the cases admitted were
between the ages of 80 and so, a period
of great value to their families, society
and the state. Many of the men had
wives and children dependent upon
them, and that in the end 1t often
amounted to the state at large caring
for them as well, and that it was up to
the state whether 80 per cent Of them
were cured or five per cent; 20 per cent
of them cared for ten years or IS per
cent. Representative Briggs, The
BEE is gratified to state, believes in
liberal and generous treatment of the
unfortunate insane of the state, and
will favor a generous appropriation for
the new hospital. Each member of
the committee was presented with q
a handsome revolver manufactured in
Norwich, by the Norwich citizens.
Charles Stevens intends to improve
his barn by building an addition this
spring. He has engaged Ernest Beyers
to do the work.
Editor A. P. Smith of THE BEE was
the guest, Friday night, of Town Clerk
| e. P. Briggs.
At the auction of the stock of the
late DR. Woodruff, o. B. Pepper bought
a horse, Alex Ferguson four cows,
Frank Hungerford heifer, Charles
Carlson a horse and Carl Anderson a
horse.