The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25
MUST HAVEIT.
Board Of Health Discusses a De-
tentiOn Hospital.
Need for One Is Imperative Just
Now.
HOGEBOOM HAS IDEAS.
Wants County to Bear a Share
of Burdens.
Would Stop Furnishing EN-
pIOyes Medicines Free.
IOGEBOOM HAS IDEAS.

Inc CITY limits except when an cpl
oenle exists and the city's health de-
mands safe guarding, and a refusal
70 1aftner supply medicines free of
charge TO the members of the police and
Hre departments except in Instances
where accidents have occurred in direct
alscharge of duty, are the three things
Whlcn CITY Physician H. B. Hogeboom
is lighting for.
At the meeting of the city board of
nealth last night DR.. Hogeboom out
lined the above three things as his
pohcy IN the administration of the
cltys health department. The last two
are IN direct line with his published
statement Of several days ago that he
would try to retrench on the extrava-
CANT expenditures of the department as
made under the previous administration
II the ufSt two of these three matters
! the city physician has the backing of
the entire strength of the board of
! health but with reference to cutting
down on the practice of furnishing nnedi-
cInes free to the members of the police
and fire departments some diversity of
opinion exists.
Because of the absence of a quorum
the board took no definite action on any
of the three suggestions with the excep-
ton of passing a resolution with refer
ence to a detention hospital. The reso-
luton follows: Resolved, on account OF
the urgent need Of a more suitable and
more convenient place for the care of
I
immediate action be taken to erect a
detention hospital suitable for all emer-
geneies.
At present the city council has in its
possession plans and specifications for a
detention hospital but it has deferred
action, leaving the whole business in
the hands of the ways and means com
mittee. The cost as estimated by the
city engineer according to the plans
submitted would be $500. This is
where the council baked, the cost look
ed too big. The members of the board
of health who were present, DR.. HOge-
boom, DR.. Van Horn and DR. Plummer.
all stated that they were in favor Of
erecting detention hospital on a small
er scale They thought that a suitable
building might be erected for 81 500. DR..
Plummer said: Our original plans
which we sketched last summer were a
great deal simpler than those drawn up
by the city engineer and though it
would be very nice to have hospital
like the city engineer has drawn up II
is not necessary. We do not need all
that extensive plumbing and all of the
modern equipment. All that we want
is a good substantial building with
probably seven rooms, place to disin-
feet the bed clothing, a laundry in CON
nection and quarters for the caretaker.
Detention Hospital Urgently Demanded
DIR. Hogeboom said: I'VE don't care
for such an expensive building =
structure which would have say, six
with communications for ten people
altogether would be all right. We
don't care for all these up 20 date
fixtures. I should think suitable
building for from $1,000 to $2,5V0
would be ample. There ought TO pc
suitable quarters for women patients;
as it is now there is absolutely 40 pro-
vision for , woman patient and L Ger
tainly would not know what TO Go
with one if we had such a thing nap
pen The hospital is full now. there
is room for only four patients. 1t IS
q regular barn and when II rams
hard it leaks and the water drlps
down ON the floor and runs along IN
rivulets It would be possible for
man to bring damage proceedings
against the city for OBTAINING him IN
a place of that description. 1t is dis
graceful"
since erected at Christ hospital,
though at the persent time it is not
being used for that purpose but for
rest home for cases of nervous
nature. Dean Kaye stated that the
cost of the building had been $4,000
The building is modern in every par
/ ticular and the plumbing Is as COM
pIete as could be obtained. This added
very materially to the cost. There are
/ seven rooms, each of which Is ar
ranged as a separate ward. The build
/ ing is two stories in height and has
Ian attractive appearance.
! The tract of ten acres which the
/ city purchased as a site for the de-
tention hospital has several natural
advantages which could be availed of
/ in erecting a hospital. All the rock
/ that is needed for foundation purposes
| can be quarried on the grounds. The
/ building can be erected on the side of
a bluff making a one story structure
on one side and two stories on the
other, thus still further cutting down
/ the expense in building.
The action taken by the board of
/ health last night in not insisting upon
an expensive structure Will go far to-
wards securing favorable action from
the city council. It is probable that
the council will act favorably on al
lowing the expenditure of 5000 or
$4,000 for q detention hospital where
s0''Vg County should Help Pay.
Dean Kaye said this morning: 1.-THE
county should pay for the erection OF
| county about 800 a year for TAX
ing care of the sick, contagious and
otherwise and the county in return
only pays out about 800 a year. As
Hong as the city takes care of sick
/ cases in the manner described that
long it will find hard financial TOWnig-'
A meeting of the board of county
/ commissioners viii be held soon with
the board Of health Of the city with re-
gard to the caring of the contagious
1 diseases within the five mile radius Of
| the city's limits Under the statutes
i the city has the power to assume con-
troll over cases existing in that prescrib-
ed territory whenever in its opinion the
| contagion is liable to spread into the
city It then assumes the entire ezs-
/ pense attending such cases. For the
past two years the city has taken care
/ of all the cases outside within a radius
of five miles and as a result the county
no longer attempts to take care of any
of those patients.
fss
| city to look after those isolated cases. =
said DR.. Hogeboom, there is not much
danger Of any disease spreading to the
| city from those cases and the only
time that I think that the city should
sten. IN order to protect itself is IN cases