New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-24
FOR HOSPITAL FUNDS.
Conference of We'll Kno5cn People
on Needs and Finances.

1oney. money. for the hospitals of New
York Clty-this was the keynote the big mass
meeting OF heads Of hospitals and philanthropic
workers which was held yesterday in the United
Charities Building. the instance of the Associa-
tim for Improving the Condition of the Poor.
The conference was the result Of the heavy n
nual deficits which have come to be the portion OF
many Of the city's most prominent hospitals. both
public and private. Personal letters were
dressed some time ago to the presidents of hos
pitals suggesting such conference. and the
Spouse yesterday cordial
There number of interesting speakers. each
81 whom presented some fresh side OF the general
subject-bow to increase the income OF the hos
pitals and stop the leaks
CITY's ALLOWANCE TOO SMALL.
IF the city is going allow the private hos
pitfalls pay for the of charity patients. said DR..
J c. Reiff. president Of the ]. Hood Wright Hos
pitsl. why doesn't il pay something like what
the patients cost per capita? The city is greatly
indebted to the private institutions for this kind
OF thing but it allows little in return that the
Of the ambulance service is not covered let
alone the maintenance and treatment of the pa
TENT Let the city pay something adequate"
Frank Tucker former general agent Of the Asso-
citation for Improving the Condition Of the Poor
vocsted an independent body OF and women
VINO should make II their business TO educate the
public give generously and continuously TO the
hospitals
'Beca1se good work is done. it does not follow
that the public is going 10 know about 1t and sup
ro-- he said. Support does not come OF itself
We must have business mechanism that win keep
~ the pablo everlastingly.
COMMITTEE APPOINTED.
Later the con ference voted TO empower the chair
rana r Fulton Cutting 10 appoint committee Of
twelve. with power TO add to their own body. to
STUDY the present hospital conditions and formulate
= practical scheme for improving them. This COM
rnttee viii be composed OF representatives of the
bosPfssfs and VIII report at second meet
ing of the conference.
" 5 Y Thorne treasurer of the Presbyterian
Hospital. urged the need of good and uniform
system of accountancy in hospitals. The public
which gives the money the hospitals. has
right know how it is being spent" he said
among other things.
IF Mount Sinai Hospital depend for
maintenance on an endowment, it would require
2 fund Of s7500oOO" was the assertion OF Isaac
Walsch. president Of that institution Every pri-
hospital that is not generously endowed should
DO what Mount Sinai has ooue-form an auxiliary
co-lmttee OF young people who ale IN race or re-
lsgjo;Is sympathy. and who Will insure a perTna-
sent revenue. Mount Sinai receives $4,000 year
from this Private hospitals have peculiar
fcld Of usefulness. II view Of the help they rem
der the city city should subsidize them in pro-
portion 10 their income from private sources and
Tie work accomplished
LEAKAGEs SHOULD STOP.
II have never seen any evidence of stealing
Bellevue" said Dr.. John Hunter Brannan. presi-
dent 70 Bellevue and Allied Hospitals. but there
large eakages III all our hospitals, que 10 the
American system Of running hospitals. In 1902 the
.ost per capita per DAY Of Bellevue patients
s p Now il is 81 la saving Of cents per capita
ia three years the hospital is the only modern
Institution that hasn't under the scientific sys-
ten q accountancy.
The prejudice on the part of the poor against
hospitals IS due fundamentally. 10 the reluctance
II The women leave their homes and chiidfeh'
said Miss Lillian D. Wald. in a speech in which
she advocated the extension of the system OF
1T Is quito feasible to nurse many of the sick
noor IN their own homes. The family could, per
aaps for nurse at night, ana WIN L"o y.
three visits day from trained nurse. the paueIll
would prosper AZ horne instead Of being taken TO
swell the already overcrowded city hospita!s
Pneumonia and typhoid come under the category
~ diseases which as q rule could De ueateu ~
'ho-ns-surgical operations and mental oerahse
The private hospitals of New-York are an alb
cent If the General Memorial ana Women's hos
pitals- That they shall be perntted 10 go don
IS no. for q moment 10 be considered an opinion
Among those present were Commissioner Darling
~ Of he Depsr.nnent Of Health Rr Wyethd Ma Ma
Chaplin OF the POSTGRADUATE Hospital; J. C. Relss
2st " De FoTeSt M FscR Ndrt 6r te HoWafd
Townsend franklin T Ford. Nathan Blur Bishop
Courtney Isaac Townsend. H. F Fox. Of the state
Charities Aid Association. New-Jersey; DR.. Quinby.
Post-t5rsiuste Hospital: DR. 6 G. Mack. Miss II. E
Baumann T. Delano Weeks the Rev. William r.
Leonard 2 opdycke' E E Devine. Professor S. NJ.
LAndsay. Professor Frank Weiter of Cornell Uni
Albert G Sqbank John seelv ward jr Mrs. Al
y B Rice Miss Steward Mrs Henry Willard. Mrs.
5on Of the State Charities Aid Association OF New
;;erseS Mrs 8 S Blood. Miss Frank Barker VIII,
Noses, n G. Foster. r. H Townley. Mrs. George