The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-28
TAINTED MEATS
GIVEN PATIENTS

home and so / came home. ] knew that
anybody who was dissatisfied with the
food furnished had the privilege of lcav-
ing, and did not care TO make any pro-
test.
II saw quite a number OF people eating
the stuff furnished at my table. but
couldn't eat IT, so left, rather than make
trouble.
IL know some people who did complain;
and l understand that they got little. II
any, satisfaction.
"The chief fault l found with the food
was that the cooking was bad, or the
care they took Of Il after being cooked
or In the process OF cooking. was bad.
II understood that the management
found much difficulty in getting good
cook TO come up there to work, as the
cooks feared to work at the institution.
one cook. heard was a consumptive."
When DR.. Barnes was asked whether he
had received any complaints from pa
tients against the food furnished, he an
swered:
II found IL necessary some time ago. TO
discharge a number OF patients who gross
ly violated some of the rules OF the sana-
torium; and l suppose IL Is they who are
now trying 10 make trouble.
You know that things here are not
perfect, any more than they are anywhere
else. You may say that the food has been
generally very good. and that there has
been plenty OF IL. Any statement to the
contrary is not true"
Asked II he had received any complaints
against either the quality or the quantity
of food given Dr. Barnes said: II must
decline to go into details. IL is difficult
apaSfior IN discuss oxrer tho talenhopa
1T isn't fair TO this institution TO take
the complaints OF a few people who left.
you say. because they are dissatisfied, and
not come up here and take the statements
OF those who remain and are satisfied.
Why. there are "a patients here now"
The doctor again refused to admit that
he had received complaints against the
food.
The News Democrat has the names OF
several other patients who have left the
sanatorium within the past two months,
not because they considered themselves
cured but because they did not like the
food they got there. II is claimed.
The patients who have been interviewed
generally agree I'm the expression Cf kind
ly feelings for the institution: and all ad-
| NIT that they have been somewhat bcne-
hted by their stay there.
one patient gained several pounds. but
thought she should have gained. aud
would have gained. many pounds more
had the food been better Now she is going
TO some other place where the food Is
likely Co prove more agreeable
! II can eat at home all right" she said:
but at the sanatorium had no appetite
at all for the things that were set before
me- though ! made no complaint because
! did not think II right 10 complain. and
! did not desire 20 make any trouble for
any one.
II have good friends on the commttn
and Dr. Barnes always treated mo very
nicely. indeed.
II do not care 10 say anything against
any OF the officers OF the institution or
any OF the persons on the committee 10.
sponsible for conducting a..
Il believe they are trying 10 ID ths
right thing and that things will improv,
wonderfully Just as soon as they get the
proper knack OF doing them; but
couldn't AFFORD TO wait. and so I left"