The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-30
CONTAGIOUS DISEASE
 HOSPITAL QUESTION Thomas F. Fogarty Has Something to Say on the
 Matter. DERBY AVENUE SITE Does Not Think It Proper Place and Tells
 Why.
New Haven. May 27. 1907.


 My dear sir: After reading your spirited editorial euloglstic of the out spoken attitude of Messrs. Wolfe and Ullman at the meetings on last Thurs day evening. I am prompted to accept the invitation which your editorial, fur ther on, extends. taking for my sub ject, the location of the contagious dis ease hospital.
 am resident of Derby avenue and am perfectly familiar with the ideal spot" for such an institution. that the prominent speakers at Thursday even- ing's conference advocated:
 am one of the many citizens who stood to protest against the Derby avenue location, taking as our argu- ment. the presence of contagion in our neighborhood, as injurious to property valuation. We may, perhaps, be class ed as those too prone to discuss and oppose, and our attitude be termed selfish: but on the other hand, is not the course pursued by the doctors. in pushing this central or convenient To- cation. year after year in the face of adverse public opinion and public sen timent, marked by continued discussion and opposition to the will of the great majority? These gentlemen, in seeking a convenient location. have In mind, no doubt. the lesser waste of time in get ting to and from the hospital and it cannot be denied the element of selfish ness enters largely into their side of the case.
 But to eliminate this spirit from the subject and consider the suitability of this ideal spot as seen by yourself and Mir Ullman on Thursday last. during hurried inspection which must nec- essarily have been superficial, Convenient to a car line and a good road were the features that made this l place ideal in minds Of the prominent speakers Thursday evening, The ac- accessibility of the trolley is q feature that I claim is In itself sufficient to cordemn the selection of this lot If a housewife from one. of the closely con- fired quarters of this city (that one of your speakers quoted) was to be seen coming out of such an institution and enter a crowded car. there is no Gues- ton in my mind but that she could have the car to herself in less time | than it takes to write it. I doubt very much if yourself, MT. Ullman or any of close contiguity to a car line would serenehv sit 1t out with such a passen- ger perched at your side Consequent Fly. I think hospital there prejudicial to the public welfare; and am forced to ask. if a location would enfore a walk through the open air, of from ten to lffteen minutes, to partially fumigate the clothes of a visitor, would not more closely follow the requirements of the lideal2
 Right under the caves of the proposed hospital is a mosquito breeding swamp; lswarms of these little pests emanate from there continually and these same
 doctors tell us that they carry anG spread the malaria germ. Provide this pond with contagious disease hospi.
 tal and the moscuito will come to u:
 well fortified to disseminate death deal
 ing germs to the unwary. These ele.
 ments of ideality affect the public
 Now as to the comfort and repose tha
 patients in critical condition will en
 joy.
 The trolley cars pass this particular
 spot on an average one every three
 minutes and twenty seconds-eighteer cars an hour-on days of events al
 Yale field this number Is doubled, not infrequently that estimate is eclipsed and their running is not marked by the
 silence that marks the running of ar automobile on a smooth road.
 I wish to be considered as an advo. cate of an institution devoted to thC i purpose this one is destined for, but cannot conceive wherein, under the con.
 dtons I have imperfectly outlined, vet can see an unparalleled sight on thl'
 
 vations surrounding New Haven--lf tho doctors object to Springside-easlly ac.
 cessible by good roads, where purity oi air a partial, if not entire absence of mosuuitoes, and at safe distance from the trolley to insure partial fumga
 ton of a visitors clothes by walk 1T
 the fresh air, that can be obtained witt but little objection as compared witt that coming from residential section ; Would it be unfair to ask that 0 high iaY i6An1 an1hndUtnn fhnsn fnn tnrhc hI
 sought?
 I am not unmindful of the fact thal in this matter I am taking issue witt
 men of large experience in public life
 who are at all times willing to stand . sponsor for matters conserving the pub lie good, but your invitation found m, responsive, and 1 found courage to givt
 expression to my individual conviction r Inasmuch as l aim novice in newspa
 per writing, I hope you will bear witl the many imperfections which will b D harsh reading to a trained writer, ant !, not consign this paper to the basket, a . the expression of a "knocker," or tn citizen who opposes for the fun of op I iadvertising. but as an ardent advocat fof the hospital placed on site wher
 silence-so welcome to an afflicted pa tient--an abundance of the fresh pur air of heaven. that great essential t - good health and reeuperative powers the gift of a beneficent Creator-essen
 tial features of an ideal spot, would b h given greater consideration than th
 mere matter of convenience.
 Every public spirited. right minde Icitizen will or should hail, the realiz sation Of the contagious disease hispIta
 as long deferred blessing. Would 1
 not be wisdom on the part of this com imittee to select some one of these ele 5 vated spots, away from noise and tur ? moil, and impure air, and defer to pub r lie opinion and public sentiment, whic :. has repeatedly expressed it's oppositio to a location in residential district l Would it not be a long step forwar r in their efforts to fulfll the misslo