The Lexington advertiser., 1909-12-03
State Charity Hospital

Noel will recommend to the legisla'
ture the establishing in Jackson OF
state charity hospital, provisins FOR
which he will ask to have MADE dur-
ing the approaching session..
This announcement is made follow
ing a conference on the Subject last
night with DR.. l.. s. Rogeis, OF West
representative from Holmes county,
who came here for that purpose.
Or, Rogers has been working on
this proposition for some time, and
has placed number OF otner memo9Is
to the support of the measure. ne
says that practically every physician
in the state is in favor or IT, the ex'
ceptions being those whose interests
might be affected by it. The plan
already has the Endorsement OF the
State Board of Health, DR., Rogers
believes it has good show to be pass
ed A point in its favor not TO pe
overlooked is the fact that 1t has the
cordial endorsement OF Representative
s. A. Morrison, of Grenada, chairman
of the committee on appropriations.
Or. Rogers has not yet worked OUT
all the details of his plan, but it VIII
recommend the appropriation OF from
$75, 600 to 800, 900 to defray the cost OF
erection and furnishing OF suitable
building, or the remodeling of the ola
capital building for that purpose III
the event that should appear feasible.
The matter of location, however Is
to be left entirely open, and Doaro OK
trustees provided for whose duty IL
will be to look after all the details
erect. if necessary, building on any
Of the land already owned here BY the
state, and fit 1t mp In accordance VIII
their own best Judgment.
This method will eliminate mucn OF
the fight TO be encountered on tne
floors of both houses, and may mean,
he thinks, q solution at the same time
or the old state house problem. which
has been bone Of continual conten'
tion for the past FIVE or ak years.
The plan to convert the old state
house into q state hospital was hrst
suggested BY DR.. A. e. Rowan. senator
from the eleventh district, living az
Wesson, and he went 80 far as to Rec
up an estimate of the probable cost.
In this connection, an architect ex-
pressed the opinion that with the ex.
penditure of $50, 900 on the building lt
could be made worth $3.50, 900. AS it
stapds il is not worth q dollar, and III
unsafe, even to walk through. owing
to the generally decavinR condition OF
the interior walls, floors and roof
Dr. Rogers has made an extensive
investigation Of hospital conditions IN
other states and cities, and is contlnu'
ing these with the idea of getting the
| kosA 20 Aho ;Jaoo ErnEr, oaoh
incidentally, bis inquiries have
shown that in the Louisiana hospital
in New Orleans, about twelve per cent
of all the patients treated are Missis'
sippians, while in Memphis the Missls'
sippi patients represent fifteen per
cent.
He believes, and has the statements
of the suprlntendents in charge, that
much larger percentage is reality
, treated from this state than is shown
, by the books, because many Mississippi
planters send patients to them through
l the agency of the Memphis and new
. orleans houses which they patronize,
and that thsy are registered as being
from the city, instead of having their
actual addresses recorded.
Q He believes this state should be pre-
. pared to take care of its own patients,
6 and to save the public as much as pos
sible of the long journey to the places
mentioned, besides relieving the out
= side hospitals of an unjust burden.
e DR.. Rogers incidentally mentioned
4 to the governor his idea of establishing
here a packing house and cold storage
plant for the handling of home grown
D meats. His encouragement on this
y line, while less emphatic, left him in
. a hopeful mood The governor has
also been working along similar line,
but there are some details yet to be re-
" conciled between the two. 1t is stated
!. that such plant can be established as
!. would meet the domand for q sum
within $1,000.