Evening journal., 1909-10-28
NO CITY MONEY
FOR HOSPITALS
Council Committee May Re-
commend That no ApprOpria-
tons be Made This Year
OPPOSING ALLOPATHS
.ATTEN4 II AIRING ON SUBJECT

The committee appointed by City Coun-
Gil to consider the sub. .e,t OF i..an cial IS
sis ance to the Delaware and the II meo-
pathic Hospitals. in It's report which W u
De presented at the regular me-tng OF
Council tonight, will, it Is exp cted.
recommend that NJ money %. appr p at d
to these institutions at this u.ne.
The question was brought up In City
Council by President Jams l. Banning.
Of at lo.y iol ow ng t actl ( oln-
Gil in paying for the treatment Of several
persons who were bitten by mad dogs. II
was suggested at that time that CoJncil
might give some financial assistance 10
the local hospitals, provided ia, they
give free treatment TO mad dog victims,
unable TO pay for the same. and othe 8
too poor to pay for tr,atme~t for any
iilnoss.
Opposition TO the proposition cropped
out, however. and as a result no immed =
ate action was taken. The o. po ing lorce
comprised a number OF all, patnic physi-
cans. who claimed that they are rot ale
lowed to treat their own patients at t. .
Delaware Hospital and they oppose Civ
ing that institution city money and al tho
same lime mainfa closed doc . lie 10
physicians other tLan the memLe-s II the
hospital stan.
No Money This Year.
As a result Of all this a meeting was
arranged between the Cou Gil c nm It q
representatives Of the Della a e and HON.
eopathic Hospitals and the opposing allo-
pathlc physicians. This was hid last
evening in the City Council Oh m Der.
As a result Of the conference { was de-
cided that the propositi n to eive financ al
assistance to the hospitals be he'd up, for
the present fiscal year, at least. With re-
spect to treating victims OF mad dog
bites Il was agreed Rat t. ST way TO
tandIe this matter was to make a p. opo-
sition 70 the Board OF Health % ord he
Pasteur antl-toxin treatment f-r rabies
and issue the serum from that office
Council to reimburse that body for the
cost Of same. II was pointed on. at tbs
health beard provides anti oXin
diphthoria TO persons unable TO lay for 4
and II was considered a good prop sti !
, 10 have that body also take up the othe
subject rt"s
: In addition the Council coumi'tee Is eS
e pectod- 20 reeonmena that the -d1g sias q
n Increased and that the dog caichers ma
Z every EFFORT 70 keep UNREGISTERED dogs o
the streets even though extra expense
/. incurred.
: Praise For Phoenix Company.
II was thought that a way around III
proposition to give the hospitals fnancla
assistance would be for them to main
tain an ambulance service.
After some discussion, however thi
. proposition was dropped All present wer
Of the one opinion that the present am
4 bulance service maintained by The Poe
70 nix Fire Company could not be improves
p on. It was pointed out that the hospital
3 could rot aftord to keep ambulances, tw
= horses and drivers on duty both day an
+ night, the same as the Phyen.x Company
! II was also sta.ed that thele have been n
b complaints Of derelictlon uf uuty on III
part Of the Phoenix ambu ance drivers
e 30 act there was nothins but praise eS
= pressed for the service maintai ed b
d tLat company.
The report of the Council c mm.tte
= which nay be present tonight wa. re.
p and discussed last night AMI sevtri
= changes we're made
r The committee. it Is un ,e-sto d SET
- forth In the report L. at II IS lot it, de
70 sire 10 recommend oic,ation in the mar
agement Of the hospitals The di .erenc
r between certain OF the alol attic phys
e ans and the Delaware H1spitai n ag'
ment, will it IS expected, also be t-uche
upon In the report The viso.ods protei
made by these physicians Was trougl
10 the attention Of the committee an
d they received consideration at the con
mittee's hands, but at the same time az
ded difficulty TO the situation.
William F. Bancroft president Of n
y Trustees Of the Delaware Hos. .ital a
=, tended the meeting and part.c.pst in q
NJ discussion.
IA The Homeopathic Hospital was repr
s. sented by DR.. J. NJ. Finn, Mis-. A.
Poole and Mrs. c. Wesley Weld n. ard Il
Or unattached physicians were -repres ent'
IS. by their committee. comprised Of D
H. James H. Morgan. Dr. Joseph p. Pyl
he DR.. Henry A. Cleaver. Dr J. Frank NJ
he Grath. and Dr. Harvey B. Patton.