The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-27
WAS NOT MISTAKE
MADE NEGLtCT|NG
COuTAG|OA WARD
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this paper, DIR. Bond said when small
pox appears in one half of a double
house, there is practically no danger
to the occupants of the other half.
This DR.. Bond says for publication.
But the manager of local business
concern is advised not to permit his
employees to run any risk by working
at flat. when there has been a case
of smallpox across the hall Does DR..
! Bond. the city health officer, prepare
his advice for publication different
from that he offers as health officer in
individual cases. when a business
house and its employees are involved,
is pertinent question asked
The Reid Memorial hospital is not
equipped with ward for isolation pur-
poses. tuberculosis and erysipelas
patients ought to be accorded such
treatment. it is contended. The hos
| pital authorities are somewhat chary
about permitting the treatment of this
class of patients at the hospital, be-
cause there is lack of the essential
protection offered by the system of
the buildings construction. 1t was a
| mistake when the hospital was built,
| that no isolation ward was provided.
| 1t is argued that it must have been
| somebody's fault. The physicians of
the city were acquainted with the
| needs for such department. Did all
of them, who are college educated and
have served as hospital internes over
look this essential feature: Or did
some of them realize it. tell members
of the board and the board refuse or
neglect to heed the advice offered:
This the public is asking
The Mayors Statement.
Mayor Schillinger has stated recent
ly, he has been told by member of the
board with authority to speak. that if
the city will guarantee to give the hos
pital $1,000 annually for two years
contagion ward would be built to ac-
commodate all contagious diseases ex-
cept smallpox.
Could it be that this is plan of the
board to obtain special ward, which,
when not in use for smallpox, ETC.,
would provide place for the treatment
| such as is now afforded by the hospit-
al? The city has been voting through
council $4,000 per year for the aid OF
the hospital. These appropriations the
city attorney has declared illegal and
the mayor has vetoed the ordinances
providing for them. The mayor is
| physician and perhaps he knows some
thing as practitioner he does not tell
as mayor, but nevertheless vetoes
the ordinances.
Say There Is No Danger.
Physicians assert that from a sani-
| tary standpoint there would be abso-
| lutely no danger in the erection of a
| contagion hospital on the grounds of
the larger institution. The diseases
could be treated with absolute safe
guards. Nurses could be secured from
the other institution and placed in
charge of patients, SO that they might
secure the best class of treatment. But
there is sentiment against such a
movement. DR.. Bond says the present
pesthouse is almost inaccessible and
| that is one of the reasons he does not
want to require persons to go there.
1t lacks half a mile of being as far
| from the street car line to the present
pest house as it is from the street car
line to Reid Memorial hospital. But
DR.. Bond wants contagion hospital at
the latter place.
| Certain residents of Spring Grove
are known to oppose contagion hos
pital in their corporation. Spring
Grove is separate and distinct from
Richmond. The community has its
own Incorporation and the laws of the
state give it certain rights as inalien-
able as those held by Richmond. 1t is
probable that if Richmond were en-
| joined by Spring Grove from building
a contagion hospital there. the courts
would see the justice in the contention
of the village.
Physicians Statement.
| AS an indication that all physicians
of the city are not in accord with DR..
Bond and his contagion hospital tho
DRY. one of the best known physicians
of the city gave the Palladium an in
| terview. For professional reasons he
requested that his name be withheld.
The Palladium accedes to the request
and believes with justice as DR.. Bond
is acting as city official, one whose
acts are open for public comment.
! The informant says:
LAS you perhaps already know, DR..
Bond is working to establish pest
| house at Reid Memorial hospital. The
| Medical Sligarchy, which, under the
plausible pretext of protecting the
health of the dear people under the
guise of health boards seek to misin-
| form. mislead and brighten them into
passive submission. And Dr. Bonds
argument is entirely in accord with
| this idea. For instance. a pest-house
is for the purpose of isolating those
already afflicted with contagious
disease, so that quarantine of those
who may have been exposed. can be
more effective than il their afflicted
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