The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-08
Splendid WORkOF
The COMMISSION
Rvon Now For Every In
sane and EplIept'c
MONEY FOR t1iI11EIANCE

uo~,itaI at Raleigh Can Care for 500
Additional Patents. Ali the 6uiio-
;urs Having Been Completed ana
E,tvnisIed. But Has No A~pproprIa-
ton for Caring for Thenl-CoAnch
O, state to Consider the Question.
The State Hospital Commission yes
terdav made their report To GoNelhol
l,.,u.4. Du4ng d rulLpltulaIlon OF al
the Mo1k OF the toIlin4sslon. ms
members here were 1l1a4fiaall mas.
) Nebn. OF ASheN4iie: LII. j. W. Mo
l,eilI. OF Fayetteville, and Mr.. W.. a.
Erwin, of Darhaln. Inc 1oinnllosloi
he4a-a conference with the Goterhoi'
Acknowledgement i. w. lcket au-
thor OF The bill which established the
Commission, DIR. james Alcnee, super
~inteudent of the Genital hGsp4-al,
Raleigh, and MesSrS. :. y. Nludieton,
OF Hallslllic, DupAn county. ana
Smith. of
executive committee of the Board OF
I.1t.1o.s OF The Central Hospital.
All the new buildings were inspect
cd AID there was unanimous approval
OF the work done by the commission
The b .ect Of the conference was 10
a~C4ualnt perleclly the Governor ana
Acknowledgement with the ob.ects
and work Of the Commission. Inc
prlnc.pal Question was
whether or not the HOSPITAL would
be authorized to get means 10 mann
tam ali increased ndmptr or patients.
The Legislature which passed the act
esta bllshing the Commlsa.on mace APP
prUprlatlouS only Tor the are OF as
many patients as were IN tne hosp
tai ~ 13ti, at the time OF the pass
age OF the act, said Mr. Neou an
the COMMISSION provided for n care
OF 610 adultlonal pauents. Attorney
Genera! bickett viii advise whether
or not the Council OF STATE can au-
tnoI1zG the deLt-
There is room at the Central Hos
pitai now for 500 additional patients.
lac hospital has loo out on - Dation,
and should all these return, '-iich is
IMPROBABLE. there would sui pe room
tor SEQ more. The report says there
Is no reason why every naaAe anu
epiieptIC person IN the STATE should
not lie taken care OF, ana Mr. WEI
sa1u that TINS Will rest with the Coun-
eli of STATE and the hospitals.
h %conuiton OF eacn hospital Is
discussed III the report, the luf tex
of which is as follows:
Raleigh, N. -, r'eoruar- 10, 19Ao.
Hon. w. W. kltchli, I Ner-rr,
Raielgl N. G.
Sir:-On the 29th ol December
1905, the Hospital Comm ssion sub
nlitted to non. II. Is. 14oli.i, al tnA
time Governor, d report o. nat |
hal Accomplished up To that time
we now herewith Submit to you 4 Re
port covering the period SAGE ina
oa.e. This report Will necessarli,
refer to a part OF the previous rc
port
The Commission desires to state t
you fully what has been done aG tn
several lOSIIlttLioiS. ana t1Al1g JntIi
up II oruer, the first part OF THIS re
port will relate to the hospital q
Raleigh.
state Hospital at Raleigh.
Since this Commission Was appoint
ed it has purchased Tor the KalelgI
Hospital 1 Isl acres OF land. know
as the GRIMES land.' for which tn
commission PAID the su1n OF $oo,5Ov.
AS stated in our former repor
the Commission discovered alter it
organization that the hospital at IA
e4sh was in a great inany RESPECTS in
fer4or, especially in buildings, SAN
tation ana Equipment, to the hoSpits
at M~organton. And the om.n
sion ADOPTED the policy OF trying
place the two Institutions on q
equaiity. if possible; not only as t
accommodations tor about the sam
numbe OF patients, but also as t
equipment, furniture, etc.
Carrying out that poilcy the Con
mission first erected at Raleigh
fre-proot addition to the mai
building, with alterations in the &C
Joining WARDS, including pIumbin
and heating. which provided for a
additional IL male patients. /
making this new addition new toll,
rooms and a complete new system
plumbing, with modern sanital
plumbing fixtures. was provided f
in some of the old wards. and tt
old ~unsanitary plumbing fixtures II
moved.
We also erected at Raleigh or
building for best class Of co,
valescent female patients, providir
for leo additional females. Also
Raleigh one group of three buildin.
for the intermediate and better 10
OF male epileptics to accommoda,