The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-12-15
CHURCH PEOPLE ARE LIBERAL
Members of Park Avenue Church Give
B446 for the Furnishing of the New
Hospital. $1,000 Needed to Com
plete the Fund

a lot of interesting facts relating to
The inside workings Of the Kenosha
hospital and the Kenosha Hospital as
sociation were given to the people of
the city at Park Avenue M. Z. church
on Sunday morning when the congre-
cation of the church observed Hos
pital Sunday with Mrs. Helen ID.
Moore, the manager of the hospital as
The principal speaker. Mrs. Moore gave
q decidedly interesting discussion Of
Che affairs Of the hospital and made an
appeal to tue people Of the city for a
more general support Of the work of
the institution. Before the meeting
had closed the members Of the church
subscribed SAG for the fund for fur
nishing the new hospital and the con-
gregation has given assurance that this
amount will be increased to $500 be-
fore the fund is formally turned over
to the directors of the hospital.
In her address Mrs. Moore told of
the organization Of the Kenosha Hos
pital association and the crying need
of an institution in Kenosha to take
care of the sick and the injured. She
went into the history of the assoeia-
ton and showed the steady growth of
the institution from the time it first
opened it's doors. There has been no
backward step in the hospital and al.
though at times funds weret lacking
for the work the hospital has had a
steady increase in the work it has
done until at the present time it is one
of the fixed institutions of the city.
Mrs. Moore spoke of the fact that at
the present time the hospital is alto
gether too small to meet the. demands
and that a large number of patients
were forced to go to other hospitals in
other cities.
She showed that the first patient
was admitted to the hospital October
18,1903 and in the seven years that
have passed since that time 1925 pa
tients have been registered During
the past year 395 patients have been
cared for at the hospital and of this
number 200 have submitted to opera
tions. Last year fifty typhoid patients
were cared for at the hospital.
Mrs. Moore gave some interesting
facts in regard to the cost of main
tanning the present hospital and show
ed that the monthly cost Of the insti-
tuition was close to $500. She showed
by her figures that the hospital was
not self supporting and that in meas
ure it must be considered by the people
of the city as great worthy charity.
She declared that with the opening of
the new institution the cost of main
tenance would be greatly increased.
Many people overlook Che fact that
there are many people who desire to
come to the hospital who are unable to
pay for the service" said Mrs Moore
"and we can not deny these people
admission, The charges to patients are
unusually low. We charge but dol
lar day for board and $2.15 a day
for q room including the services of
the nurses. 1t is cheaper for patient
to stay at the hospital than for him
to remain in any of the good hotels
in the city. Of course some of the
rooms in the new hospital will be
charged for at a higher rate but it is
certain that the new institution will
be maintained at the lowest possible
rate in order to make it an institution
particularly for the people of the en-
tire city,"
Mrs. Moore stated that she regretted
that some of the people of the city
had the idea that the hospital was for
the weather. classes. This is far
from the truth and in fact it is used
largely for the care of people of the
middle and working classes.
The speaker showed that 16 people
and firms i'll the city had contributed
more $4,000 for the building of the
new hospital and that 90 people had
contributed $4,000 toward the furnish
ing of the institution. The total cost
of the furnishings is to be in the
neighporhood of $4,000 and of this
amount $4,000 remains to be raised
between now and the first of the new
year when it is planned to open the
hospital. The new hospital will be
equipped with the latest possible equip
ment and it win be able to offer lust
as good service as can be. secured at
the great hospitals in Chicago and
other cities. The movement started at
Park Avenue NJ L. church promises
to be followed by the other churches in
the city and it is thought that by this
series of cuhrch services large sum
can be raised for the furnishing Of the
new hospital.