The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-24
HAVE TO TURN AWAY The SICK
EtST SIDE HOSPIT iRE
DISTRFSSED nv THE LtU.
Each Patient Must HaNe .. ZOO Cubic Feet
Of Ar. SAYS state Charities Hoard
Jews cant conform and StilI care
for the Nultitusle seeking ReIlef

situation 4 resolution was adopted by
the State Board of Charities early m the
summer providing for certain require
ments uf air spar. Most e IN" instItu-
tIons IN that Part ~ tn. city wh.r" con
gestion IA greatest and siCkne~S follows
found that they were giving each patient
considerably less than IN" l.?O cubic
feet Of air space that IN" resolution pre-
sCribsd
They were ANXIOUS - conform tn the
Instructions uf the hoard and they have
been following its ruling But in 80
doing they re~ the cT''rt u ~ having upon
the sick II the East Sid"
An illustration IL TIA" Har Moriah
Hospital az ISS second street Before
III" attention OF the hospital authorities
was called To- tho new resolution this
institution had eighty bcSis. We, It was
ahl" 20 receive only Loo patienta out 81
ans applications The new Dir space
instructions cut tho number of beds 90
thirty
The fret warning these hospitals had
that they were overcoming their wards
came from former Commissioner ~
Charities Robert " Hebheri soon after
he went To Albany Late IN IN. spring ~
secretary e thu state board With an
inspector Mr. Hchbcrd mad. a personal
tour ~ IN" hospitals aud decided that
something .ught tp h" done u" wrut"
l"ttcr telling the hospital authorities
~ tax" notice Il the solution. which was
pass,si June ~
H. communication. datel Jun" 81,
said hat each patient ought e. have
/ eoo cubic feet q arr space and no more
h.. tai
than are thus provided for unless ndc-
quats means e vrntiht!on exist. APP
proved hv IN. board In no case. said
th. letter could the air space per pers IA
h" less than ~OO feet
Now We hnV" No quarrel with Mr.
Hehbcri. sad sup, \ VI Spcc,nr Il Har
Moriah yesterday afternoon. and ""
b"h"y- IN proper ventilation tIst a- much
A. h." dn.,- H!' II h" II g ing I" "nf"rc"
a prOyi-lon II thl- srrt he must remember
that Spm" facilities must h- made 10 TAX"
car" Il m" very poor sr"k Ier-"n- N this
part of town
-Ninety-two per cont ~ our patients
ara treated free Mr. Spcctor continued
and when we cut down orr number 81
beds u ~ "a great hardship 20 th.S" p"opl"
A. IN. present time We ar"n Receiving
any more ftail'utN w maven lahfIl dllN
for several weeks and a. fast ~ a pati"nt
= discharged We taxi" down his bed
W. were oVsrcroV dcd before there
isn : any doubt - u But II wac only h"-
cans. We wanted 80 take a. many patients
A. our facilities would hermit. "" are
turning them away now on an ay~ra ~
- ton dav ard vet we hav" h..eu ahle 10
r.d,iC. our urlur.'r - bsdz only 20 fifty
But We are going - ke"p night az ~ until
We get them down 90 IN" thirty which
Mr. iiehl'"rd declares proper
"" didn't r-IoTt Immediately after
w. rc".'t we'd las letter. the superintendent
went uu. and then ~ found that the
hoard hat q ""~y "f"rtt'" check uu -
~ -uur>. -" A." Dependent - . certain
4" gree u' pa" CIV FOR 49, contribution -
GaN t.r ,I.r charity patients Dor 'h.
month e lIu" - Was something NNr $50
. he lr| for that amount vent ~ atHp.!'
49, 'uiddl" pf luly and = vas r'hi ~,
.Iuftl ia" Hudrl hoard that 49, YER iuluN
NJ 10 INSTRUCTIONS
ON. e be- r"a-uI- 'ha' 'hD ta-J - T.,
hospitals az. ~.rry hat 'h" r,-ir.r'.or-
hay" h..u Ii' vp'u 'h"ru was -VRg"-'ri
nv a hUr-.. phy-irlan IN ~" Jewish Nh
'"-nrtv Hu-irtaI ~ ?7n Past Broadway
Their. ~. un.v - few IusDf'ftpus
said he Wh.r'' 'n' lew ia Diet - .fuytly
uh-..r''d When ll'hr"', woman
'ak..u 20 "a hu-T.'aI ia" " ants - be- ~ur"
that IA her Weakened condition -t' Mil
hot get food fUrbIdi..n hv her T"l giDH
4 great MANY patients lHu'b men and
WOMEN. no. Ill e.. .sn'r s'dy ~ huu" aiid
run thew chances ui getting -ti than 20
. ~ - al INSTITUTION Sh"r" 'h"v CAM I...
-Ir" e Thor d."' That U.s. OF, e 'h..
rht't reasons i'T IA" "N,St'u"'' 6 "A hoo
pItHI such ~ IFS
A. b." -ppN" = yOung i"wish woman
cam" tu'u iu" resolving room asking 20
be- admitted II Wa . maternity oi-..
I'll" physician Told her 'hl' they W"r'n
RECEIVING any more patient hey no"
CII' down their u'-l- from fOTiv-'INr To
. fhlrfy--tght -Iu'-. Ths boards Iu-trI''-
tons Catn" and D." -uZg'~''4i iui' ~"
? go 10 Guuverne'Ir Hospital Inc woman
-..id that she couldn't 90 h"oaus. At Wa-
NOT "a Jewish institution Ia" uam..-
/ ct two OF fhf'. other hospitals were.
! han .i'-d ~ her and ~" went away
! They h1v" room enough az ~ the
| now adiirIuu To- Bellevue. ! h.li.,,.
| sad ~" huus" Vhysi"Ian -Nu' vou So"
! how rn'-s.. I-.ppl-' feel about gong ~ on"
Of rhr PUBLIC institutions Places liz" orr
: hospital don't ,uulU" 'h"mS"lvns To-
4 jews alOu" W" vii r,--iv. the peOpl..
~ any ra"a II "" hay" room but ~"
Jews knpw that th"y can be- sure of tho
treatment that ','l.furtr~ To- their re-
hClO'I- hslief
Beth Israel Hospital a. ~ t.Tr-~nu
~ rect has h.'.n NOR" iur'unii" than -
! smaller sisters Sup"rInt"nd"n' / !
Frank said Yesterday that N" boards
| EXPERTS had been satisfied tNaf Tier" was
/ ad.-Iuat. ventilation m their wards
( although they couldn't show a. much
a. l. ?s '.Ihi" f,..' for each bed 4 larg"
number 81 windows nak"- ~" Cpnd tons
her" more sanitary than ~ other
I hospitals bat ~" overflow from the
smaller hospitals has been felt az Beth
Isr"al and ~ - crowded - ~ capacity
There are fifteen hospitals m all which
feel this restrict lOn. said Superintendent
. Sy.s''or of Har Norah Tn" one wht"n
II affects most severely excepting our.
selves. - ~ Marks Hospital a. Ia Second
! avenue They had l2j beds there and
I they must cut down the number ~ sixty
A. the Albany ofi"" ~ the stat" BOARD
/ ~ Charities ~ Was sad last night tina
J tho boards action against the over.
! crowding 81 the New York city hospitals
was h"giin NOR" than = wear ago and has
. continued -ino"
! Tn. r,Il. stIpulatIng how much air
! SPACE and room should b" allow"i for
each paii"nt IN ward sad Tn SrN'S
! informant guarantees that decent
/ treatment shall -" gwen IN hospitals
/ helped hy the city som" warts here
/ toforr hay" been - crowded That ~"
T ,,..tt..ut- could not yet AR la kr.afha