El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-13
TROUBLES At THE
COUNTY POOR
HOUSE
DR.. White and Supt. Gaal
Disagree-White Makes
Annual Report

Troubles at the county hospital were
brought TO light Monday morning at
the regular semi monthly meeting of
| the county commissioners, when DR..
Hugh S. White, county health officer,
stated that Louis Deraiz, an assistant
nurse, had been discharged by l. G..
Gaal. superintendent of the county poor
farm, without authority.
DR.. White said: 4 have experienced
considerable difficulty in securing
nurses for the hospital and when I get
a good one l want to keep him. Mr.
Gaal paid this man $40 when he should
have received s25 and then discharged
him. Mr. Gaal was very angry and
would not tell me what the trouble was
about, but 1 understand it is a tale Of
shirts.
The nurse received some shirts
which he split down the front, convert
ing them into coat shirts, so he could
put them on the patients while they
we're in bed To this Mr.. Gaal objected
and then he discharged my man.
1T is very difficult TO keep nurses
there. Mr.. Gaal gets mad. He knows
he does and SO do you and 1. He has
trouble with his own help and has a
new cook every month. II is necessary
for me to have two nurses there for
there is an average of over "a patients
there all the year round and sometimes
more One man cannot attend 10 the
work"
Mr.. Gaal then said That man isn't
fit for a nurse. He cut up eight shirts,
and when 1 told him about it, he told
me 1 could go 10 place where they
don't have refrigerators. He makes
trouble. He wants all the time to go TO
town and then at u or 1 o'clock at
night we would be in a bad fix if some
| body gets shot up. 1 sent for him and
=
when I wrote him note stating that he
was discharged, he threw the paper
back to me-"
Commissioner Prudential said it was
plain the nurses were under the direc-
ton of the physician, but should be
respectful TO the superintendent of the
paor farm and recommended that the
, man be paid s25 for the month of May.
but that he be not retained in the serv-
I ice. as ii might cause friction.
Then II was learned that nothing was
stated in the contract relative to two
nurses, so the county health officer, on
motion of Prudential, was authorized
to employ an assistant nurse at
salary of SIS per month.
Annual Health Report.
Dr.. Hugh S. White tnen presented his
annual health report which showed 358
patients admitted TO the county hospital
there being an average daily attendance
of 2411 each day during the year. About
I IL operations were performed during
the year, only two patients dying after
operations. One or these was suffering
from tubercular peritonitiS and was
near death when taken the hospital.
The other had been shot in the leg and
body with a shotgun at Ysleta.
Then the physician presented his re-
port for the month of May which
showed 81 patients entered at the hos
pital and AZ discharged. the average
daily attendance being "a
During the month of May" he said.
nearly 1000 patients were attended,
but only $500 was expended on medi-
cine"
County commissioner S. J. Freuden-
thai asked if the county could not pur-
chase drugs a wholesale and have the
physicians make UP their own prescrip-
lions thereby saving the county money.
DR.. White answered, we have fair
supply on hand now and do that where
possible The whole trouble is that we
have no medical college here as they
| have in other cities where 1 have been.
TO act in conjunction with the clinics,
| and undoubtedly we are sometimes i'm
| posed upon. However, where we know
| that patients are able to pay for medi-
cine, we simply give them the prescrip-
lions Tree ana let them Duy thelr own
drugs. We need some way to keep
away people who are not really paup
! ers."
/ Mr. Prudential replied: The only
way to do that is 10 have check on
| them and when one is caught, it will
| teach, lesson to the others"
! DR.. 3. NJ. WOrsham and others asked
| for a cross road built from the new
| county road to the old county road, two
| miles west of Clint. On motion of
/ commissioner Perez this was ordered
| done at an expense of $3.50
Residents of Ysleta asked for the ap-
| pointment of a meat inspector to pro-
1 tect them. Judge Eylar stated that he
| had heard bad meat was being sold
| there and the matter was referred to
| commissioner Smith for investigation.
| The bond of A. I. Duncan. constable
at Sierra Blanca, was approved.