New-York tribune., 1911-09-20
HOSPITALS HERE BEST
Association Hears Paper on
Foreign Institutions.
WELCOMED BY Mr.. M'ANENY
Tells Conferrees New York Ap-
preciates It's Responsibilities
in Care of Sick.

The American Hospital Association. COM
posed OF hospital trustees. managers. con-
trbutors and officers Of associations found
ed to promote the interests Of organized
medical charities, opened It's thirteenth an
nual conference al the Murray Hnl Hotel
yesterday. There was q. good attendance
at the morning and evening sessions. the
conference will continue until Friday.
George McAneny Borough President.
welcomed the conferrees. He took occasion
10 criticise the final draft Of the new city
charter for falling 10 provide for eentreH-
cation OF the city hospitals.
Provision was made in the new charter
until a week ago for ceutralzinG the con-
trol OF some Of our hospitals said Nr
McAneny but an amendment puts tho
situation in statu quo and control remains
under practically five OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
and Allied Hospitals, Gouverneur and Ford
ham hospitals, the Health Department and
the Charities Department"
The Borough President said that the city
had $4,000, 900 invested IN hospital plants
and that in the recent corporate stock bud
get s6.40O,Oo0 was for hospitals. showing
that tho city appreciated its opportunities
and responsibilites-ss every city shoaIld
do-in the care OF tho sick.
DR.. Warren +. Babcock. president OF the
association and superintendent ot Grace
Hospital. Of Detroit. said in his annual ad-
dress that more economy and efficiency in
administration are required in hospital
mana cement and he recommended the es-
tablshment Of cost system Of accounts.
AT the evening session On. J. ~. p.
Brown, OF Toronto, secretary Of the ssso-
ciation. read a paper on Notes on Some
Furopean Hospitals" He spent three
months this summer in visiting the princi-
pal hospitals OF Great Britain and Europe.
together with Edward F. Stevens. OF Bos-
ton. who followed Or. Brown with a paper
on the details and equipments Of the for
eign hospitals.
Dr. Brown deprecated the system OF vol
untary support, or partial voluntary sup
port, OF the hospitals. as ii exists In this
country and Great Britain. but he said that
hospitals here were better managed than
/ those on the Continent OF Europe.
Here and IN Great Britain hospitals arc
! supported mainly by the aris1ocracy OF
wealth" he said: "on the Continent OF
| Europe by the democracy. While in many
respects the former are better managed
/ than the latter. yet I must say from the
/ point OF hospital maintenance there IS no
question that the easter and better method
1 OF raising money is 10 get all you need
/ from all the people, rather than part OF
what you need from a few Of the people
| Dr. Brown said that the hospitals IN Ger
many and the German medical colleges
/ were well supported by the state and of
/ superior equipment. but poorly managed IN
many instances. on the whole the Amer
| lean hospitals were better than those OF
| England or the Continent, he said, but the
| former had TO go begging a great deal 10
/ obtain proper maintenance and then they
were generally short in the required funds.
! In connection with the scientific work
! Of the association there are several ex-
| hibits. one Of which Is the so-called
/ Chamber Of Horrors" in which are ex-
| hibits Of the mistakes Of nurses. with a
! list OF "don'ts" for future guidance ono
| of the principal features OF the associa-
tion's work during its twelve years OF eX-
| istence has been the study Of the training
| Of nurses. A course OF such training rec
| commended by the association has been
| generally adopted by hospitals In this coun-
| try and Canada II was said.