Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-27
GREAT 100000
PHTH|S|S PART Of
HOSPITAL OPENED
Visitors Marvel at Scientific
Equipments of New Build
ings at Soho.

The scores of men and women who
made a tour of inspection through the
new tuberculosis group of buildings at
the County Isolation Hospital today at
Soho, when the new branch of the insti-
tuition was first thrown open to the
public, came away well satisfied that
the 100000 that has been put into the
construction and equipment of the
group has been well spent.
The new buildings are a marvel OF
scientific ingenuity. especially in the
equipment. Every facility known 10
the medical procession for the cure Of
tuberculosis Is Installed. Even The
kitchen is a place where scientific
methods prevail. 1t will cost a little
over $500 a day to run the new group.
Members of the county boards. physi-
clans and the health officers of all the
cities and towns In the county were
among those who inspected the build
ings today.
The new group will lie under the
of DIR. Henry e. Ricketts,,
who is head OF the entire isolation hos
pital group, with DR. William James
0Ou6id5 III Ciai Be. +hiGP NNAhg NNN01S
will have charge of the nurses, who
will number from eight to twenty-five.
There will be three physicians besides
Df. Ricketts,.
Will Accommodate o. Patients.
The group includes the administra-
tion building on the north side and
tho two twin one-story hospital build
inss on the southern side. The former
has a frontage of 100 feet and the lat
ter two OF about $50 each and will ac'
commodate ninety-four patients in all.
The property was erected at a cost OF
ebout $84, 600, the equipment bringing
the cost to approximately 100000. The
cost Of maintenance will be about $751;
600 a year. or $4,000 a month in the
summer months and a trif1e more dur
iue the cold season,
"The three buildings were planned
by the building committee of the Board
of Freeholders after a trip through the
New England States" DR.. Ricketts,
said, particularly Massachusetts,. and
form a composite Of several types seen.
The institution at Matapan, Mass,
however, was followed more closely
than any other as a model
A trip through the administration
building proved a continuous revelation
of the marvels of modern science. In
the kitchen, as much as in any other
part of the building, this up-to-date-
ness is shown, for proper food is re-
sarded by physicians as one of the
most~yital points in the cure OF tuber-
culosis.
Much of the cooking is done by
steam,'' explained DR.. Ricketts,, and
the dishes are washed by electricity.
Aluminium cooking utensils for the
lighter food and copper for the heavier
are used in place of the more porous
pottery and porcelain. In the cellar
there Is room to store he meat and
vegetables.
''Here ie the large dining hall fitted
out for the use of the domestics, ana
separate smaller dining halls for the
nurses and physicians. In the front OF
the building, on the north side, are the
Offices Of DR.. Douglas, and waiting
rooms for visitors. On the second floor
are the bedrooms and parlors for the
executive force and for the domestics-
Each Building One story High.
AS you see, the hospital buildings
are each one story in height, with a
storage garnet in each, and are iden-
teal. Each has room for forty-seYen
patients. Between each two beds there
is a large window, or door. The latter
are built high from the floor. and are
on rollers. skyllghts permit of further
ventilation and lighting In the daytime,
and at night the inverted system of
electric lighting will be used.
sdphn h,tildin1G ora MT 6re-nrnnf FIR
tho reason that much larger buildings,
with finer accommodations, could be
secured in a wood structure with the
appropriation On hand. The fire-house
in the immediate rear, however, makes
danger from fire comparatively small.
The men employees of the institution
will be required to sleep in the fire.
house to insure quick action in case
of emergency. S~tandpipes run through
all three buildings, with lengths of hose
attached, and a telephone system of
alarms insures the patients against
being caught unawares,
Heat and light will be obtained from
the p~ower-house already installed In
the old group of buildings, n all the
laundry work viii be done In the old
plant. One new automobile ambulance
will be installed, making necessary an
increase in the size of the ambulance
house and increasing the force to three
ambulances, two automobiles and one
horse-drlven vehicle
1.-THE question OF payment for treat
nlent viii be optional with the pa
tiert,' DIR, Ricketts, went on. 'Those
who nre able win be expected to pay