Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-26
SAYS DR.MERR|77.
IS HAMPE R|NG
THE PROBE j,
Alderman VanOyke CHARGE,
That Battle Hill Head Is Pre-.
venting Testimony.

Alderman A. II. VanDyke uh.
pressing the charges of misnan.,.
ment against the Battle Hin IT,
culosis sanitarium, said TODAY .,..,
had been given list of names NJ :,
mates Of the institution who war.
testify in the probe, but whom nv :
w. Merritt, superintendent would No,
permit to come to the hearing
Alderman VanDyke said Miss ro..
OF the Anti-Tuberculosis associate.
had given him the names and tbs, H.
was going to see TO it that the peysor.
testified if the committee had to 90 ~.
to them.
The alderman continued by oov,..
that the testimony of the doctors 5 ,4-
terday that pork and weinerv1,ry+ ~,
proper food for tubercular patiants ,.Ss
absurd. lie said DR.. j. p. Kenned,. ~.
health officer. was protecting rho ~
sutution when he testified thar s,c,
food was proper.
Alderman VanDyke is himself . ia
tor and he condemned Dr.. Nerrit. =,
being abrupt in his manner. Re ~
the mead Ct such an institution Sou;
emaEate good cheer as the nar,sor.
there were naturally downcast
Alderman .VanDyka said the ,es.;.
mony in the investigation wor,d a-..
sensational when ne and others took =,
stand.
The counci'lnap!c p.obers Of the Bat.
tie Hi Tuberculosis sanitarium are IA.
day confronted with a long and tedfo,,
task; fer, AFTER a three-hour s.ssin,
Yesterday afternoon at winch much ~,
thetic testimony was heard from in.
mates ana former inmates Of the inst.
tuition. large number Of persons still
desire to give evidence. The probe IS viii
meet again Tuesday afternoon.
With Dr. Claude A. smith dir.str
Of the city's laboratory Of hygiene and
Alderman +, J. Spratliug CONDUCTING
the defense Of the institution. Dr.. b. e.
Thras,l. Dy. \. 3. Elsiu and DR.. l.. C.
Roughiin. VINO have had experience
vita tuberculosis sanitariums. wers II.
troduced as experts to SHOW that tie
institution was properly run.
They all praised the institution. Dr.
Thrash said he was amazed when he
learned that il cost less than $4,000
He said it would be Il credit for a So.
000 institution. They all testified that
tubercular patients we're extremely hard
to manage and that discipline was tie
first law of such an institution.
DR.. Elkin said that he was once con-
nected with the city tuberculosis san
tarium in Louisville and that patients
in free city institution expected and
demanded more than they did in PR
vate Institution.
The doctors declared that they saw
nothing but what they could praise Oh
an inspection of the institution.
Dr. Thrash said frequently he az
vised patients who were sleeping in cod
air 10 put their heads under cover foE
few moments 70 stop their coughing
He said in treating tubercular patients
it was best to prevent them IRON
coughing as much as possible.
They declared that pork and weineF'
wurst were good food for patients moi
suffering from indigestion.
DR.. ]. p. Kennedy. city health olnce'
and Or. !. G. Hall, city physician were
called before the committee TO tell u
an alleged nuisance caused by tuoe.'
cular infected persons coming 10 'N
CITY health Office to be examined. lhV
said they had objected to the conaiu0H
because at times thtre were from ''''
to fifteen tubercular infected persons
waiting in the Office to be examined
DR.. Merritt did the examining, anu
DR.. Kennedy said that DR.. Merritt nav
been tardy in keeping his enlargement
several times But he said that most =.
the trouble was caused by patIeH@
being sent over to the city hall iLo .,
the Tuberculosis assoclalio"S
clinic at all hours of the day.
DR. Kennedy said he was meH'g w.
of the committee OF three, WIN "
Smith and Mr. Spratling. in chatse -,
the institution. He said Dr Me-,
had explained his lateness all Ils .,
and that he had no complaint a5d.l..
him or the institution. cross gG no5
toned by DR.. Smith. he said councs!l -'"s
passed a resolution providing ". ~
tuberculosis clinic in the baseiIlSSn. N
the city hall, that the eXamllldllV" 10.
patients might not conflict with an! ~
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